Environmental Tech Advisor

Our client is looking for an Environmental Tech Advisor to lead environmental compliance efforts for upstream oil and gas operations. This role serves as the primary environmental subject matter expert, supporting operations, leadership, regulatory agencies, and business partners in maintaining compliance, improving environmental performance, managing emissions reporting, and driving continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead environmental compliance programs related to air, water, waste, remediation, chemical storage, and related environmental requirements.
• Maintain knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations and ensure compliance across operations.
• Advise operations teams on permitting requirements, compliance obligations, environmental risks, and regulatory developments.
• Support environmental due diligence activities for acquisitions, divestitures, and new business opportunities.

• Lead emissions inventory development, calculations, tracking, reporting, and data quality improvement initiatives.
• Prepare air permits, emissions calculations, and related regulatory documentation.
• Manage environmental reporting and compliance filings, ensuring accurate and timely submissions.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance environmental performance and reporting efficiency.

• Manage environmental contractors and field programs, including LDAR, LiDAR, OGI leak surveys, AVO programs, inspections, and sampling activities.
• Lead or support remediation projects, site assessments, spill response activities, corrective actions, and environmental investigations.
• Maintain environmental records, site inventories, facility diagrams, and compliance documentation.
• Support implementation and management of Responsibly Sourced Gas (RSG) initiatives.

• Lead audit readiness activities, compliance reviews, corrective action tracking, and environmental data validation.
• Support agency inspections, regulatory audits, and compliance investigations.
• Deliver environmental training and awareness programs for field and office personnel.
• Prepare environmental updates and presentations for leadership and stakeholders

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, Geosciences, Applied Science, or a related technical discipline required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 7+ years of environmental compliance experience within upstream oil and gas operations.
• Texas environmental and regulatory experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading environmental compliance programs, permitting activities, emissions reporting, audits, and regulatory interactions.
• Strong knowledge of air regulations, emissions reporting, Texas permitting, GHG reporting, SPCC, stormwater, waste management, and remediation programs.
• Experience managing environmental contractors, field inspection programs, and remediation activities.
• Proficiency with environmental reporting systems and Microsoft Office applications.

• Strong analytical, organizational, project management, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently in a collaborative environment.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment.

The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.…