Senior Scientist

Job Description

There’s no pledge more important than the one we make to look after our environment, and we’re committed to helping you do exactly that. Join us as we strive to ensure a sustainable future for our communities and the world we live in.

We are looking for a key individual with a background in environmental compliance and more specifically waste permitting and compliance (RCRA, TSCA, DOT), who is commercially astute, and comfortable dealing at all levels within a client organization (corporate to operational levels). As a National Waste Compliance Lead
, you will help lead projects, business development initiatives, and provide internal technical and waste subject matter expertise to internal GHD teams and external clients. This position can be based in any of our Central Region offices (preferred locations include Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Houston, or St. Paul) with the flexibility to work remotely on occasion.

If you have a background in waste compliance, RCRA, DOT, TSCA, NORM, and low-level radioactive waste in a regulatory or industrial setting, this could be a career enhancing move. This is an opportunity to leverage your local knowledge and be involved in challenging projects that will offer an opportunity to provide technical solutions as a subject matter expert.

In the problem solving business, it helps to be restlessly curious to deliver community change. Our vision is to ensure energy, water and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry, inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process.

• Collaboration with other leaders in the development and execution of business strategies and initiatives to expand the EHS Compliance and Waste Compliance business in the Central Region and across the US;
• Build and mentor a U.S. wide connected team that is engaged and driven to provide high-quality results and solutions to our clients’ projects and challenges;
• Maintain a high external profile as a thought leader through membership/attendance in industry organizations and continually growing a contact base;
• Maintain high internal profile through EHS and Waste project pursuits, wins, and delivery as well as technical leadership through our globally connected Service Lines;
• Lead proposal development and contract negotiation to win targeted pursuits, which leverage GHD’s capabilities and value proposition;
• Technical project management and direction while maintaining client satisfaction and ensuring projects are delivered safely and within scope, schedule, and budget;
• Act as an environmental relationship manager for key clients.

• B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science or a related Science field;
• 15+ years of compliance experience (with a focus on waste regulations such as RCRA, DOT, TSCA, NORM, etc.);
• Knowledge of regulatory waste requirements in multiple states;
• Proven experience leading and executing multi-media and RCRA compliance audits;
• Waste facility permitting experience is a plus (RCRA Subtitle
  
  C);
• Excellent technical writing skills;
• Recognized technical leader in EHS and waste compliance;
• Data compilation, reduction, interpretation, evaluation/comparison to environmental regulatory standards;
• Ability to effectively communicate with other technical professionals, clients, and regulatory officials;
• Experience with air and other media permitting and compliance is a plus;
• Proven experience managing and delivering waste compliance projects and deep understanding of industry and regulatory standards and best practices;
• Development of efficient technical and regulatory strategies and solutions that address our clients' specific waste compliance needs and challenges;
• Understanding and ability to stay current with federal and state waste regulations;
• Willingness to travel.

$ - $, varies based on experience and location.

• 401K – Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service.
• Paid time off – Our PTO benefit is designed to…