Environmental Manager - Kiewit Power Engineering

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Environmental Engineer to lead and oversee environmental engineering design and execution for large-scale transmission line hardening construction projects. This role is crucial in ensuring compliance with water quality regulations, air quality standards, waste management, spill water prevention, and permitting processes. The successful candidate will play a key role in mitigating environmental risks and contributing to our commitment to corporate social responsibility.

District Overview

Kiewit Engineering Group, Inc is a full-service consulting and engineering firm serving the infrastructure and engineering markets. Our combined staff of more than 3,000 engineers and design professionals have expertise that spans all major engineering disciplines to serve transportation, power, water/wastewater, mining, building, and oil, gas & chemical markets. Backed by over 140 years of construction experience, our construction-driven engineering focuses on constructability and safety in the earliest phases of projects to ensure on-time and on-budget project delivery. 

Our rapidly growing Power district, which includes structural, civil, piping, mechanical, process, process safety, electrical, instrument and control disciplines, is a multi-faceted division of Kiewit with best-in-class technical expertise focused on the EPC delivery model for power facilities. We offer a variety of engineering services, including owner's engineering, project development, detailed engineering and design, construction management and plant services. Our engineering teams bring power projects to life across North America in the following areas: 

• Gas-fired generation  
• Power delivery  
• Environmental retrofits 
• Renewables and new technology 
• Water/wastewater 

We are a high performing team of engineers and designers that develop projects through the project life-cycle engaging exciting projects throughout North America. Our staff leads the power markets engineering process and collaborates with Kiewit’s construction teams to approach construction driven engineering with a focus on safe, cost-effective, and innovative designs that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence. 

On our team, you’ll have the opportunity to see more, touch more, and do more than you ever imagined. Working hard will not only bring you satisfaction from a job well done, but it will help propel your career forward faster than you might expect. Kiewit’s culture encourages training, developing your skills, and tailoring your experience and knowledge to allow you to take on projects that impact millions across North America. 

Location

This position will be based out of our office in Lenexa, KS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the environmental permitting and design compliance for projects.
• Ensure all projects comply with relevant environmental regulations, permits, and codes.
• Coordinate submittal, reviewing, and approvals of environmental requirements for future construction in federal and state lands.
• Identify, assess, and reduce environmental risks to the company.
• Assess environmental impacts associated with project activities and develop appropriate responses, including permitting and compliance activities.
• Identify wetland and sensitive environmental areas for protection.
• Maintain project data tracking requirements.
• Monitor, forecast, and communicate environmental costs at the project level.
• Interpret and apply environmental specifications and drawings to avoid and minimize adverse effects on the natural environment and local communities.
• Monitor project progress, identify potential risks, and implement corrective actions as needed.
• Communicate internally with all employees on the project, other disciplines and departments, and externally with the client, contractors, and government agencies.
• Support client response activities related to environmental advice, non-compliances, and environmental incidents, including field visits with clients and regulatory agencies.
• Liaise with the client, providing design information, schedule details, quantities, etc., ensuring they are aware of any unanticipated discoveries, critical permitting, and compliance issues.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in environmental engineering, with a focus on water quality regulations, air quality, waste compliance, spill water prevention, and permitting.
• Undergraduate degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field.
• Understanding of water quality regulations.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
• In-depth knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations, standards, and best practices, including NEPA/CEQA, WOTUS, NPDES, and SPCC.
• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative.
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
• Passion for safety, with the ability to help ensure that nobody gets hurt.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interface with clients, consultants, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong organization, time management, and attention to detail.
• Proficiency in relevant software and tools used in environmental practices.

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