Environmental Compliance Support

Lynker Corp.; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (employee)

PTO and holidays

401(k) with company matching

ESOP

Tuition assistance

Disability insurance

Life and accident insurance

Job summary

Lynker Corporation is seeking an Environmental Compliance Support to support NOAA OER expeditions and projects. This is a full-time role that may be performed on-site or remotely, with anticipated travel for meetings, workshops, and field activities.

Employment contingent on contract award. Responsibilities include coordinating environmental compliance, permitting, documentation for expeditions, technical reviews of NEPA/CEs, editing and synthesis of materials, and ensuring adherence to federal

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating environmental compliance documentation.
• Strong ability to review and edit technical materials for clarity and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Expedition Planning Coordination: Coordinating and implementing environmental compliance, permitting, and programmatic documentation for OER expeditions and projects.
• Technical Review: Providing detailed technical reviews of environmental compliance documents and Categorical Exclusions, in coordination with the COR and/or applicable TPOC; assessing documents for clarity, completeness, information and analysis quality, and regulatory conformity.
• Internal Consistency Coordination: Coordinating with the COR and/or applicable TPOC to identify and resolve internal comments on draft compliance documents.
• Technical Editing and Synthesis: Serving as the OER technical editor for Environmental Compliance / Environmental Impact Statements; interviewing SMEs to present technical materials clearly; synthesizing best-available science on impacts of OER activities; editing materials.
• Policy and Procedure Revisions: Updating NEPA and related environmental compliance policies and procedures.
• Work Product Delivery: Drafting determinations on adequacy of analysis; providing technical comments; delivering programmatic comments.
• Evaluation Planning: Coordinating development of project and communications plans for new compliance and permit evaluations.
• Project Maintenance: Coordinating and maintaining consistency across multiple projects; resolving internal comments.
• Compliance Assessments: Providing detailed reviews of compliance and permit documents for completeness and regulatory adherence.
• Technical Services: Providing environmental policy and procedural technical services to OER and OAR.
• Agency Revisions: Revising NEPA policies and procedures.
• Program and Planning Services: Providing planning services for NEPA and compliance needs to facilitate expeditions.

Job description

Overview

Lynker Corporation is seeking to hire a qualified candidate to support a contract with NOAA Research Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER). These are full-time positions that may be performed on-site or remotely, with anticipated travel in support of meetings, workshops, and field activities. Hiring for these positions will be contingent on contract award. Lynker will be operating under its Propel joint venture, a NOAA ProTech Oceans 2.0 prime contract holder. This Contract is Contingent on Contract Award.

The contractor shall provide the technical services and coordination required to ensure all OER expeditions and projects remain in full compliance with federal environmental statutes and programmatic mandates. This effort centers on the seamless integration of regulatory requirements into the operational planning cycle to prevent mission delays and ensure legal conformity.

Responsibilities

Duties of the Environmental Compliance Support will include the following:

• Expedition Planning Coordination: Coordinating and implementing the environmental compliance, permitting, and programmatic documentation for OER expeditions and projects (aka packages), including all requirements surrounding the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act (ESA), Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act (MSA), and other applicable federal and international environmental laws, regulations, and treaties.
• Technical Review: Providing detailed technical reviews of environmental compliance documents and Categorical Exclusions (CEs), in coordination with the COR and/or applicable TPOC in this instance including OAR National NEPA Coordinator (TPOC); and assessing documents for clarity, completeness, information and analysis quality, and compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and internal federal procedures.
• Internal Consistency Coordination: Coordinating with the COR and/or applicable TPOC to identify and resolve internal comments on draft compliance documents.
• Technical Editing and Synthesis: Serving as the OER technical editor for the development of Environmental Compliance / Environmental Impact Statements (EISs) and permitting Assessments; conducting interviews with Subject Matter Experts (SME) to present technical materials in plain language and using effective graphics, tables, charts, etc.; and synthesizing results of best-available science on the impacts of OER activities that are the subject of the Assessment; and reviewing and editing materials submitted by SMEs for clarity, punctuation, grammar, content, and conformity to federal procedures.
• Policy and Procedure Revisions: Performing technical revisions and updates of OAR’s NEPA and related environmental compliance policies and procedures based on knowledge or expertise in relevant environmental laws, regulations, policies, and legal precedence.
• Work Product Delivery: Drafting written determinations regarding the adequacy of the analysis levels documented in OER project files; providing technical comments on OER compliance documents; and delivering general programmatic comments for issues identified across multiple documents.
• Evaluation Planning: Coordinating the development of project and communications plans for new compliance and permit evaluations.
• Project Maintenance: Coordinating and maintaining consistency between multiple ongoing projects while resolving internal comments and providing document feedback.
• Compliance Assessments: Providing detailed technical reviews of compliance and permit documents to assess completeness, information and analysis quality, and compliance with environmental regulations; ESA, MMPA, and MSA.
• Technical Services: Providing environmental policy and procedural technical services to OER and OAR.
• Agency Revisions: Performing the revision and update of OER and OAR NEPA and other environmental policies and procedures.
• Program and Planning Services: Providing program and planning services for the documentation and implementation of OER NEPA and environmental compliance needs to facilitate OER funded expeditions

Qualifications

About Lynker

Lynker is a growing, employee owned business, specializing in professional, scientific and technical services. Our continually expanding team combines scientific expertise with mature, results-driven processes and tools to achieve technically sound, cost effective solutions in hydrology/water sciences, geospatial analysis, information technology, resource management, conservation, and management and business process improvement.

We focus on putting the right people in the right place to be effective. And having the right people is critical for success. Our streamlined organization enables and empowers our talented professionals to tackle our customers' scientific and technical priorities – creatively and effectively.

Lynker offers a team-oriented work environment, and the opportunity to work in a culture of exceptionally skilled professionals who embrace sound science and creative solutions. Lynker's benefits include the following:

• Comprehensive healthcare for the employee at no monthly cost
• Healthcare benefit covers medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Policy plus paid holidays
• Highly competitive compensation plan regularly calibrated against industry and location benchmarks
• 401(k) retirement plan with company-matching
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – we're all company owners!
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Life and accident insurance
• Tuition assistance/Training/Workforce improvement reimbursement per year
• Spot bonuses for exceptional performance
• Annual Employee Recognition Awards with bonuses
• Employee Referral Program
• Free centralized, self-directed Learning Management System to learn at your own pace
• Personalized career growth plans for every employee

Lynker is an E-Verify employer.

Lynker is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected status under federal, state, or local laws.