Senior Consultant, Scientist, Permitting and Compliance

Description

• Assist with the preparation of siting and permit applications required by federal, state or local environmental regulatory authorities for facility development, expansion, and maintenance or decommissioning.
• Oversee and contribute to quality assurance and quality control.
• Support projects, either single or multi-site, on time and to budget including elements such as scope and delivery requirements, budgeting, resourcing, planning, coordinating field and other technical work and managing health and safety and risk aspects.
• Assist in planning for, communicating, and ensuring compliance with project-specific federal, state and local environmental regulations.
• Travel up to 20% to meet project requirements for client meetings, agency meetings, training, or project team meetings.
• Contribute to technical proposals and maintain client relationships to support repeat business.
• Prepare environmental plans such as erosion control plans, storm water pollution prevention plans, site restoration plans, and spill prevention, control, and countermeasures plans.
• Assist with the preparation of technical project documents, including, but not limited to writing, word processing, building tables and spreadsheets, tabulating and manipulating data, producing hard copy documents commensurate with the candidate’s technical background.
• Review project plans to assess environmental impact and scope of regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate with other ERM practitioners to execute impact assessment and capital project permitting (ERM services broadly include baseline studies, environmental impact assessment, routing studies, land planning, and facility siting & permitting).

Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to prepare concise and accurate technical documents.
• Experience conducting desktop and online studies or research on a wide variety of natural resource or resource planning topics, Geographic Information System, map interpretation (National Wetland Inventory, U.S. Geological Survey, aerial photography).
• Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite software.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, which include being comfortable and effective at communicating complex technical knowledge and concepts to other staff, clients, regulatory agencies, and non-technical project stakeholders.
• Experience collaborating with federal, state and local environmental regulatory agency staff to obtain permits and approvals.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in environmental studies, planning, geography, civil or environmental engineering or related natural resources science field of study.
• 3+ years of environmental impact assessment, siting, and permitting experience on energy projects, including consulting for private-sector clients.
• Working knowledge of key environmental protection and energy facility development regulations, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance