Preference will be given to applicants with previous supervisory experience and with permitting, NEPA, and/or NRDA experience.
Minimum Qualifications
A baccalaureate degree in one of the following fields: agronomy; atmospheric sciences; biological sciences; chemistry; coastal resource management; ecology; engineering; environmental sciences; forestry; geosciences; landscape architecture; marine science; natural resource management or studies; oceanography; physical geography; planning; statistics; wetland management; or wildlife and/or fisheries science, plus three years of professional level experience in coastal resource management, wetland resource management, environmental science, natural resource management, or biology.
Substitutions
Graduate training with less than a master’s degree will substitute for the required experience on the basis of fifteen semester hours in any of the qualifying fields for a maximum of six months of the required experience.
A master’s degree in any of the qualifying fields will substitute for one year of the required experience.
A Ph.D. in any of the qualifying fields will substitute for two years of the required experience.
Function of Work
To supervise staff involved in utilizing regulatory and/or non-regulatory measures to create, restore, enhance, protect, and preserve the state’s coastal wetlands, marshes, flood plains, and other natural resources vital to the state’s economy and/or the safety of its citizens (private, public, institutional, industrial, and governmental), and to protect the citizens of Louisiana with hurricane flood protection measures.
