About Us: Bartlett & West is an engineering, architecture, technology, and other professional services firm headquartered in Topeka, KS with 19 offices in seven states throughout the Midwest. As a completely employee-owned company, Bartlett & West has a “We Before Me” mentality. We prioritize service to our clients, communities, and each other. We’re less concerned about titles and more concerned about how each person can be supported to make the greatest impact.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position will assist with the preparation of NEPA documentation for a wide variety of transportation and other infrastructure projects.  This includes desktop research, field work, creating maps in ESRI ArcMap, and writing technical reports.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Assist with and/or prepare environmental permits (Section 404), NEPA documentation, biological assessments, and other environmental compliance documentation.
• Conduct literature research and data collection for environmental investigation and documentation.
• Perform field work associated with the collection of natural resource and other data.
• Research federal, state, and local environmental quality and protection regulations.
• Write various sections of environmental documents and review and edit other sections prepared by technical specialists.
• Assist with or lead complex assignments and make independent decisions on problems and methods.
• Assist more senior scientists on projects.
• Take initiative, resolve problems, and identify improved procedures to assure client needs are met effectively.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• The ability to conduct research of federal, state, and local regulations and policies
• Excellent listening and reading skills, including proofreading
• Must be flexible to changes in work assignments on short notice and/or daily as changes occur in project needs
• Effective problem solving and decision-making skills
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Proficient with ArcMap or ARC GIS
• Position will work in both a field and office setting
• Willingness to embrace new technology and processes including learning other software programs.
• Exhibits initiative, responsibility, flexibility, and leadership
• Good time management skills with ability to handle complex deadline driven workload
• Ability to work independently and within a team successfully

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Environmental Science, Environmental Planning, Geography, Range Management, or other related field required.

Experience:

5-10 years of related experience required.

Travel Expectations:

Must be able to travel in-state and out-of-state on occasion, which usually would consist of visiting other office locations, project sites, attending seminars or business meetings.  Minimum travel is 10% of the time depending on projects.  Certain positions will require more travel.  Travel expectations will be communicated through the employee-owner’s manager, and for newly open positions, travel expectations will be reflected in the job posting announcement.  Driver’s license with clean driving record required. 

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a listing of all functions and responsibilities that are required of this position.  Employee owners are expected to take on additional responsibilities as requested.

Bartlett & West is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability.  

An offer is contingent upon successfully passing the pre-employment drug screen. Drug screen will need to complete within 48 hours of being contacted. 

Nearly all positions at Bartlett & West can require employee-owners to operate a motor vehicle on public roads in the course of their duties.  Accordingly, all employees may be required to have acceptable driving records and to provide an authorization to the Company to periodically obtain MVR reports”.      

Bartlett & West partners with businesses and communities to build smarter, stronger, more connected infrastructure. From railroad GIS to industrial parks and city planning, we provide innovative technology and engineering solutions to clients worldwide. With deep industry knowledge and a passion for creative problem solving, we engineer better tomorrows.

Bartlett & West is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with disability.