Regulatory Specialist

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields with dedication, a creative spirit, and a vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties worldwide and are devoted to fostering a community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. Here, you can apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental professionals on work that’s vital to our clients and the communities they serve.

Join a team that’s naturally committed to the environment.

Grounded in safety, quality, and ethics, our experts lead their fields and guide our work with rigor, a creative spirit, and vision for growth. We draw from more than 20 technical specialties around the globe and are committed to fostering an inclusive community of diverse talents, backgrounds, and expertise. We are a place to apply your passion and collaborate with top environmental talents on work that is critical to our clients and the communities they support.

Join a team that has the environment down to a science.

We pride ourselves on being recognized for providing some of the best environmental services to the North American energy industry. With decades of experience, Stantec offers a wealth of technical knowledge and a strong understanding of federal, state, and local regulations. From licensing, through permitting, to construction, Stantec offers a one-stop shop to bring energy projects from concept to completion.

Our Environmental Services team is seeking a Regulatory Specialist with demonstrated experience within the energy sector. Joining Stantec’s North American network of over 1,400 environmental services professionals, with over 25 years providing environmental services to energy clients, in over 100 office locations in the US, you will be an integral part of our team providing technical regulatory support, developing project deliverables, executing task management and supporting overall project management and success.

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• Environmental regulatory and permitting responsibilities:
  Identify project-specific environmental regulatory requirements.
• Complete project desktop reviews to determine environmental constraints; draft documentation to summarize findings.
• Coordinate state, federal, and local government approvals, including the coordination of all required studies and reports as well as the preparation of the final submittal.
• Prepare environmental permit applications, including gathering supporting documentation, conducting assessments, and coordinating comment response with agencies.
• Write and review technical reports.
• Coordinate the preparation, review, and editing of technical documents, such as permit applications, Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) applications, and other technical reports.
• Support Public Outreach for projects, including development of graphic representations and project literature and coordinating mass mailings of information to adjacent landowners.
• Attend Public Meetings in support of the project which may include presentations on the status of environmental studies and permit acquisition.
• Task/project management responsibilities may include:
  Managing tasks and project budgets.
• On-boarding and managing sub-consultants.
  
  Coordinating with clients, maintaining relationships with stakeholders, and internal project staff.
• Performing, reviewing and overseeing project technical work.
• Additional responsibilities may include:
  Coordinating, conducting, and/or leading field work.
• Ensure QA/QC and Health and Safety requirements and procedures are identified and followed throughout a project's life cycle.
• Communicate and collaborate within Stantec Environmental Services and other Business Lines to ensure consistency in project execution.
• Assist in the development of new project proposals as needed.

• Demonstrated experience with local, Commonwealth of Virginia and/or State of North Carolina, and federal environmental regulations, licensing, and permitting within the utility sector, specifically electric transmission and/or generation.
• Specific experience with the Section 404 Clean Water Act, Section…