Southeastern Idaho Environmental Specialist

About the role

Oklo is seeking an Environmental Specialist to support environmental compliance, field oversight, permitting coordination, procedure development, and environmental stewardship activities associated with nuclear and industrial development projects in southeastern Idaho. This role will work closely with construction, operations, licensing, engineering, and regulatory teams to ensure environmental compliance across active project sites and related field activities. The position requires field presence and direct interaction with contractors, regulators, and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Manage regular meetings with partners such as Batelle Energy Alliance (BEA) and the Department of Energy Idaho (DOE-ID)
• Work with Oklo subject matter experts to track documentation related to environmental authorizations, approvals, and permits for projects in Southeast Idaho
• Conduct environmental field inspections and compliance assessments at active project and construction sites
• Interpret environmental requirements and support implementation of environmental compliance programs, permits, and site environmental procedures
• Monitor internal Oklo teams and contractor compliance with environmental requirements and best management practices (BMPs)
• Auxiliary environmental monitoring activities including water, air, soil, and waste tracking as needed
• Support preparation and maintenance of environmental reports, inspection logs, permit documentation, and corrective actions
• Identify environmental compliance issues and implement corrective actions
• Auxiliary spill response activities, investigations, and follow-up actions
• Interface with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies when required
• Cookordination with engineering, construction, procurement, subcontracts, operations, and other teams to ensure environmental requirements are incorporated into project planning and execution
• Track and communicate environmental compliance risks and emerging issues
• Support environmental audits, readiness reviews, and corrective action programs
• Help maintain environmental documentation systems and records
• Participate in field walkdowns, project meetings, and environmental planning discussions
• Travel periodically to project and operational locations within Idaho and surrounding regions as needed
• Familiarity with State of Idaho, Bonneville County, Bingham County and City of Idaho Falls environmental regulations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Biology, Ecology, or a related technical discipline
• 3+ years of experience supporting environmental compliance, construction environmental oversight, industrial operations, or related field activities
• Familiarity with environmental regulations and permitting requirements including:
• Clean Water Act
• Stormwater permitting
• Spill prevention and response
• Hazardous waste management
• Air quality and environmental compliance programs
• Experience performing environmental inspections and documenting findings
• Strong technical writing and reporting skills
• Ability to work safely in active industrial and construction environments
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel locally as needed
• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather and field conditions
• Must reside in southeastern Idaho or be willing to relocate to southeastern Idaho

Qualifications

• Passion for clean energy
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, highly iterative startup environment
• Willing to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about the problems they are solving while not leaning only on what has been done before
• Excellent writing skills
• Able to communicate technical content and results verbally

Benefits

This position may involve access to information subject to U.S. export control laws. Only applicants who meet the definition of a U.S. person under applicable laws may be eligible.

Pay

$100,000-$140,000

Schedule

Remote employees are required to travel to headquarters (Santa Clara, CA) twice a quarter annually, based on business or team needs, including attendance at team meetings, off-sites, and other company events or gatherings. For the first two weeks of onboarding, employees are required to be in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, CA.