ECMC - West OWP Environmental Protection Specialist II

Job Title

Orphaned Well Program Western Region Environmental Specialist

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application. The Position serves as the OWP Western Region Environmental Specialist, responsible for designing, managing, and implementing Phase 3 environmental activities (site investigations and soil/groundwater remediation) at orphaned oil and gas locations. Because orphaned sites lack active operators, the Position prepares, submits, and executes environmental work plans, permits, technical specifications, and regulatory reports on behalf of ECMC.

Many legacy sites fail to meet modern environmental standards due to prolonged neglect or outdated construction practices. The Position evaluates complex hydrogeological and environmental data to design site-specific remediation plans that ensure full protection of public health, safety, welfare, and environmental resources. The Position manages environmental contractors, oversees field operations, tracks project budgets and schedules, responds to public or surface owner environmental complaints, and coordinates third-party environmental consultants.

Specific job duties include but are not limited to:

• Operating in both field and office environments, the Position manages environmental contractors and assigned technical staff to execute environmental investigation and remediation projects safely, cost-effectively, and in accordance with ECMC rules, specifications, and state standards.
• Prepares technical procurement scopes, reviews bid proposals, establishes ordering agreements, approves field scope modifications, and provides technical guidance to field personnel.
• Functions as the technical authority for preparing, submitting, and managing regulatory permits, environmental site investigation work plans, and remediation plans.
• Conducts pre-design field inspections, reviews historical well files, interprets complex analytical data, and designs custom remediation systems tailored to legacy oil and gas infrastructure.
• Responsible for project scoping, budget development, contract scheduling, and resource allocation for environmental investigation and remediation projects across the Western Region.
• Negotiates surface access agreements with landowners and surface tenants, conducts pre-bid and pre-work meetings, and ensures environmental field operations seamlessly transition into final surface reclamation.
• Work closely with internal ECMC environmental staff, CDPHE, local jurisdictions, and federal land managers, to ensure all site assessment and cleanup activities meet applicable regulatory frameworks.

This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Six (6) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position

OR

A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to six (6) years.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Please note:

The required experience must be substantiated within the work experience section of your application. Your resume will not be reviewed to determine if you meet the minimum qualifications; only the work experience section of your application will be reviewed to determine this. "See Resume" statements on the application will not be accepted. In addition, part-time work will be prorated.

• Current or former state experience relevant to this position.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge and/or experience of the oil and gas industry.
• Experience working with diverse groups of people and adapting messaging to meet needs of different audiences.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Office and Google Suite, specifically Excel and Sheets.
• Experience with contracts and/or invoicing.
• Profile preparation for waste disposal.
• Experience with excavation and/or heavy equipment operations.
• Experience auditing/reviewing forms/applications for compliance and correctness.
• Experience reading and interpreting rules, guidelines, legal documents, statutes and policies.
• Professional level writing, research and communication development skills.
• Experience converting technical content into plain language content for diverse stakeholders.
• Customer service experience, previous public service experience, experience dealing with public, experience with complaint intake/response.

The current work arrangement for this position is as follows: (Please note, this arrangement can be subject to change)

• Hybrid:
  This position will work from a home office and have Statewide travel responsibility with concentrated travel throughout the Western Region. Occasional travel to the Denver central office…