Environmental specialist lead job description

We are seeking to hire a Natural Resources Leader/Department Manager in the Environmental Services Global Practice \(division\) in our Brea, CA or Los Angeles, CA office to lead Natural Resources projects for a variety of industry types including transportation, municipal, water/wastewater, renewable energy, electrical utility, and others\. In addition, the candidate would help oversee environmental permitting services, lead construction compliance and environmental clearance and monitoring services for the office\.

Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee\-owned firm ranked on FORTUNE's List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in numerous cities across the United States\.

Join a well\-established team within a full\-service California office with opportunity for growth\. This individual will enhance our existing environmental permitting, construction compliance and environmental clearance and monitoring services presence in the region working closely with established clients across multiple markets\. Additionally, the ideal candidate will help expand our environmental permitting services and client base in the region\.

The Department Manager will work within an integrated team within our Environmental Services Global Practice \(division\) to perform the following duties:

+ Perform project management responsibilities for environmental permitting and construction monitoring projects\.
+ Business development and networking

+ Assist with and lead proposal and cost estimating efforts for environmental permitting and construction compliance projects\.

+ Regularly interface with various agencies, clients, and team members

+ Mentor and train junior level environmental staff

+ Assist with recruiting, development, training, and retention of staff\.

+ Help develop mitigation banking instruments and mitigation banks/sites Participate in and leverage Burns & McDonnell's Mitigation Banking practice

+ Demonstrate creativity, foresight, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving problems with strategic thinking\.

+ Demonstrated ability negotiating with regulatory agencies on our clients' behalf with a strategic mind\-set\.

+ Other duties, as assigned\.

**Qualifications**

+ Bachelor's or master's degree in a natural resources or environmental sciences program from an accredited program\.

+ Minimum 10 years' related professional experience in California, in natural resources and/or environmental permitting project execution including leading teams in the field or office, coordinating staff, and/or project management\.

+ Must demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to clearly and effectively present complex information to all levels of employees, management, and clients\.

+ Candidates must possess strong project execution and interpersonal skills as well as a strategic perspective\.

+ Minimum of 10 years' experience with natural resources, environmental permitting, California Environmental Quality Act \(CEQA\), National Environmental Policy Act \(NEPA\), habitat conservation plans \(HCPs\), and mitigation plan development\.

+ Experience with project management, environmental regulations, and agency coordination \(USFWS, state agencies, etc\.\) is preferred\.

+ Familiarity with the Endangered Species Act \(ESA\), CEQA, NEPA, and other pertinent regulatory guidance is preferred\.

+ Field experience and knowledge of environmental field investigation techniques required\.

+ Strong analytical and problem\-solving skills\.

+ Ability to clearly communicate both verbal and written technical information and work effectively with various audiences \(including public officials, agency representatives, property owners, businesses, clients, construction contractors, etc\.\)\.

+ Demonstrated knowledge of environmental site assessment methods, permitting processes, regulatory compliance, and compliance audits\.

+ Must be proficient in the use of computer software \(i\.e\., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint\)\.

+ Valid driver's license required\. In addition, must meet standards to qualify for and maintain the Company's vehicle driving privileges as outlined in the Company's Motor Vehicle Safety Policy\.

+ Ability to travel up to 25%, as required\.

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**Job** Environmental

**Primary Location** US\-CA\-Los Angeles

**Schedule:** Full\-time

**Travel:** Yes, 25 % of the Time


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**Environmental Planning and Permitting Lead**

**Who We Are**

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring future-ready pioneers to innovate. We're looking to grow our teams with people who are ready to collaborate in building communities and expanding our skylines. To do this, we hire candidates of all experiences, skillsets, backgrounds and walks of life. We actively foster a work environment and culture where inclusion and diversity is part of our fundamental structure. This is delivered behaviorally, through our policies, trainings, local partnerships with professional diverse organizations, internal networks and most importantly with the support and sponsorship of our leaders who help drive our commitment to an inclusive, diverse, welcoming and equitable work environment. Anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

**Our Business**

We are a global leader in environmental consulting - made stronger with the recent acquisition of Golder - with world-class expertise in environmental, social and governance (ESG), climate resiliency & sustainability (CRS), and earth sciences. Combined we have over 14,000 multidisciplinary professionals worldwide collaborating daily to protect and conserve natural landscapes, create firm foundations for communities to stand on, and champion sustainable development to combat climate change.

As part of the team, you will have access to an unparalleled network of resources and endless opportunities to collaborate on exciting projects with diverse teammates from across the globe.

**This Opportunity**

WSP is currently initiating a search for an **Environmental Planning and Permitting Lead** for our **Salt Lake City, UT** office. The following locations will also be considered: **Boulder, CO** . Be involved in projects with our [SECTOR] Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

**Your Impact**

+ Build and manage local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with regional pursuit management for environmental planning and permitting projects.

+ Develop and maintain a collaborative and engaged technical team, including mentoring, and staff management.

+ Responsible for project management and review.

+ Manage company operations at a local level in support of regional and national goals.

+ Manage staff and guide team members in the preparation of permitting applications and related studies.

+ Prepare, complete, and/or review environmental survey reports, data entry, impact assessment, and permitting activities for assigned projects (e.g. Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act permitting, CEQA, NEPA, etc.).

+ Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

+ Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

**Who You Are**

**Required Qualifications**

+ Bachelors degree in Environmental Science, Planning or Biology.

+ 7+ years experience in Environmental Permitting or related field, and prior experience with preparing and/or reviewing permits

+ Existing working relationships with regulatory agencies in at least two of the following Southwest Mountain states: Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.

+ Ability to lead successful business development pursuits with energy clients in the Southwest Mountain District.

+ Experience managing wildlife and habitat assessments for renewable energy development.

+ Knowledge of siting and routing for electric transmission projects

+ Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and Microsoft Project Scheduling.

+ Energy project development experience with an emphasis on renewable energy and transmission projects.

+ Strong project and contract management experience

+ Experience managing teams of regional subject matter experts

+ Ability to travel for meetings and site work.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

+ Experience with National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

+ Understanding of Section 401 and 404 permitting processes

+ Existing relationships with developers and/or government agencies (local/state/federal)

+ Knowledge of siting and routing for electric transmission projects

Compensation and Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career. Expected Salary: $79,100-161,300

WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant's education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant's sex or other status protected by local, state, or federal law.

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**Additional Requirements**

+ To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

**Additional Details**

+ **Travel Required:** 30%

+ **Job Status:** Regular

+ **Employee Type:** Full

+ **Primary Location:** SALT LAKE CITY - MILLROCK

+ **All locations:** US-CO-Boulder, US-UT-Salt Lake City

**About WSP**

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 12,000 employees in over 200 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper. www.wsp.com

WSP provides a flexible, agile and hybrid workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

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**Job Description**

**About the role:**

Exciting opportunity to join Takeda's active and growing Environmental Sustainability Team as we develop and implement effective strategies to minimize our environmental footprint while supporting our mission to develop and deliver life-saving medications to patients

+ **Newly-created and highly visible role responsible for leading the development and implementation of Takeda's strategy to reduce environmental impacts associated with Takeda's value chain, including driving Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to net-zero before 2040**

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+ Lead cross-functional team in determining and executing priorities for company action, supplier engagement, and Scope 3 emissions measurement and accounting to achieve GHG reduction targets

+ Collaborate with industry peers and other global partners to improve Scope 3 global data transparency and accelerate the development of Scope 3 emissions accounting protocols for the pharma industry

**How you will contribute:**

+ **Support the Global Head of Environmental Sustainability** (ES) in determining and executing Takeda's ES Strategy with primary responsibility for Scope 3 emissions

+ **Lead cross-functional project team(s)** in the development of a Scope 3 strategy and associated net-zero road map. Includes the development of program objectives, charters, project plans, goals, communications, tools, etc.

+ **Work with key stakeholders (e.g., Procurement, Logistics, Legal, Finance, HR** ) and within Takeda's business structure to drive progress toward ES goals

+ **Proactively identifies, addresses and resolves project challenges, keeping leadership informed of critical considerations**

+ Assists key Takeda business partners and suppliers in implementing effective strategies to incorporate ES considerations in applicable processes to achieve GHG emissions reductions and other ES goals.

