ES&H Professional - 1year W2 Contract

My Client is the EPCM contractor for the largest known lithium resource in the United States. Once complete, the mine and processing facilities will produce more lithium carbonate than any other facility in the United States by far, enough to power 1 million electric vehicles per year. As the EPCM contractor the client is responsible for managing and integrating the efforts of a team contractors engineering and building the facility.

Earth work began in 2023 and design and procurement of long-lead equipment is underway.

The project is located in the high desert,1 hour northwest of Winnemucca. The role is 100% on site and will be a 57 hour work week, overtime is paid after the first 40 hours. A per diem is offered along with mobilization, demobilization and trips home covered.

In this role, you will support the preparation and implementation of a project Environmental Management Plan and supervise a team to support plan integration and execution. You will work with functional leads, evaluate performance trends, and provide technical guidance on mitigation measures. Your leadership will ensure protection of environmentally sensitive areas, species, and communities.

• Manager for an environmental services program, inclusive of technical and administrative aspects.
• Supervises contractors and client contractors’ personnel and provides guidance on their work activities.
• Provides technical support within ESH teams and to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Startup, Operations, Legal, Contracts, Procurement, Management, and other functions regarding ESH program execution.
• Emphasizes and uses risk assessment, data analysis, and the clients ESH Management System to help track and achieve continual improvement.
• Prepares technical and regulatory reports, reviews and performs environmental assessments and studies, research issues to support ESH program execution, and evaluates data and performance trends.
• Participates in ESH emergency preparedness planning and confirms investigation and resolution of environmental incidents.
• Conducts inspections, monitoring, and sampling to assess compliance with contractual commitments, laws and regulations, and environmental permits
• Develops and maintains the project Construction Environmental Control Plan (CECP)
• Adopts client and regulatory requirements into the CECP where required by contract or law
• Actively supports field leaders in the implementation of the CECP
• Evolves and adapts the CECP through the project stages
• Identifies environmental activities to minimize risk associated with the project schedule

Requires a Bachelor’s (or international equivalent) and 7- 10 years of relevant experience or 9-12 years of relevant work experience.

• Ability to utilize Microsoft office programs including word, PowerPoint, excel
• Demonstrated experience with construction projects site establishment activities including earthworks, civil works and piling
• Experience in managing environmental management systems including compliance tracking, technical report writing and development of dashboards Ability to conduct audits and inspections in compliance to project site requirements