BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Date of Study: August 20, 2007
Collective Bargaining Identification: M01
Job Analysis Conducted By: Revonna Roper, Selection Analyst, Susan Trevino, Manager Selection Services Section
Number of Incumbents: There is 1 incumbent in this classification per the State Controller’s Office Filled/Vacant Position Report dated July 1, 2007.
Names of the Subject Matter Expert(s) and their background:
Cher Daniels, Supervising Environmental Planner, Sacramento
Ms. Daniels has been employed with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) for 6 years. For the past 3 years, she has worked as a Supervising Environmental Planner with direct supervisory responsibilities of the Senior Environmental Planner in the Office of Facilities Management, Sacramento
SUPERVISING ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNER INFORMATION GATHERING
The initial list of tasks and knowledges, skills & abilities statements were identified after conducting a literature review which consisted of:
• Duty Statement from Office of Facility Management (CDCR)
• Duty Statement from Planning & Construction Division (CDCR)
• Duty Statement from CA State Land Commission
• Class Specification from State Personnel Board
EDITED TASK LISTING
NOTE: Each position within this classification may perform some or all of these tasks.
Task Statements:
1. Supervise the planning and executing of major environmental planning, analysis, and research programs in connection with environmental impact studies to ensure compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and environmental regulatory permits utilizing all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies environmental laws, rules regulations (e.g., CEQA Guidelines, internet, etc.) on a daily basis.
2. Represent the department in the environmental planning matters of statewide significance to ensure consistent application of departmental policies and procedures for planning and constructing adult and juvenile justice projects during the project team development process utilizing Design Criteria Guidelines (DCG), CEQA Guidelines etc., on a daily basis.
3. Research programs in connection with environmental impact studies for adult and juvenile justice projects to meet CEQA and environmental permit requirements using the CEQA Guidelines on a daily basis.
4. Evaluate Staff performance (i.e., development probation reports and individual training plans) for subordinate staff to produce adequate environmental documents and to enhance staff knowledge of CEQA process utilizing SPB guidelines, DPA guidelines and CEQA guidelines, etc. as needed.
5. Serve as Program Manager for compliance with CEQA for all constructions and renovation projects to produce legally adequate CEQA documents utilizing CEQA Guidelines, relevant court cases and all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies environmental laws etc., on a daily basis.
6. Administrate statewide programs (e.g., Emergency Housing, Mental Health Care Programs etc.) for construction and renovation projects including planning, organizing, directing and controlling multidisciplinary teams of both contracted consultants and department staff to produce environmental document utilizing CEQA guidelines on a daily basis.
7. Represent the department with Federal, State, and local agencies during the environmental planning process to executive management and to external stakeholders to effectively communicate departmental environmental compliance procedures utilizing CEQA guidelines, reports, correspondence, and meetings, etc., on a daily basis.
8. Coordinate the environmental Planning process for the adult and juvenile construction projects including development of mitigation measures as well as strategies and interagency agreements to ensure project compliance with CEQA utilizing CEQA guidelines, all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, etc., as required.
9. Develop and recommend policy and strategies for construction and renovation projects to overcome issues and constraints that are specific to each project and/or program utilizing the CEQA guidelines, Departmental Operating Manual (DOM), all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations etc., on a daily basis.
10. Represent the department in public hearings and meeting with representatives of local communities to communicate the purpose and need for prison construction projects and to ensure compliance with CEQA utilizing PowerPoint presentations, facts sheets, exhibits, etc., as required.
11. Provide Management interface with Department of Justice and Attorney General’s Office in order to provide support for legal challenges against environmental documents using CEQA Guidelines, all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, relevant court cases etc., on project by project basis.
12. Represent the department in CEQA lawsuits, and assist with the preparation and review of various court documents needed to support legal case (i.e., administrative records, depositions, etc.) utilizing the CEQA guidelines all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, relevant court cases etc., on project by project basis.
