The AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence Technical Assistance Program is currently recruiting to expand its team of highly qualified and experienced experts to assist transportation and environmental agency officials in improving environmental performance and program delivery.

Applications are due June 16.

The team members individually or as a team supply on-call technical assistance to transportation and environmental agencies through short and long term assignments. Also, the team members assist the Center for Environmental Excellence in developing and implementing other technical assistance, information-sharing and training programs.

The experts serve on an on-call basis under a letter agreement with the AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence. The expert contracts are typically for a one-year time period and are renewable. The experts work at an hourly labor rate and are reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with government per diem rates.

Each technical assistance assignment is made through a problem statement, scope of work, technical proposal, cost proposal, and notice to proceed. The scope of work, technical proposal, and cost proposal are collaboratively developed in close coordination with AASHTO and the transportation and environmental agencies.

AASHTO has sole-source contracts with all State Departments of Transportation, thereby allowing contracts with AASHTO for technical assistance to be completed in a relatively short time period. In addition, AASHTO is able to develop agreements for technical assistance with non-member agencies.

The expert application must be completed and submitted using the on-line application form located on the AASHTO Center for Environmental Excellence Technical Assistance Program website. Completed applications should be submitted by email to Kate Kurgan at kkurgan@aashto.org . No applications will be accepted by other means of communication.

5/26/2006