Environmental Advisor
Our client is a global leader in the energy transition, focused on renewable energy and green hydrogen projects. They are committed to delivering environmental and social benefits through the establishment of large-scale, low-cost green energy and product projects around the world.
Location:Phoenix, AZ
Summary:Our client is building a global renewable energy and green hydrogen business. Successfully developing a global portfolio of renewable energy projects will require prudent project development efforts that accord the highest environmental standards. Their projects will be required to meet all relevant external governance obligations and achieve internal environmental best practice standards. To support this, they are seeking an Environment Advisor to assist in the development of their Project in the Phoenix, Arizona area. Reporting to the Principal Project Approvals and working closely with the communities’ team, the development and delivery project teams, and the central environment team, you will be accountable for the environmental, approvals, and compliance components of the Project. The key focus of the role will be working collaboratively with project development and delivery teams and consultants to ensure all environmental studies, approvals, permits, and licenses are acquired.
Job Duties
- Secure all required federal, state, and local approvals, permits, and licenses, in collaboration with the project team, corporate support teams, and regional leadership.
- Manage consultant scopes of work including quality deliverables, adherence to schedule and budget, and integration and coordinated exchange of information with other technical teams and consultants.
- Technical review of approvals documents, supporting environmental studies, and scopes of work.
- Tracking and reporting on project approvals status, requirements, and compliance.
- Provide support to the communities and government relations team for stakeholder and tribal engagement activities.
- Lead the development and implementation of environmental management plans for project construction and operations.
- Ensure the Project complies with Client’s environmental standards.
- Provide strategic advice on “good international industry practice” for environmental performance and ensure all mandatory internal and external requirements are met; ensure projects are compliant with lender environmental and standards such as IFC, Equator Principles, World Bank, the Green Hydrogen Standard.
- Oversee the implementation and management of the approvals and environmental project risks.
- Develop an environmental monitoring program for construction and operations.
- Manage environmental and approvals obligation register.
- Collect, record, and manage data required to support internal and external sustainability reporting requirements.
Additional responsibilities may include:
- Provide broader support to the North American team through conducting environmental constraints assessments for early-stage project phases.
- Develop and manage project related approvals and environmental scopes of work for consultant contracts.
- Communicate Client’s environmental standards and policies internally.
- Other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned.
Job Requirements
- A degree in applicable discipline (e.g. environmental science, environmental management).
- 5+ years of relevant experience, inclusive of:
- environmental, approvals, and compliance aspects of large-scale development projects
- regulatory requirements in Arizona.
- management of environment and approvals consultants
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
- Flexible and cooperative with the ability to work both independently and as part of a diverse team.
- Ability and willingness to travel across the region as and when required by the role.
- Additional, but not required, competencies include:
- experience working with international lender performance standards such as IFC, Equator Principles, World Bank.
- experience with development of hydrogen projects.
Physical requirements:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit, walk and stand; talk or hear, both in person and by telephone; use hands repetitively to finger, handle, feel or operate standard office equipment. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
About Teal Energi:
TealEnergi is a technical manpower provider with extensive experience supporting the successful execution and operation of major capital project investments. Forged through a desire to provide best-in-class service to clients, candidates, and contractors alike, TealEnergi works through its offices nationwide to provide regional support to a wide range of sectors including both traditional energy and energy transition initiatives (e.g., LNG, hydrogen, wind, solar), as well as manufacturing, mining, and infrastructure.
TealEnergi is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, disability, ethnicity, gender or gender identity, language, national origin, physical or mental ability, political affiliation, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.