Environmental Manager - Lake Charles, LA

VetJobs is hiring an Environmental Manager for an on-site role in Lake Charles, LA, aimed at military-affiliated job seekers. The position involves overseeing the Environmental Management Plan for the Louisiana LNG project, supervising environmental personnel, and ensuring compliance with environmental standards. Responsibilities include providing technical guidance, integrating environmental requirements into project plans, and supporting various teams in environmental health and safety program execution.
Job Description

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Project Overview

Louisiana LNG is located approximately 11 miles southwest of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The project includes a mid-scale, mixed-refrigerant Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production and export facility on the west side of the Calcasieu River. There are five identical process plants. Each process plant consists of one gas pre-treatment unit, one condensate stabilization unit, and four Chart heavy hydrocarbon (HHC) removal and liquefaction groups. The facility will include associated utilities, refrigerant storage, three 235,000m3 full-containment LNG storage tanks, and three marine berths.

Job Summary

In this role, you will oversee preparation and implementation of a project Environmental Management Plan and supervise a team to support plan integration and execution. You will work with functional leads, evaluate performance trends, and provide technical guidance on mitigation measures. Your leadership will ensure protection of environmentally sensitive areas, species, and communities.

Major Responsibilities

Supervises an environmental services program, or a major component of it, inclusive of technical and administrative aspects.

Supervises assigned environmental personnel and provides guidance on their work activities.

Provides technical support within ESH teams and to Engineering, Construction, Commissioning and Startup, Operations, Legal, Contracts, Procurement, Management, and other functions regarding ESH program execution.

Ensures that environmental requirements are integrated within bid proposals, planning documents, design criteria, construction and commissioning plans, schedules, and subcontract documents.

Prepares, or helps prepare, Environmental Management Plans and associated plans, and awareness and training programs, in compliance with Bechtel standards, the ESH Management System, and contract and regulatory requirements.

Emphasizes and uses risk assessment, data analysis, and Bechtel’s ESH Management System to help track and achieve continual improvement.

Prepares technical and regulatory reports, reviews and performs environmental assessments and studies, researches issues to support ESH program execution, and evaluates data and performance trends.

Participates in ESH emergency preparedness planning and confirms investigation and resolution of environmental incidents.

Conducts inspections, monitoring, and sampling to assess compliance with contractual commitments, laws and regulations, environmental permits, and Bechtel requirements.

Identifies and oversees preparation and submittal of environmental permit applications, reviews and negotiates permit conditions with regulatory agencies, tracks permit compliance and closeout, and guides implementation of project-specific mitigation plans.

Auto req ID

446195BR

Minimum Education Required

High School/GED

Job_Category

Management

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities

Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience

Required Knowledge And Skills

Knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations and experiences of regulatory permitting processes.

Experience of developing and implementing an environmental management system.

Experience with implementing industry BMP standards on environmental compliance, emissions, hazardous materials, waste, ESC and restoration.

General knowledge of construction methods and environmental mitigation practices as related to large-scale (industrial) projects. Experience with implementing industry BMP standards on environmental compliance, emissions and effluents, hazardous materials, waste, erosion and sedimentation controls, and restoration is desired.

Experience in managing environmental subcontractors or consultants.

Demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of a project team.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Skilled in working collaboratively with others in a complex integrated environment.

Prior experience in establishing an Environmental Management System, including technical standards and field execution, leadership and mentoring, managing subcontractors/consultants, and regulatory engagement and report writing.

City*

Lake Charles

State*

Louisiana

Job Code

Laborer Laborer

Affiliate Sponsor

Bechtel