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About WSDOT Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is the steward of an integrated, multimodal transportation system that helps to ensure people and goods move safely and efficiently throughout the state. In addition to building, maintaining, and operating the state highway system, WSDOT operates the largest ferry system in the nation, manages the world's longest floating bridge, and recently completed the world's widest tunneling project. * * The Opportunity WSDOT is seeking a Transportation Planning Specialist 4 to take on the highly essential role of Multi-agency Permit Lead. This position will lead statewide programmatic permitting and permit streamlining efforts, serving as a statewide senior permitting strategist and subject matter expert. In this role you will also provide project-level strategy and support for the acquisition of permits and approvals. The primary regulatory focus of this Multi-agency Permit Lead position is Sections 404 and 401 of the Clean Water Act and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act, and this position supports the Program Lead for implementing workforce development efforts related to these regulations and permits. This position also serves as Program Lead for wetland mitigation site closeouts and credit tracking. We are looking for candidates who have a passion for protecting the environment, problem-solving, continuous improvement, and delivering excellent customer service.   What to Expect Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, the Multi-agency Permit Lead will:

• Lead statewide programmatic permitting and permit streamlining efforts for Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401 and Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10.  
• Lead and manage WSDOT's negotiation, acquisition, implementation, and reporting of programmatic permits and approval to support WSDOT's Fish Passage Delivery Program and other WSDOT business needs. 
• Streamline the permit application and approval process for maintenance activities and fish passage projects, including coordinating with USACE on how various types of permits and approvals may be implemented for WSDOT's specific needs statewide.
• Support the development, maintenance, and improvement of WSDOT policies (i.e., manuals), procedures (i.e., webpages and guidance documents), and tools related to Sections 404/401 and Section 10 permits and approvals.
• Develop, deliver, and support workforce development efforts related to Section 404/401 and Section 10 permits and approvals so WSDOT employees and consultants who are responsible for performing permitting and compliance work have the knowledge necessary to implement those policies and procedures effectively and consistently.
• Serve as statewide senior permit strategist and subject matter expert (SME) for Clean Water Act Section 404 and 401 permits and Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 permits.
• Lead and manage WSDOT's mitigation site closeouts and credit tracking.
• Review, influence, and propose language for federal and state bills, fiscal notes, and rule changes.
• Track, analyze and communicate environmental permitting and compliance laws and rule changes to facilitate information sharing among the regions, modes, Megaprograms and HQ Maintenance Office. 
• Provide project-level strategy and support for acquisition of Clean Water Act Sections 404 and 401 and Rivers and Harbors Act Section 10 permits and approvals.
• Provide permitting strategy support and permit application QA/QC review support for complex projects and to support new employee training efforts in regions, modes, and Megaprograms. 
• Provide technical support to help WSDOT's project delivery teams develop and submit complete applications. 

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