Type
External Job
Programs
cee
End Date
08/31/2019
Description
ERG has an immediate opening for an analyst to perform research, analyses and technical writing related to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and helping our clients adapt to climate change through resiliency planning with a focus on shoreline and infrastructure planning. To add to our many climate projects at the local, state and national levels, we are currently building our capacity to support local and regional governments in California in the development of GHG inventories, vulnerability assessments, and climate mitigation and adaptation plans.
Key Responsibilities:
- Estimate GHG emissions from a variety of sectors including mobile sources to support transportation-related analyses.
- Identify and estimate GHG emissions impacts from a range of transportation strategies, including alternative/renewable fueled vehicles, mode switching, telecommuting, smart growth and mass transit projects.
- Support climate vulnerability assessments and develop adaptation strategies for shorelines and critical infrastructure including transportation infrastructure considering a variety of climate impacts including sea level rise.
- Support transportation system resilience planning.
- Assist with stakeholder outreach, preparing technical reports and communicating results to clients.
Required:
- A B.S. or M.S. degree in the physical sciences, environmental sciences, planning or engineering.
- Excellent communication, writing, organization, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong data analysis and computer skills.
Desired Qualifications:
- Experience with California policies, regulations and climate assessments
- Local and regional planning including stakeholder engagement
- Using transportation demand modeling as a tool to estimate emissions and conduct alternatives analysis to support transportation resiliency planning
- Experience working on local or regional transportation plans including multi-modal transportation (port, airports, roads, rail, bike/pedestrian, metro)
- Green and gray shoreline management designs
- Facilitation and stakeholder engagement
- Basic understanding of road construction