13. Direct field inspections of prospective project sites and make recommendations on those sites in order to prepare environmental technical studies utilizing CEQA guidelines, all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, etc., on a project by project basis.
14. Review proposed legislation to determine the impact on the Department’s environmental policies and procedures; provides recommendation (i.e., bill analysis, etc.) on proposed legislation utilizing CEQA guidelines all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, relevant court cases etc., on an occasional basis.
15. Manage environmental consultant selection process to provide environmental planning services to prepare legally adequate environmental documents utilizing CEQA guidelines, All applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, etc., on a project by project basis.
16. Managing the contract amendment process by preparing scopes of services, cost estimates, fee proposals and participate in contract negotiations for all environmental consultant contracts utilizing departmental standard state contract procedures, all applicable local, State and Federal laws, regulations and policies laws, etc., on a project by project basis.
Tasks highlighted in bold text are not currently on the SPB classification specification
EDITED KSAPC LISTING
NOTE: Each position within this classification may perform some or all of these KSAPCs.
Knowledge of:
K1. Extensive knowledge of methods of planning, organizing, directing and controlling major statewide differences in, and uses of, land use planning and multimodal forms of transportation considering various environmental factors in order to meet program requirements.
K2. General knowledge of ecology or general principles behind planning for the conservation and preservation of natural resources to prepare adequate environmental technical studies.
K3. General knowledge of principles and techniques of research and statistical analysis to produce state estimates for scopes of work for adult and juvenile construction projects in order to perform daily assignments.
K4. Intermediate knowledge of communication skills for purposes of data gathering to effectively communicate environmental impacts and mitigation strategies to the community in order perform daily assignments.
K5. Extensive knowledge of techniques and methods of evaluation of environmental impacts for adult and juvenile projects in order to ensure compliance of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
K6. General knowledge of various types of public facilities and how they service the community in order to assets project impacts on the facilities in order to prepare environmental compliance documents.
K7. Intermediate knowledge of State and Federal laws and regulations relating to environment planning and issuance of environmental permits in order to prepare CEQA documents and technical studies.
K8. General knowledge of State, local and regional governmental organizations as they relate to environmental planning, specific knowledge of either the social sciences, natural sciences or environmental design arts in order to prepare environmental studies.
K9. General knowledge of trends in environmental, urban and regional planning in order to prepare environmental documents that reflect current land use planning requirements.
K10. General knowledge of principles and concepts of archeology as applied in a planning setting to evaluate project impacts in order to prepare cultural resource studies.
K11. General knowledge of principles and concepts of architectural history as applied in a planning setting to evaluate project impacts in order to prepare historic structural resource reports.
K12. Intermediate knowledge of principles and concepts for natural science as applied in a planning setting in order to prepare biological resource studies, wetland delineation reports and secure regulatory permits.
K13. Intermediate knowledge of trends in Federal, State and local environmental assessment and mitigation reports, impact statements, and/or negative declarations in order to be in compliance with CEQA Guidelines and Departmental environmental policy.
K14. Intermediate knowledge of principles of effective supervision in order to hire, train, plan organize and direct staff; and ensure workplace compliance with Federal and State personnel guidelines (e.g., Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), sexual harassment, Ralph C. Dills Act, etc.) guidance to staff in developing legally adequate CEQA documents in order to meet project construction schedule.
K15. General knowledge of principles and concepts of archeological resources assessment and preservation Archeological techniques and methods, as applied in a planning setting to evaluate project impacts to cultural resources and to consult with the State Office of Historic Preservation in order to prepare culture resource reports.
K16. General knowledge of principles and concepts of architectural history techniques and methodologies, as applied in a planning setting to evaluate project impacts to cultural resources and to consult with the State Office of Historic Preservation in order to prepare culture resource reports.
K17. General knowledge of principles and concepts of economics and social science as applied in a planning setting to evaluate project impacts in order to prepare social economic studies and school impact studies.
