Environmental Compliance Inspector

Canacre is hiring an Environmental Compliance Inspector in Pierce County, NE, to monitor construction activities for compliance with environmental regulations. Responsibilities include inspecting sites for adherence to permits and regulations, ensuring protection of sensitive resources, and reporting on environmental compliance. The role involves working on large-scale infrastructure projects in land, energy, and transportation development across Canada and the U.S.
Join the Canacre team in an exciting role working on leading edge infrastructure projects.

We are technical experts in land, energy, and transportation development delivering accurate, innovative, and agile solutions to our partners. We provide land acquisition, geospatial mapping, data management, web-based GIS, community relations, land feasibility studies, and permitting services. Canacre’s clients include developers, large scale service providers, and government entities that are involved in the planning and development of energy projects, rights of way, resources, and infrastructure across Canada and the United States. Canacre works on large-scale wind and solar power projects, high-voltage transmission lines, pipeline projects, municipal roads projects, and groupings of cellular towers and rooftop antennas.

The Environmental Compliance Inspector will monitor and report on construction-related activities with respect to the general permit requirements of the applicable regulatory agency, the client, and other cooperating/permitting agencies; as well as monitor and report on construction-related activities in areas of pre-determined biological, cultural, and paleontological sensitive resources.

The Environmental Compliance Inspector will also be responsible for inspecting construction sites to ensure compliance with project-specific Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) under the Clean Water Act, as well as compliance with erosion control regulations and applicable environmental regulations and permits.

The Environmental Compliance Inspector will oversee the proper implementation of mitigation measures and other environmental documents including, but not limited to, biological resources, cultural resources, paleontological resources, fire, dust, hazardous materials, and restoration requirements, as appropriate. Upon completion of Project facility construction activities, field monitors will monitor the implementation of the appropriate restoration treatments.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Monitor construction activities within specific areas requiring protection or environmentally sensitive areas
• Conduct daily inspection of construction activities for compliance with applicable project approvals, permits (federal, state, and local), and landowner agreements, for the construction of the Project
• Conduct regular inspections of a variety of construction sites to identify potential environmental hazards and ensure compliance with SWPPP and other relevant regulations
• Monitor and report general environmental compliance by the Construction Contractor(s) and subcontractors to client, with particular attention to fire, dust, hazardous materials, erosion control, and restoration guidelines
• Locate and facilitate protection and/or avoidance of environmentally sensitive resources such as migratory bird and raptor nests, rare plants and noxious weeds, watercourses, wetlands, high sensitivity paleontological resource, and cultural resources
• Identify sensitive resources and areas of concern prior to upcoming construction activities, and coordinating with construction personnel to discuss
• Act as a resource to construction personnel to explain environmental regulations and relevant application to construction activity
• Verify that construction work areas, access roads, and environmentally sensitive features have been properly marked and flagged before work is initiated in the area
• Ensure that erosion control or other best management practices do not inadvertently cause impact to other sensitive resources
• Act as a point of contact for onsite government agency inspectors
• Inform the Construction Contractor(s) of all potential and existing compliance issues, and coordinate with the Environmental Compliance Manager and/or Field Lead to determine appropriate corrective actions
• Coordinate with the Environmental Compliance Manager and/or Field Lead for potential stop-work when construction activities violate the conditions of the project approval(s), permits, or landowner conditions
• Identify, document, and oversee corrective actions to resolve non-compliance issues
• Monitor and document restoration activities
• Document the resolution of any compliance issues in daily reports
• Maintain and submit daily reports and logs to the Environmental Compliance Manager and/or Field Lead that document construction activities and associated compliance status for that day

QUALIFICATIONS:
• Post-secondary degree in Environmental Science or related field of study
• Minimum 5 years’ professional experience in Environmental Management, compliance, SWPPP inspection and mitigation planning
• Minimum 1 year's professional experience in utilities construction industry
• Professional experience working on projects regulated under NEPA or state-equivalent
• Strong working knowledge of environmental legislation and regulations
• Training, qualification or designation related to development of SWPPPs or Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) plans, such as CPESC and CESCL certifications are considered an asset
• Experience related to transmission line construction would be an asset
• Strong verbal and written communication skills – data collection and interpretation, technical report writing, regulatory permit applications, client communications, etc.
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills, prioritizing and decision-making skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to interface successfully with multiple departments, external vendors and/or customers
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously with minimal supervision
• Detail-oriented, self-motivated and highly organized with strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to build strong, lasting relationships with key stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office