Remote NEPA Specialist (Mid-Level) - Environmental Planning

Versar, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Versar Global Solutions seeks a Mid-level NEPA Specialist to support federal environmental planning. The role focuses on NEPA documentation, coordinating with technical teams, and delivering compliant analyses for federal actions.

You will prepare EAs/EISs, assess alternatives, and ensure integration of environmental resources, with opportunities for stakeholder engagement and field collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in planning, environmental science, natural or cultural resources, public policy, geography, engineering, or related discipline.
• Five+ years of progressively responsible environmental planning experience including NEPA projects.
• Experience preparing or contributing to EAs, EISs, CATEX, FONSIs, RODs, and supporting studies.
• Experience supporting U.S. federal agencies, military departments, or federally managed environments is required.
• Strong knowledge of NEPA regulations, procedures, guidance, and documentation practices.

Responsibilities

• Support preparation of NEPA documentation for proposed federal actions (EAs, EISs, CATEX, etc.).
• Assist clients and project managers in developing NEPA strategies, schedules, scopes, and data needs.
• Prepare and revise purpose and need statements, alternative analyses, affected environment, and impact sections.
• Coordinate with technical specialists to review analyses addressing air quality, water resources, wetlands, biological resources, cultural resources, land use, noise, transportation, environmental justice, socioeconomics, climate, and infrastructure.
• Support compliance and consultation activities under project leadership and specialists.
• Draft notices, scoping materials, public meeting content, agency correspondence, comments responses, FONSIs, RODs, and admin-record materials.
• Organize workshops, public meetings, and stakeholder coordination.
• Review documents for clarity, technical support, and alignment with procedures; maintain trackers and auditable project files.
• Coordinate day-to-day activities with federal program staff, engineers, scientists, planners, public-affairs, contractors, regulators, and tribal/community partners.
• Support project management activities including work planning, scheduling, budget tracking, and deliverable production.
• Provide technical guidance to junior staff and integrate resource analyses into cohesive documents.
• Contribute to proposals, scopes of work, staffing, schedules, and client presentations.

Skills

NEPA knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Technical writing

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in planning/environmental science/public policy/geography/engineering

Tools

Microsoft 365

Document-management systems

GIS

Data visualization

Job description

Versar Global Solutions seeks a Mid-level NEPA Specialist to support federal environmental planning. The role focuses on NEPA documentation, coordinating with technical teams, and delivering compliant analyses for federal actions.

You will prepare EAs/EISs, assess alternatives, and ensure integration of environmental resources, with opportunities for stakeholder engagement and field collaboration.