K18. General knowledge of principles and concepts of natural science techniques and methodologies as applied in a planning setting in order to prepare technical reports for environmental documents as directed.
K19. General knowledge principles and techniques of supervision and personnel management (i.e., staff development, staff retention, staff performance and evaluations, etc.) in order to provide customer service and quality team building.
K20. General knowledge of differences of impacts of multimodal forms of transportation on the environment in order to prepare evaluates traffic and air quality studies.
K21. Intermediate knowledge of methods of administering environmental projects and programs to ensure compliance with CEQA Guidelines in order to prepare legally adequate environmental documents.
K22. Intermediate knowledge of a Supervisor’s role in the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program and the processes available to meet the Department’s EEO objectives as it relates to the supervision and management of departmental personnel.
KSAPCs highlighted in bold text are not currently on the SPB classification specification
Skill to:
S1. Extensive skill to supervise and direct the activities of others in order to prepare legally adequate environmental documents and technical studies.
S2. Basic skill to participate as a witness in local hearings in order to seek community support for construction project.
S3. Extensive skill to analyze environmental situations accurately in order to prepare legally adequate environmental documents and technical studies.
S4. Intermediate skill to gather and analyze data to evaluate environmental impacts from construction and renovation projects.
S5. Extensive skill to prepare written reports in order to assess environmental existing conditions, impacts and proposed mitigation measures.
S6. Extensive skill to work effectively with others as an interdisciplinary team member in order to produce legally adequate CEQA documents.
S7. General skill to conduct interviews for data gathering in order to prepare technical studies.
S8. Intermediate skill to apply general techniques of insuring participation in the planning process in order to seek community participation.
S9. General skill to perform all of the abilities specified for Environmental Planner in order to produce environmental documents. S10. General skill to perform all of the requirements specified for Associate Environmental Planner /Environmental Planner in order to produce environmental documents and technical studies.
S11. Intermediate skill to coordinate environmental planning, research, and analysis of proposed projects in order produce environmental documents and technical studies.
S12. Intermediate skill to make an assessment of an existing environment in order to evaluate environmental impacts and develop mitigation measures.
S13. Extensive skill to write environmental documents that are clear and concise in order to and effectively communicate project impacts and mitigations measures.
S14. Extensive skill to plan and carry out complex studies in order to support environment compliance documents.
S15. Intermediate skill to direct the work of others engaged in planning studies in order to support environment compliance documents.
S16. Extensive skill to participate in public presentations in order to represent the department’s environmental planning process.
S17. Intermediate skill to solicit outside expertise on a short-term basis on specific environmental studies or phases of studies in order to evaluate project impacts.
S18. General skill to adapt and apply formal archeological research methods and principles to planning problems of an applied practical nature in order to prepare culture resource technical studies.
S19. General skill to conduct a test excavation or data recovery program as a Principal Investigator in order to prepare hazards and hazardous materials reviews and reports, etc.
S20. General skill to adapt and apply formal methods and principles in architectural history to planning problems of an applied practical nature in order to prepare architectural structural reports.
S21. General skill to adapt and apply formal natural science methods and principles to planning problems of an applied practical nature in order to prepare biological studies wetland delineation, habitat restoration plans, etc.
S22. General skill to adopt and apply formal socioeconomic methods and principles to requirements specified for Associate Environmental in order to prepare cost benefit analysis, social economic studies and specialize study reports.
S23. General skill to coordinate environmental investigations of proposed projects; review and evaluate local plans in relation to statewide environmental interests in order to prepare adequate environmental documents.
S24. Intermediate skill to incorporate the input of interested groups and agencies into the environmental planning and analysis process in order to evaluate project impacts, develop mitigation strategies and assess project alternatives.
S25. General skill to solicit necessary expertise to complete environmental studies or meet project goals Effectively contribute to the department’s EEO in order to create and maintain a fair and equitable work environment free of harassment and discrimination.
KSAPCs highlighted in bold text are not currently on the SPB classification specification