Environmental Specialist III, IV

Overview

Do something that means something s isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.

As an Environmental Specialist IV, you will need functional and technical expertise and skills in areas of air, water and/or waste. In this role, you will run projects and programs of moderate complexity that require a specialized breadth of expertise.

• Providing route adjustment recommendations
• Coordinating and performing environmental or cultural resource surveys as needed
• Collaborating with others regarding required permits, acquiring such permits, and monitoring and managing compliance with permits and waste management during construction activities through permit closeout
• Recommending environmental construction standard processes for expansion and/or maintenance of new and existing pipelines and facilities
• Managing scope, budget, and schedule for assigned projects; tracking and maintaining project status through department reporting tools and communicating regularly to project teams
• Procuring contractors as needs arise for wetland delineations, cultural resource reviews, storm water plan designs, mitigation requirements, and threatened and endangered species surveys
• Preparing environmental authorization packages for each project
• Evaluating and communicating changes in new environmental rules/policies within operating area
• Ensuring compliance mechanisms are in place for construction through permit close-out which may include procurement of environmental inspector, reporting requirements to agencies, unanticipated spill notifications, and/or unanticipated discoveries

• Develops, maintains and provides guidance on environmental processes/policies
• Assesses environmental risk, provides recommendations to address risk and participates in or runs the approved course of action, including required regulatory documentation
• Participates in environmental project planning and implementation, including scheduling, cost estimating, preparation of environmental impact assessments and reporting
• Provides guidance and mentors others
• Prepares and submits sophisticated applications to procure environmental permits, renewals, approvals, variances, and other authorizations and coordinate with company partners
• Performs environmental compliance audits and due diligence investigations, as the need arises
• Identifies environmental training needs and provides training
• Develops, recommends and implements improvements for systems and practices in air, water, waste management and/or remediation activities for assigned areas
• Prepares and submits all required compliance reports/certifications; develops and maintains documentation related to environmental compliance programs
• Cultivates relationships between Williams and regulatory agencies
• Interprets applicable federal, state and local environmental regulations and ensures compliance with such regulations
• Other duties as assigned

• Required:
  
  Bachelor’s degree and minimum eight (8) years’ environmental experience

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills