What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Compliance and Human Health Risk Assessment position at AECOM?
Company Description
At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.
We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.
Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.
Job Description
AECOM is actively seeking an experience Environmental Compliance and Risk Assessment Lead position in our Baton Rouge or New Orleans, LA office to manage a variety of projects. The primary emphasis of the group is to support clients with their environmental regulatory compliance and risk assessment needs. The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate familiarity and experience in human health risk evaluations and associated submittal requirements for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, or other relevant experience
Responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
Provide regulatory interpretation of EHS laws and regulations to our clients.
Develop complex human health risk evaluations.
Managing scope, schedule, and budget for risk assessment and compliance projects
Building strong face to face client relationships.
Client and regulatory correspondence.
Serves as staff team leader and supervisor.
Provide mentoring, guidance and coaching to new or less experienced staff.
Maintain knowledge of current and emerging USEPA, OSHA, and state EHS regulatory requirements.
Execute a wide variety of environmental risk evaluation and compliance projects with minimal supervision while meeting cost, schedule, safety, and quality objectives.
Regular travel is required to client sites as necessary.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering or closely related field along with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or eduction.
Professional Engineer License (PE)
Ability to travel up to 1 week/month or more.
Valid U.S. Driver's license is required for this role.
U.S. Citizenship is required
Preferred Qualifications
10 years of environmental consulting experience.
Minimum of 6 years of experience directly related to human health risk evaluations and associated submittal requirements and environmental multi-media environmental regulatory compliance (e.g., CWA, RCRA, CAA, etc.) and its application (i.e., developing SPCC/SWPPP plans, preparing NPDES stormwater and wastewater permits, conducting multi-media compliance audits and providing corrective actions, developing environmental compliance SOPs and programs, etc.).
Professional certification - CPEA, PE, CSP, CIH, or other equivalent certification
Participation in developing effective business proposals for providing competitive, high value EHS services.
Deep fundamental knowledge of human health risk evaluations.
Deep fundamental knowledge of EHS regulations and consensus standards, including:
Clean Air Act (CAA) – emission inventories, permitting requirements, RMP, PSD, MACT, NSPS, ODS, GHG, and compliance assessments;
Clean Water Act (CWA) – NPDES and Indirect Discharge permitting and compliance;
Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) – CWS, NTNCWS permitting and compliance;
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) – waste classification, management, and reporting;
Oil Pollution Act (OPA), - SPCC Plans and FRP;
Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) – inventory evaluation, Tier II and Form R reporting;
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA);
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act (FIFRA);
Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA)
OSHA Compliance – 29 CFR 1910.
Ability to act independently on technical matters pertaining to environmental human health risk assessment and regulatory compliance with little to no supervision.
Highly effective verbal and written communication skills; extremely proficient in technical writing; highly effective organization and multi-tasking skills.
Ability to prioritize multiple demands, think strategically and successfully lead multiple simultaneous projects.
Strong attention to detail with excellent analytical, judgment and problem-solving capabilities.
Additional Information
Qualified applicants who are offered a position must pass a pre-employment substance abuse test.
This position may be subject to a pre-employment Motor Vehicle Record Screening.
This position does not include sponsorship for United States work authorization.
Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.
We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.
You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.
We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.
We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.
When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.
With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.
AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.
Join us and let’s get started.
ReqID: J10090896
Business Line: Environment
Business Group: DCS
Strategic Business Unit: West
Career Area: Engineering
Work Location Model: Hybrid