Environmental, Sustainability, Community & Permits Manager

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Phoenix, AZ*
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# Project Overview:

We are building high performing teams to deliver complex EPC heavy civil project and looking for motivated, hands-on, collaborative innovators, doers, and problem solvers. The projects are hydro power generation with scopes including roadway development, significant structures including dams, spillways, tunnel waterways, inlet/outlet structures, hydromechanical equipment, mechanical and electrical systems, and site facilities and buildings. This is your opportunity to be part of history making projects.

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Job Summary:

The Environmental, Sustainability, Community & Permits Manager will lead environmental management, sustainability and environmental permitting activities for the Project, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations and sustainability standards and best practices. This role, which reports to the Project ESH Manager, requires expertise in environmental assessments for early project development, on site compliance, and experience in managing environmental risks and fostering stakeholder engagement.

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# Major Responsibilities:

+ Provide guidance on assessment and monitoring methods, mitigation measures and controls, sustainability, contractual commitments, laws and regulations, and Bechtel requirements.

+ Coordinate with ESH Management regarding significant issues and support.

+ Work with other functional leads (e.g., engineering, construction, startup, subcontracts, procurement, project controls, document control) to obtain documentation needed for permit applications and regulatory and contract submittals.

+ Oversee studies to ensure environmental and social considerations are integrated into environmental compliance.

+ Oversee any consultants conducting environmental surveys and permitting development.

+ Coordinate progress meetings with stakeholders, environmental consultants and project staff to effectively manage project compliance.

+ Act as the subcontract technical representative (STR) for the environmental consultant's contract, dealing with correspondence, change and supporting Supply Chain in the administration of the contract.

+ Stay up to date with environmental regulations and provide guidance to project teams on legal and policy changes.

+ Engage with regulatory authorities, municipalities, NGOs, local communities, and other stakeholders to address environmental and social concerns.

+ Provide clear and transparent communication regarding project impacts, mitigation measures, and benefits to local communities and stakeholders.

+ Develop and implement mitigation measures for pumped hydropower-specific environmental challenges, such as fish migration, sedimentation, and biodiversity conservation.

+ Conduct risk assessments to address potential impacts on water resources and downstream ecosystems, ensuring long-term project sustainability.

+ Work with construction teams to develop work methods and plans, and where viable integrate constructability recommendations into environmental assessments, including highlighting and seeking to mitigate restrictive conditions that could impact delivery.

# Other Major Responsibilities:

+ Lead a multidisciplinary environmental team, collaborating with engineers and project managers.

+ Foster relationships with regulatory environmental agencies, NGOs, and academic institutions to enhance project outcomes.

+ Attend meetings and communicate with clients, government entities, and various regulatory agencies to fulfill any regulations and requirements relating to projects

+ Mentor and train junior staff to build environmental management capacity within the team.

+ In supervisory role, implements personnel policies (e.g., conducts employee performance evaluations) and provides technical direction to staff.

+ Receives supervision and work assignments from the Project ESH…