Construction Environmental Compliance Lead

Job#: 3045240

Job Description:

Construction Environmental Compliance Lead

ONSITE - San Antonio, TX

$85-$95 Hourly

Our client's Cloud Infrastructure Construction Environmental Compliance team is responsible for environmental permit compliance related to construction of Data Centers (DCs). The Construction Environmental Compliance Lead will manage environmental permits during construction until turnover to operations, manage consultants supporting site inspections, cooperate with internal/external business partners to achieve compliance goals, develop and submit required AHJ reports/inspections, will work with the General Contractor and our client to ensure compliance with all Federal, State, and local regulations, ordinances, guidelines, standards, and permit requirements (Environmental Requirements) and serve as Microsoft environmental representation to external stakeholders. This role requires regular engagement with key stakeholders, including Compliance, Permitting, Legal, Design, Construction, and Operations teams, regulatory agencies, and outside consultants and contractors. This role is region specific, requiring onsite inspections and field support. The region for this role is San Antonio.

In order to be successful, you must have a strong background in environmental permitting and compliance, be able to work in a dynamic and global organization and have a strong desire to continually learn and innovate. In particular, we will expect you to:

• Have a strong background in project management and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders to drive desired outcomes.
• Have specific knowledge of environmental permitting programs and requirements including, but not limited to air quality, threatened and endangered species, CWA 404/401 permitting, stormwater construction general permits, SPCC, RCRA, etc.
• Have a working knowledge of remedial investigations, remediation strategies and execution, site conceptual models and site management plans.
• Have ability to follow construction schedules, and identify compliance risks and mitigation
• Work well within a fast-paced organization who is a self-starter, process-minded, and collaborative.

The Construction Environmental Compliance Lead will be a key player in both the strategy development and compliant execution of environmental permits for our projects during the construction phase of our DC lifecycle.

Specific Job Task - Environmental compliance that includes onsite field inspections and on-demand field support, as well as offsite report development and team cross coordination prior to, during, and after construction phases of the project life cycle, including support during transfer to Operations Environmental Compliance. Job requires strong knowledge in environmental regulations related to Clean Water Act sections 402, 401, and 404.

Roles and Responsibilities - The Construction Environmental Compliance Lead is part of a larger environmental team composed of environmental permitting and compliance managers that supports the on-time delivery and execution of data center while ensuring compliance with all environmental approvals. Specific responsibilities will include:

• Coordinate with subject-matter experts to satisfy compliance obligations and Environmental Requirements based on the timing of the overall construction schedule.
• Coordination with Permit Managers to understand permit conditions and drive understanding for Construction teams to ensure compliance with all environmental approvals
• Management of environmental and construction consultants that support the overall site delivery. Consultants support the Compliance Team by conducting required site inspections, regular reporting to internal stakeholders, assisting with agency discussions, submission of AHJ notifications and reports, and advising construction teams on compliance concerns that arise in the field.
• Identification and mitigation of issues that occur during construction related to any of the following: stormwater, wetlands, streams (CWA 404/401), threatened and endangered species, cultural resources, buffers, tree preservations, and air compliance. Assistance and coordination with permitting teams to deliver construction requested permit modifications.
• Support of regulatory agency, stakeholder and community engagement activities for new builds.
• Support of development of environmental risk and compliance mitigations to enable datacenter construction and operations within development timelines.
• Management of environmental compliance planning and execution for pre-construction activities and operational turnover.
• Communication of environmental requirements and environmental expertise to diverse internal and external stakeholders. Construction Environmental Compliance Lead will maintain and report project status regularly and contribute to the development and continued improvement of an Environmental Excellence program for datacenter delivery and construction.

Candidate Requirements

Bachelor's degree in environmental, Civil, or Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science or equivalent

Candidate must possess strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to establish and maintain cross-functional and positive working relationships with internal and external teams

5+ years of environmental permitting or compliance and approvals experience in America, including management of environmental impact assessments, acquisition of permits, and cultural and ecological surveys and approvals.

5+ years of program and project management experience in America, including permit timeline development, cross coordination amongst disciplines, contracting and leading consultant teams, driving deliverables to the business, etc.

Experience with mission critical facilities or large-scale construction projects.

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