Description
Coordinate and manage environmental permitting and compliance for projects, ensuring applications, studies, and documentation meet federal, state, and local requirements. Compile and analyze environmental data, prepare technical submittals, liaise with agencies and stakeholders, and recommend mitigation and monitoring to minimize environmental and public health impacts.
- • Process and review environmental permits, licenses, and related materials.
- • Prepare complete permit applications and technical submittals, including narratives, calculations, and plans.
- • Evaluate projects to determine regulatory applicability and permitting pathways.
- • Interpret and apply environmental regulations, standards, and guidance to projects.
- • Design and direct environmental studies, surveys, and impact assessments to support permitting.
- • Determine data collection methods and sampling plans for permit support studies.
- • Collect, synthesize, analyze, and manage environmental data for permit applications.
- • Prepare charts, graphs, and summaries that demonstrate regulatory compliance and environmental relevance.
- • Model emissions or discharges and estimate project impacts using statistical and engineering methods.
- • Develop mitigation, monitoring, and best management practices to meet permit conditions and minimize impacts.
- • Lead consultations with agencies and stakeholders and present technical information at meetings and hearings.
- • Prepare responses to agency information requests and public comments.
- • Track permit schedules, conditions, and compliance obligations; maintain records and reporting.
- • Conduct audits or inspections for compliance with permit conditions and investigate potential violations.
- • Recommend corrective actions and support development and prosecution of regulatory cases when needed.
- • Draft technical portions of legal documents, administrative orders, or consent decrees related to permitting.
- • Monitor environmental impacts of development activities and recommend prevention or control measures.
- • Provide technical guidance to internal teams and clients on permitting strategy and compliance.
- • Train staff or contractors on permit requirements, procedures, and documentation standards.
- • Stay current with regulatory changes and update permitting policies, procedures, and templates.
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Last reviewed: Jan 2026
