Job Description

Environmental Manager

Kiewit Infrastructure Engineers (KIE) has an immediate opening for an experienced Environmental Manager for either our Houston TX (Energy Corridor), Westlake, TX or McLean, VA. In this role, you will lead the environmental permitting for complex infrastructure projects across North America including very large design-build, progressive design-build (PDB), public-private partnerships (P3), and construction manager/general contractor (CM/GC) contracts.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and coordinate environmental permitting, reports, and technical documentation.
• Manage tasks and mentor/lead others in the delivery of environmental products.
• Collaborate to develop and implement strategy for delivering environmental components of projects.
• Review environmental documents, RFPs, and other documents to identify risk and scope.
• Lead environmental planning and permitting processes and document preparation for transportation, transit, and infrastructure clients.
• Develop documents that meet the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Section 4 (f) of the Department of Transportation Act, Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, Section 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, and Sections 7 and 10 of the Endangered Species Act, and other applicable laws.
• Perform quality reviews of environmental deliverables that meet client requirements and regulatory standards.
• Prepare and manage scope, schedule, and hours for a variety of environmental tasks for infrastructure projects across the office and division.
• Work with project schedulers and estimators to incorporate environmental permit requirements into the project master schedule.
• Collaborate with transportation planning, engineering, urban design/landscape design, and other disciplines to determine compatibility of designs with environmentally sensitive areas.
• Coordinate with clients, sub-consultants, and in-house personnel on a regular basis.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with all levels of internal and external agency personnel.
• Support project communications and technical meetings, provide coordination to resolve design issues.
• Lead environmental task force meetings to advance the pursuits and active design projects.
• Provide guidance and support to less experienced staff on technical and professional issues.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Planning, Environmental Planning, Life Sciences, Cultural Resources, Urban Design, Architecture, Landscape Architecture or another related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of environmental planning experience in either transportation or land development projects.
• Project Management and technical experience with design/planning projects on U.S. projects.
• Ability to think strategically, adapt and innovate in accordance to project requirements and regulations.
• Highly motivated, with a demonstrated passion for excellence and taking initiative and ownership.
• Demonstrated commitment to ethics and integrity.
• Strong work ethic, willing to do what it takes to get the job done right the first time.
• Must have excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with individuals across teams and disciplines.
• Team player with the ability to work independently to meet deadlines, goals and objectives.
• Must have excellent organizational skills and data integrity/file management/version control experience.
• Must have experience mentoring others - (training on advanced topics, development of workflows and "how-to's", etc.).
• Passion for safety no one gets hurt.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365.
• Regular, reliable attendance.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience with U.S. infrastructure projects.
• Design-Build project experience.
• Experience developing construction plans for transportation projects.

This position includes occasional travel to project offices and work sites up to 25%.

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