Environmental Protection Specialist - Kennedy Space Center, United States - National Aeronautics And Space Administration

Description

Summary

You will serve as the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Technical Program Lead on natural resources, habitat management and mitigation, permitting, regulatory compliance of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and other environmental and natural resource requirements in support of the KSC Multi-user Spaceport.

Duties

• Serves as the Center's National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Manager within the Environmental Management Branch of the Medical and Environmental Services Division of the Spaceport Integration and Services Directorate.
• Serves as the Technical Lead for the Environmental Planning Team within the Environmental Management Branch of the Medical and Environmental Services Division of the Spaceport Integration and Services Directorate.
• Supports environmental design reviews, compliance, and stakeholder engagement. Manages the Center-wide Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS). Supports NEPA actions with NASA/KSC as the lead or cooperating agency.
• Plans, directs, and implements the natural resources program, cultural and historic resources program, ecological monitoring program, and compliance with NEPA and other applicable state and federal environmental laws and regulations.
• Coordinates environmental compliance with Master Planning, Construction of Facilities, institutional programs, NASA Headquarters, regulatory agencies, commercial partners, and other stakeholders.
• Develops and analyzes proposals for environmental protection regulations and generates budgets, plans, schedules, and risk analyses to assess impacts to the natural, biological, and built environment.
• Supports and manages the development of all KSC NEPA documents. Ensures that all documents contain scientifically supported analysis/mitigation measures and are of high/professional quality and supportive of defensible decisions.
• Fosters a culture of engagement, diversity, inclusiveness, excellence and innovation. Champion NASA's commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility to create an environment that promotes a commitment to safety, integrity, and teamwork.