Data Center Environmental Permitting Program Manager

$45.50 - $65.00 (est. hourly pay rate)

Job Summary:

Our client is seeking a Data Center Environmental Permitting Program Manager who will manage environmental risk evaluations, permitting, approvals, and consent activities for existing and new datacenter and associated infrastructure development for sites. This is a remote job.

Duties:

• Manage environmental due diligence and risk assessment during site acquisition, including Environmental Site Assessments, soil and groundwater investigations, air quality and permitting reviews, regulatory and permitting evaluations, and biological, ecological, and cultural resource evaluations and surveys
• Manage environmental consultants for the delivery of environmental approvals and consents, due diligence assessments, risk evaluations, and biological, ecological, and cultural resources evaluations, surveys and reports
• Develop remediation strategies, approvals, and oversight of completion of any remedial actions required prior to site pre-positioning and/or construction
• Identify environmental permitting requirements and development of delivery strategies, including environmental mitigation, in coordination with design, construction, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), operations, and permitting teams to meet required timelines
• Support regulatory agency, stakeholder, and community engagement activities, as well as negotiations for new builds and existing facilities
• Support development of environmental risk and permitting mitigations to enable datacenter construction and operations within development timelines
• Manage environmental compliance planning and execution for pre-positioning, construction activities, and operational turnover

Desired Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree
• 4+ years of experience in Environmental, Civil, or Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, or program management
• 4+ years of experience in environmental permitting, including environmental impact assessments, permit acquisition, new region regulatory reviews, cultural and ecological surveys and approvals, environmental due diligence, and risk assessments
• 2+ years of project or people management experience
• 1+ years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects

Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance Plans
• 401K offered