+ Maintains strategic alignment between various stakeholders to ensure progress toward ES goals while supporting business functions

+ Maintains high performance and morale of team/function through effective leadership of direct reports and collaboration with key business partners

+ Ensures the development and continuous improvement of data and reporting systems needed to support goal accomplishment including meeting external reporting and assurance requirements

+ Other duties as assigned

**Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise**

+ Proven history as a successful environmental sustainability change agent within a similar business/industry

+ Ability to effectively lead, influence, and motivate multi-functional teams

+ Demonstrable experience and subject matter expertise in Scope 3 GHG emissions reduction strategies, measurement and reporting

+ Familiarity with life cycle assessment (LCA) concepts and life cycle thinking and understanding of its application to Scope 3 emissions

+ A demonstrated understanding of environmental sustainability standards and guidelines - particularly as related to climate change, water stewardship and waste management/minimization accounting and reporting

+ Demonstrated experience with managing and complex projects and driving change across a business using indirect resources

+ Understanding of procurement systems and processes, supplier engagement practices and value chain sustainability challenges

+ Proven ability to build support for significant business changes through the development of strategic business partnerships

+ Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence key stakeholders, present to executive teams, and provide training support

**Decision-making and Autonomy**

+ Confidence to propose new initiatives, support, and make decisions required to meet goals. Strong integrity that drives making the right decisions to protect the company's reputation

+ Ability to work independently, balance multiple competing priorities and execute with limited guidance

+ **Self-starting with proven, strong analytical skills**

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**Interaction**

+ Strong collaboration skills and experience, demonstrated ability to lead and execute well in a team environment. Successful experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, external organizations and stakeholders.

+ Ability to influence and gain support from business partners for sustainability programs/initiatives based on trust, experience and subject matter knowledge

+ Ability to actively listen, build/maintain effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues/resources, and resolve conflict.

**Innovation**

+ Support Global Head of Environmental Sustainability to maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant value chain sustainability ideas and best practices. Share knowledge of current and emerging sustainability requirements and develop processes to monitor new developments, requirements and promising innovations

+ Willingness to embrace data/digital, machine learning, artificial intelligence and automation to continuously improve processes

**Complexity**

+ Ability to identify and prioritize the main activities within the annual plan but also to react immediately to those unplanned issues requiring response (ex. reputation or compliance issues).

+ Ability to work independently, meet requirements and deadlines from multiple stakeholders, and execute tasks strategically in a fast-paced environment.

**What you bring to Takeda:**

+ Bachelor's degree in scientific fields such as Environmental, Sustainability, Chemistry, or Engineering is preferred.

+ 5 - 7 years of relevant environmental sustainability, supply chain and/or product life cycle experience, or equivalent consulting experience

+ 5 plus years of environmental sustainability experience in a site and/or corporate role in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry or industry of similar complexity and structure

+ Subject matter expertise in improving value chain environmental sustainability, including experience with influencing supplier behavior to drive reductions in scope 3 GHG emissions

+ Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills. Strong problem-solving skills and ability to find solutions to challenges

+ Experience in the pharmaceutical, healthcare or related industries and corporate level sustainability/ESG experience is desired

**What Takeda can offer you:**

+ Comprehensive Healthcare: Medical, Dental, and Vision

+ Financial Planning & Stability: 401(k) with company match and Annual Retirement Contribution Plan

+ Health & Wellness programs including onsite flu shots and health screenings

+ Generous time off for vacation and the option to purchase additional vacation days

+ Community Outreach Programs and company match of charitable contributions

+ Family Planning Support

+ Professional training and development opportunities

+ Tuition reimbursement

**Important Considerations**

At Takeda, our patients rely on us to deliver quality products. As a result, we must follow strict rules in our manufacturing facilities to ensure we are not endangering the quality of the product. In this role, you may:

+ Work in a controlled environment requiring special gowning and wearing protective clothing over the head, face, hands, feet and body. This may include additional hearing protection for loud areas.

+ Need to remove all make-up, jewelry, contact lenses, nail polish and/or artificial fingernails while in the manufacturing environment.

+ Work in a cold, wet environment.

+ Work multiple shifts, including weekends, or be asked to work supplemental hours, as necessary.

+ Work around chemicals such as alcohol, acids, buffers and Celite that may require respiratory protection.

**More about us:**

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

In accordance with the CO Equal Pay Act, Colorado Applicants Are Not Permitted to Apply.

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**EEO Statement**

_Takeda is proud in its commitment to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information or characteristics, marital status, status as a Vietnam era veteran, special disabled veteran, or other protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws, and any other characteristic protected by law._

**Locations**

Lexington, MA

**Worker Type**

Employee

**Worker Sub-Type**

Regular

**Time Type**

Full time