Senior Environmental Compliance Leader

Job Description

Take Your Environmental Career to the Next Level Are you ready to be challenged, make a difference, and experience professional growth in your career? Kleinfelder's Environmental team is looking for you! From environmental planning, permitting, remediation, and site characterization to chemical data management and hydrogeology, Kleinfelder offers a variety of services designed to provide technically appropriate and cost-effective solutions. Step Into Your New Role We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Environmental Compliance Leader in our Environmental Department. This position is a great opportunity to join a dynamic team, working collaboratively with other disciplines to achieve client and professional satisfaction. Project work is diverse, including several industrial sectors. The right candidate can work remotely from any of our southeast locations. This position can be based in:

• Charlotte, NC
• Atlanta, GA
• Raleigh, NC Responsibilities: The successful candidate will direct technical environmental compliance programs and projects of varying size, lead a team of staff various environmental compliance activities primarily for our mining, industrial and energy clients. Must be able to work independently, using knowledge of industry and/or professional guidelines and protocols to accomplish goals and objectives and solve problems of diverse scope. The position requires team leadership, project management, business development, and client engagement in support of our clients in Georgia, and the Carolinas. The successful candidate will be highly technical with excellent data management and regulatory interpretation skills, strategic thinking to identify and apply logical solutions, ability to understand and apply engineering calculations and quality control procedures, good writing and organization capabilities, ability to work independently or as part of a larger group with capacity to support multiple assignments. The ideal candidate will have a seller-doer mentality and be able to engage Clients, deliver value and generate additional opportunities, This position may be based out of Atlanta, Georgia or Charlotte, or Raleigh North Carolina, and includes the potential for partial remote work. Some overnight travel may be required for this position. Significant experience in the following is ideal for this position:
• Air quality permitting, emissions inventories, Title V, and NESHAP compliance including NSR and BACT evaluations.
• Select and recommend techniques, procedures and criteria to perform technical tasks, studies and analysis;
• Prepare wastewater permit applications;
• Prepare SWPPP and SPCC Plans;
• Project management experience;
• Conduct multi-media environmental compliance audits; and
• Ability to effectively manage, drive, deliver and review proposals and reports; and, The successful candidate will be a part of Kleinfelder’s compliance hub of environmental experts that can support projects both regionally and throughout the United States. Additionally, our environmental team continues to offer growth and mentoring opportunities. Minimum Requirements:
• Bachelor of Science degree in environmental sciences, environmental or chemical engineering
• A minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in any of the disciplines listed above.
• Advanced writing skills and high degree of proficiency in mathematics and problem-solving
• Ability to occasionally travel out of town
• Project, Client and Team Management experience, PMP a plus.
• Professional Engineering, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager or other professional certifications a plus Move Forward with Kleinfelder: Kleinfelder has been connecting great people to the best work since 1961. We are engineers, scientists, and construction professionals providing solutions that improve our clients’ transportation, water, energy, and other private infrastructure. As a responsive, cross-disciplinary team of bright, curious, and innovative problem-solvers, we are dedicated to doing the right thing, every day, on every project from over 110 offices in the US, Canada, and Australia. Connecting great people to the best work is our purpose – together, we deliver. Progress with an Employer that Values You Kleinfelder is an inclusive organization free from discrimination. We are a stronger organization when we are a diverse workforce and believe that through diversity, equity, and inclusion comes creativity, innovation, and unity. We are proud to offer the following: Benefits: Kleinfelder offers an excellent compensation and benefits package, including: medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) plan, and paid holidays. Career Development: We are committed to investing in the professional development of our staff, offering each employee every opportunity to grow, develop, and take control of their career paths. We support these efforts through reimbursements for continuing education as well as many of the expenses associated wit