Senior Environmental Consultant

The Senior Environmental Engineer role will oversee regulatory gap analysis to ensure all operations comply with current regulations. The role will manage the strategic permit planning and preparation of permit applications, ensuring timely submissions. The role will include conducting multi-media environmental audits and assessments, providing comprehensive compliance support and reporting. Additionally, the role will negotiate with regulatory agencies to secure permits and develop tools and standards to reduce environmental liability and risk. The role oversees a team of individual contributors and drives them towards achieving significant objectives that influence the overall unit or organization. The role makes informed decisions based on company policies, procedures, and pre-established unit objectives. 

 

Responsibilities 

• Conduct a regulatory gap analysis to identify opportunities for improvement in compliance activities and permit processes. 

• Prepare and review permit applications, ensuring they adhere to the relevant policies and legal requirements. 

• Drive strategic permit planning to foster long-term compliance with environmental regulations. 

• Lead multi-media environmental audits and assessments, ensuring strict adherence to regulatory requirements. 

• Provide compliance support and reporting to all relevant stakeholders. 

• Negotiate with agencies to ensure compliance while simultaneously advocating for organizational interests. 

• Implement strategies to reduce environmental liability and risk, safeguarding the organization's reputation and legal standing. 

• Issue and develop tools and standards for compliance, permitting procedures, and environmental risk reduction. 

• Lead, develop, and coach a high-performing team by setting clear expectations, providing feedback, and fostering a culture of engagement, growth, and accountability. 

• Oversee workload planning, performance management, and team operations to align resources with business objectives while ensuring compliance with company policies and regulations. 

• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs. 

 

Skills and Competencies 

• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to drive a team of individual contributors towards achieving significant objectives. 

• Broad knowledge of compliance, permitting procedures, and environmental regulations. 

• Proficient in strategic planning, regulatory gap analysis, and risk reduction strategies. 

• Proficient negotiation skills for engaging regulatory and oversight agencies. 

• Strong communication and presentation skills with clients across different industries. 

 

Experience 

• Typically, a minimum of 8 years of related work experience in compliance & permitting management or related field is required. 

• Experience in leading a team of individual contributors and driving them towards achieving significant objectives. 

• Typically certified in the SMS Framework, and progressing through the SMS competencies. 

 

Education 

• A bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, law, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience is required. 

 

Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education.  These ranges may be modified in the future.  

Location A: $117,000 - $159,000
Location B: $128,000 - $175,000
Location C: $140,000 - $191,000

You can view which BC location applies to you here. If you have any questions, please speak with your Recruiter.  

Benefits and Other Compensation:  We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.  

 

About Brown and Caldwell  

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com  

This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.   

Notice to Third Party Agencies: Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.    

Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO/AAP Employer. Brown and Caldwell encourages protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, and applicants from all backgrounds to apply. Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.