Project Environmental Manager

Position Overview

As the Environmental Project Manager, you will support the project environmental planning, permitting, and reporting as directed. 

District Overview

Kiewit’s Northern California District is one of Kiewit’s leading infrastructure districts specializing in various types of work in the heavy civil, power, transportation, and water resource markets. Although most of our work is regionally based in Northern California, we also pursue various projects across the west coast. Our Northern California district has been extremely successful and have over $600 million dollars of work and plan to grow this region by $200 million in 2022.  We are looking for individuals who are passionate about infrastructure and committed to the construction industry and seek a long-term career.  

Location

This role will be based out of our Fairfield, CA office. 

First assignment, Yosemite Project (California).

Responsibilities

• Monitor, forecast and communicate environmental costs at the project level. 
• Identify and obtain applicable permits and manage as required in the Environmental Management System (EMS). 
• Review and interpret environmental and civil specifications and drawings. 
• Understand state and local regulations and review requirements. 
• Prepare site specific plans and submit required reports. 
• Provide input to work plans and participate in meetings. 
• Communicate with field crews to ensure understanding of project environmental requirements. 
• Identify project materials and vendors needed to support the environmental requirements at the project. 
• Conduct applicable environmental training and field inspections and identify environmental risks. 
• Organize data management and processes for projects and encourage production operations through development of new or existing programs. 
• Communicate with internal and external agencies or customers in regards to environmental procedures. 
• Coordinate, manage and implement project-wide environmental compliance programs and strategies at the project. 
• Maintain records of all requirements and monitor compliance tools. 
• Identify applicable environmental requirements at federal, state and local levels for the project which may include: hazardous waste, air quality, storm water, spill plans, etc. 
 

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge of environmental regulations 
• A bachelor's degree in environmental health, environmental engineering, environmental studies, or another related field is generally required for this job.  
• Previous experience as an environmental coordinator/project coordinator may be required. 
• Environmental Specialists must be organized and pay close attention to detail, as well as work effectively in a team setting and on their own with minimal supervision 
• Experience implementing training programs 
• Familiarity with using computer and standard software 
• Effective communicator