Job Description
Job title: Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Coordinator 3
Location: Houston, TX
Duration: 6+ Months
Description:
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Support both capital maintenance and expansion projects.
- Manage external environmental/permitting consultants and review their work.
- Provide technical guidance and permitting support to internal project teams.
- Coordinate permitting requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Help ensure projects comply with applicable federal and state environmental regulations.
- Work with agencies and stakeholders as needed to obtain and maintain required permits.
- Assesses environmental risks, recommends mitigation strategies, and executes approved actions, including preparation of required regulatory documentation
- Leads or supports environmental project planning activities such as scheduling, cost estimation, impact assessments, and reporting
- Prepares and submits complex environmental permit applications, renewals, approvals, and variances, and maintains accurate permitting schedules aligned with project milestones
- Conducts environmental compliance audits and due diligence investigations; identifies training needs and provides guidance, mentorship, and training to others
- Monitors regulatory changes (e.g., FERC, NEPA, Clean Water Act, ESA, NHPA) and evaluates impacts on project timelines, costs, and compliance obligations
- Coordinates construction-phase compliance requirements (e.g., FERC certificate conditions, spill prevention, and restoration commitments) and track implementation to closure
- Develops, recommends, and implements improvements in air, water, waste management, and remediation systems; cultivates relationships with regulatory agencies and prepares status reports and briefings for leadership and project stakeholders
- Other duties as assigned
Required: Bachelor’s degree and minimum four (4) years’ environmental experience
Requirements:
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills
- Strong knowledge of federal and state environmental permitting processes, including FERC and NEPA requirements
- Ability to manage multiple permits across large-scale projects with aggressive deadlines
- Skilled in developing permitting timelines and integrating them into overall project schedules
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills for agency coordination and stakeholder engagement
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage external consultants effectively
- Commitment to environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance
- Proactive approach to identifying and resolving permitting challenges
Must-Have
- Experience with environmental permitting for infrastructure/construction projects.
- Experience with natural gas or interstate pipeline systems.
- Experience managing or coordinating permitting consultants.
- Knowledge of state and federal permitting processes.
- Ability to work with internal engineering/project teams and external consultants.
- Strongly Preferred
- Experience with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
- Experience supporting large-scale capital projects or pipeline expansion/maintenance projects.
- Familiarity with environmental regulations applicable to pipeline construction and maintenance.
- Ideal Background
- Candidates could come from backgrounds such as:
- Environmental Permitting Specialist
- Environmental Project Manager
- Environmental Compliance Manager
- Environmental Permitting Coordinator
- Pipeline Environmental Specialist
- Regulatory/Environmental Consultant
- Environmental Planner with pipeline/infrastructure experience
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