Environmental Engineer

About the Role

This position works under limited supervision in a team environment, supervising operators and contractors as needed. It involves contact with all levels of employees through senior management, and frequent external contact with outside business partners such as vendors, suppliers, and contractors. The role oversees projects from start to completion, including initial scope, budget, schedule, onsite activities, communication with clients and regulators, and site closure.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high knowledge level and understanding of applicable environmental regulations, safety regulations, and policies and procedures.
• Provide technical interpretation and compliance recommendations for a wide variety of environmental regulations/permit requirements (local, federal, state).
• Enforce and update environmental compliance programs regarding air, water, waste, and other environmental requirements.
• Evaluate environmental test results, laboratory data, and procedures for compliance with applicable regulations and permit requirements.
• Handle waste for remediation, sampling, packaging, and correctly label various wastes.
• Maintain applicable regulation and permit reporting, renewal, and related document requirements as required by law.
• Complete reporting and documentation of site compliance and field activities.
• Support troubleshooting activities on plant environmental systems and equipment.
• Research information and compile reports such as status reports, risk assessments, site characterization, groundwater sampling, and recovery.
• Manage EHS incident investigations.
• Prepare clear, concise reports including tabular, numerical, and graphical presentation and analysis of environmental data.
• Design and implement company environmental compliance programs and perform regular audits and inspections of facility operations impacting environmental compliance.
• Proactively detect, correct, and minimize the impact of any non-compliance issues.
• Develop and provide necessary training for plant personnel to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and policies.
• Monitor contractor environmental field work to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory and permit requirements.
• Maintain applicable active certifications and/or licenses, such as EPA certifications.
• Monitor and measure environmental management performance.
• Analyze and accurately document work products in a comprehensive and timely manner.
• Oversee groundwater water quality permitting and environmental obligations, including EPA Class III UIC and ADEQ Aquifer Protection Permit.
• Manage stormwater permitting and compliance reporting.
• Handle air quality permitting, compliance schedules, and requirements.
• Lead reclamation and remediation projects.
• Conduct sampling and data collection for air, water, groundwater, wastewater, stormwater, hazardous waste, solid waste, and soil for laboratory testing.
• Oversee installation of monitoring wells, drilling investigations, soil sampling, packaging, and shipping.
• Perform due diligence and ensure regulatory compliance within a risk-based decision-making framework.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or a related discipline (minimum).
• Minimum seven (7) years of full-time environmental compliance and professional environmental experience.
• Experience with and comfort navigating TSCA, NEPA, EPCRA, CWA, CAA, CERCLA, RCRA, and/or SDWA and related applicable regulations are strong considerations.

Skills

• Ability to build strong relationships and thrive in a team environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective time-management skills, with the ability to multi-task and maintain flexibility in a dynamic work environment.