Environmental Permitting Specialist

3 days ago

New York, New York, United States WSP Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Environmental Permitting and Siting Engineer to join our Earth & Environment Team in our New York City office. As a technical task lead, you will play a key role in supporting large-scale renewable energy projects and collaborating with multi-disciplinary teams.

Key Responsibilities
  • Support routing/siting studies, analyses, and associated reports and approvals
  • Develop and maintain relationships with public and private sector clients, agencies, partner firms and sub-consultants, as well as, other external stakeholders such as vendors and suppliers
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or related degree
  • 3 to 5 years of experience managing environmental permitting and planning projects, for a variety of energy-related projects
  • Experience with noise assessments and noise mitigation in NYS
  • Ability to work independently and provide guidance and leadership to mid-level to senior level team or project members, with strict adherence to QA/QC
  • Proven regulatory experience, including management of state and federal level filings
  • Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization
  • Demonstrated knowledge and familiarity with state agency personnel and decision-makers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills, defining and understanding client requirements, managing expectations, and communicating with clients and project staff
  • Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies
  • Must be flexible to a variety of schedules to meet business needs and able to prioritize responsibilities and quickly adapt to change in a pressure work environment
Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's Degree in Engineering
  • Master's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering or related degree
  • Essential professional licensure/certification
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 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

WSP provides a flexible and agile 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?

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