ENVIRONMENTAL COORDINATOR

Knife River Corporation is hiring an Environmental Coordinator in Minot, ND. The role requires an associate's degree in a related field and 2-3 years of office experience. Responsibilities include monitoring permits, conducting site visits, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, and assisting with land use permitting. Candidates should possess strong communication and organizational skills and be able to work independently. The company emphasizes a people-first approach and offers good pay and benefits.
Good Pay! Good Benefits! Good People! Knife River is a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and go home safely each day. Please consider joining our growing team today!

At Knife River, we take care of our team because we know it’s our people who make us successful. We are one of the 10 largest construction materials producers/contractors in the Country, and we are a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are the key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and safely each day. Our goal is to build strong teams that, in turn, build strong communities. We are also a publicly traded company on the NYSE with the ticker symbol KNF and part of the S&P MidCap 400 index.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

1. Associates degree in Land Use Planning, Physical, Biological, or Political Science or related field.

2. 2-3 years’ experience in an office setting with intermediate to advanced use of computer software.

3. Ability to provide and maintain a valid drivers license and acceptable driving record.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

1. Bachelor’s degree in Land Use Planning, Physical, Biological, or Political Science or related field.

2. Environmental fieldwork experience.

DUTIES AND/OR RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Monitor Permits to ensure renewals are conducted in a timely manner and conditions are communicated to the appropriate managers.

2. Perform environmental site visits at Aggregate, Ready Mix, Asphalt, and Construction Yard sites.

3. Assess compliance with applicable rules and permits to include Air, Stormwater, Hazardous Waste, Spill Prevention.

4. Create a schedule to inspect inactive covered sites annually.

5. Collect samples as required by permit. Submit samples to laboratories utilizing approved protocols.

6. Assist with land use permitting.

7. Communicate land use conditions to operations

8. Manage and ensure EPA, DNR, state, local, safety and environmental regulation compliance.

9. Assist in the collection of data for individual locations and permits to provide weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual reports.

10. Attend county and township board meetings to obtain conditional use permits – answer questions about permit applications, as needed.

11. Always work safely and take action to prevent any and all unsafe actions, processes, and behaviors.

12. Perform other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITITES

1. Excellent interpersonal, communication, and strategic organization skills, Able to work productively with a wide variety of personnel in other roles including management, supervisory, operational, financial, and other technical and administrative staff. Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with regulatory agencies.

2. Excellent computer, verbal and written communication skills, as well as public speaking/presentations.

3. Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and meet deadlines.

4. Ability to travel throughout operating division on an intermittent basis to connect with field operations and managers.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)