Environmental Jobs at Caltrans - Caltrans Division of Environmental Analysis

Current Job Openings at the Caltrans Division of Environmental Analysis - Revised November 13, 2002

Advertisements are posted at the California State Personnel Board website. Current Caltrans employees should select "VPOS Advanced Search" and search for jobs within the Department of Transportation. If you are not a current State employee, select "Learn all About It". For more information, contact Nancy Lowell at 916-653-7446.

All permanent jobs in the civil service system may be viewed at the California State Personnel Board website. Go to the Advanced Search page to search for jobs within the Deparment of Transportation.

In all classes cited below, additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis. In addition, in all classes (except Supervising Environmental Planner), a Master's Degree may be substituted for two years of required experience and a Doctorate Degree may be substituted for three years experience. In the parenthetical classes, these degrees must be in areas specific to the discipline of the class. For the full description of the Environmental Planner series qualifications, including the Knowledge and Abilities requirements, contact the State Personnel Board.

Environmental Planner Either:
I. A Bachelor's Degree in the social sciences, natural sciences, or environmental design arts;
Or:
II. One year of experience in social or natural environmental planning, environmental research analysis or environmental evaluation and education equivalent to graduation from college.

Or:
III. One year of experience in the California state service performing environmental planning-related duties in a class comparable in responsibility to Management Services Technician.

Environmental Planner (Archaeology) Either:
I. A Bachelor's Degree in Anthropology, with a concentration in California Archaeology, including one course in field work.
Or:
II. One year of experience in archaeological surveys, studies, research, analysis, or evaluation, and education equivalent to graduation from college.

Environmental Planner (Architectural History) Either:
I. A Bachelor's Degree in Art History, Architectural History or Historic Preservation, with a concentration on American architectural history, including coursework in 17th - 20th-century American architecture, and 19th - 20th-century architectural history.
Or:
II. One year of experience in research, writing, or teaching in American architectural history, or demonstrable professional activity with a government agency, and academic institution, historical organization or agency, museum or other professional institution, and education equivalent to graduation from college.

Environmental Planner (Natural Sciences) Either:
I. A Bachelor's Degree in the Biological Sciences with concentration in either animal biology, plant biology, ecology, fisheries management, or wildlife management.
Or:
II. One year of experience in environmental planning, research, analysis, or evaluation of natural science elements, and education equivalent to graduation from college.

Environmental Planner (Socioeconomic) Either:
I. A Bachelor's Degree in either Economics, Urban Planning, Geography, Sociology, or Business Administration with a concentration in either Finance, Human Resources Management, Marketing, Systems Management, or Real Estate and Land Use Affairs.
Or:
II. One year of experience in environmental planning, research, analysis, or evaluation of socioeconomic elements, and education equivalent to graduation from college.

I. One year in the California state service performing environmental planning, analysis, research, or evaluation in a class at a level equivalent to that of Environmental Planner, (salary) Range C.
Or:
II. Three years of experience in environmental planning, research, analysis, or evaluation, at least one year of which must have been equivalent in level to work performed by an Environmental Planner, (salary) Range C, in the California state service.

Associate Environmental Planner (Parenthetical Classes) Qualifications are the same as for the associate level generalist class except that both the degree and the three years of experience must be specific to the class, as described in the entry level Environmental Planner series, above.

Senior Environmental Planner Either:
I. One year in the California state service performing environmental planning, environmental research analysis or evaluation in a class at a level comparable to that of Associate Environmental Planner.
Or:
II. Four years of experience directing or conduction environmental studies or managing an interdisciplinary team preparing environmental documents, at least one year of which must have been equivalent in level to work performed by an Associate Environmental Planner in the California state service, and education equivalent to graduation from college.

I. One year of experience in the California state service performing the more difficult and complex work on special environmental projects or research studies as an in-house consultant, or managing an interdisciplinary team preparing environmental studies and environmental documents in a class at a level equivalent to that of Senior Environmental Planner.

II. Five years of experience in conducting comprehensive environmental studies of statewide significance and preparing environmental documents, at lease one year of which must have been equivalent in level to work performed by a Senior Environmental in the California state service, and education equivalent to graduation from college.