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Black & Veatch · 1 day ago

Staff Environmental Sciences Specialist

Dallas, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

5+ years exp

Black & Veatch is an employee-owned company focused on sustainable infrastructure and engineering solutions. The Staff Environmental Sciences Specialist role involves supporting clients in compliance with environmental regulations and providing consulting services across various projects, including power generation and water treatment facilities.

ConstructionConsultingIndustrial EngineeringInfrastructure

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead and support projects associated with facility development, construction, and operation; providing critical support to our clients in environmental compliance planning, environmental permitting, due diligence, and environmental review services

Domestic and international consulting, permitting, licensing, and environmental quality review for power generation and transmission projects, power storage projects, industrial projects, water and wastewater treatment facilities, data centers, and oil and gas projects

Identify and interpret the statutes and regulations affecting the siting, design, construction, and operation of projects, coordinate with regulatory agencies and environmental consultants, and prepare site certification applications, permit applications, and environmental reports. Statutes and regulations may govern use and/or impacts to multiple environmental media including water, air, natural resources, and land use

Determine regulatory applicability, prepare air construction and operating permit applications

Review proposed modifications and air pollution control technologies associated with New Source Review (NSR) including both Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) and Nonattainment NSR Air Construction Permits and prepare air emission estimations

Qualification

Environmental consultingRegulatory complianceEnvironmental permittingTechnical writingCritical thinkingCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in engineering or professional degree in Sciences in area of expertise preferred with specialized training, or experience that uniquely qualifies the individual to perform the job responsibilities

A minimum total of 5 year of related work experience. Graduate work may count as related work experience if directly applicable to job function

All applicants must be able to complete pre-employment onboarding requirements (if selected) which may include any/all of the following: criminal/civil background check, drug screen, and motor vehicle records search, in compliance with any applicable laws and regulations

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in environmental studies, environmental engineering, or sciences strongly preferred. May also consider other degrees, specialized training, or experience that uniquely qualifies the individual to perform the job responsibilities

Proven success providing strategic environmental regulatory and permitting consulting for power generation and/or transmission clients, oil and gas clients, water and wastewater treatment clients, municipalities, data centers, and/or industrial clients

5+ years of solutions-oriented environmental consulting. Graduate work may count as related work experience if directly applicable to job function

Positive, team-first, get-the-job-done commitment

Highly developed critical thinking skills with proven problem-solving capabilities

Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to balance multiple projects while working under tight deadlines

Strong technical writing abilities