Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Are you an individual who takes pride in delivering exceptional work? Brown and Caldwell has an immediate opening for a Mid-Level Environmental Compliance and Permitting Specialist to join our Compliance and Permitting team based in New England. We are seeking a motivated, achievement-oriented individual who is actively engaged in multi-media permitting and operational compliance in primarily New England states. This person can help us fulfill our commitment to deliver client success on each and every project we undertake. You will work with nationally recognized, senior technical staff, as well as have the opportunity to provide technical mentorship to more junior staff.
We are looking for a candidate with strong verbal and written communication skills, exceptional organizational abilities, and the ability to manage multiple tasks with competing deadlines. This role offers a chance to mentor and lead more junior technical staff while making a significant impact on environmental management and regulatory compliance. In this role, your primary responsibilities will include technical support, project delivery and engagement with permitting and compliance clients (both private sector and municipal). Occasional travel may be required.
In this role, you will take the lead in managing and delivering environmental permitting and compliance projects for both public and private sector clients. Your focus will be on stormwater management, spill prevention, and operational regulatory compliance, with opportunities to contribute to business development initiatives and cultivate strong client relationships.
Additional job responsibilities are as follows:
- Lead stormwater permitting and regulatory compliance efforts.
- Develop Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) and Notices of Intent (NOI) for regulatory submissions.
- Serve as the technical lead for Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) compliance, including performing SPCC inspections, evaluations, and developing compliance plans.
- Prepare Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) Tier II and TRI calculations and reports.
- Support a wide variety of environmental compliance and permitting tasks, including site investigations, environmental assessments, and multi-media permitting applications.
- Prepare written reports and technical memorandums to document analyses, findings, and recommendations for client projects.
- Participate in client and internal meetings to track project progress, discuss next steps, and ensure alignment with client expectations and regulatory requirements.
- Delegate and oversee the work of more junior technical staff, ensuring project milestones are achieved on time and within budget.
- Collaborate on business development efforts to position the firm for new opportunities, pursue potential clients, and manage ongoing client relationships.
- This role offers a fantastic opportunity to advance your career in environmental compliance and permitting by coordinating projects of various complexities while working closely with clients and technical teams to solve real-world environmental challenges.
- We are excited to welcome a motivated candidate ready to step into this role and contribute to our mission of delivering high-quality, environmental solutions.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (e.g., Civil, Environmental, Chemical, Material Science) or Science (e.g., Atmospheric, Environmental, Meteorological, Chemistry, Toxicology, Data Science) required.
- A minimum of 8 years of directly applicable experience as described above.
- Knowledge of local, New England state, and federal regulations required.
- Experience in multi-media compliance and permitting required. Experience with project siting a plus.
- Previous experience communicating with clients and regulatory agency staff a plus.
- Excellent technical skills with the ability to articulate ideas and concepts.
- Candidate will have strong verbal/written communication skills and ability to work well independently and in team environments.
- The candidate should have the ability to successfully collaborate with BC’s local, regional, and national Compliance and Permitting practitioners
- Highly responsive, capable of working in a diverse team environment and handling multiple tasks with competing priorities.
- Positive, can-do attitude, flexible and self-motivated.
- Ability to work in a virtual environment across multiple company teams.
- Excellent report writing, computer (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and project / task management skills required; experience with MS Project a plus.
- Capable of producing high quality products on schedule and within budgets.
- Periodic travel is anticipated.
Salary Range: The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee’s primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.
Salary:
Location B: $79,000 - $108,000
Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.
About Brown and Caldwell
Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice—to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com.
This position is subject to a pre-employment background check and a pre-employment drug test.
Notice to Third Party Agencies: Brown and Caldwell does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement and approved engagement request with Brown and Caldwell, Brown and Caldwell reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency.
Brown and Caldwell is proud to be an EEO/AAP Employer. Minorities/Women/Disabled and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. Brown and Caldwell ensures nondiscrimination in all programs and activities in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
