Burns McDonnell's office in Kansas City, MO, is actively seeking a Staff Environmental Scientist to support, manage, and develop business for environmental surveys, NEPA analysis, and permitting services. Burns McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm ranked numerous times on FORTUNE’s List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in cities across the United States.

This position provides the opportunity to challenge and grow yourself professionally within one of the industry’s leading firms. Be on a team that solves our client’s issues and problems for environmental and engineering practices in the planning, permitting, design, and remediation service space.

The candidate should have an established and successful history executing tasks for both small and large-scale projects including but not limited to assisting with developing proposals and cost estimates, executing project tasks, and assisting with developing strategic plans. The candidate will support and execute environmental projects and be a technical author on various NEPA and siting documents. Areas to be covered include NEPA, routing and siting, and permitting. This includes permitting applications and analyzing environmental data supporting the development of environmental documents and studies for NEPA compliance for various types of projects, including high-voltage transmission line routing, transportation, renewables, power generation construction activities and upstream and midstream Oil and Gas.

The Environmental Scientist will work within our Environmental Services (ENS) Global Practice to perform the following duties:

Preparing studies, evaluations, NEPA and state documentation for all types and sizes of environmental projects;Ability to work independently and demonstrate competence in the area of technical report writing related to NEPA compliance as well as other types of technical reports and regulatory (Federal, State, local) permitting documents;Experience with environmental compliance, permitting, and agency consultations;Working with clients, resource agencies, environmental and technical staff to prepare environmental documents and related technical studiesDeveloping, cultivating, and strengthening relationships with clients;Assist with developing business for the Kansas City ENS Global Practice; andOther duties as assigned.

Qualified candidates should have experience in the following areas and with the following agencies:

National Environmental Policy ActState and Local Environmental PermittingU.S. Army Corps of Engineers and CWA Section 404 permittingSection 106U.S. Fish Wildlife Service and ESA compliance