Environmental Director - Power Delivery - Pacific Northwest

Requisition ID: 170442 

Job Level: Director 

Home District/Group: Kiewit Power Delivery 

Department: Environmental 

Market: Power 

Employment Type: Full Time 
 

Position Overview

We are currently looking for an onsite Environmental Director who will lead and oversee the environmental management practices of a large power construction project. This is an exciting position where you will not only ensure compliance with legal and contractual environmental requirements for the project but also contributes to Kiewit’s enduring dedication to corporate social responsibility.
Our mission is to make a difference and we offer opportunities for you to make one too through our construction operations. Whether we’re boring tunnels through mountains, turning rivers into energy or building bridges that connect communities, we depend on our passionate, skilled, and safety obsessed construction professionals to get it done right. You bring your big ideas, commitment to top quality, and an unwavering work ethic. In return, we offer huge career and travel opportunities and the satisfaction of building the next big thing from the ground up. There’s a reason Kiewit attracts the best: we offer fast-paced excitement and fulfillment you won’t find anywhere else. #LI-
At Kiewit, the scale of our operations is huge. Our construction and engineering projects span across the United States, Canada and Mexico, improving and connecting communities with every initiative.  We depend on our high-performing operations support professionals — they’re the glue that holds multiple areas of the business together and the catalysts that make things happen. We hire only the most driven people and we offer them diverse career opportunities, strong leadership and mentorship, rewarding, collaborative work, and responsibility they won’t find just anywhere. We’re always pushing new limits. You can too. #LI-WJ1

District Overview

Kiewit Power Delivery. is a full-service engineering and construction solutions provider operating across North America. Our experience and expertise span all aspects of the transmission and distribution market from high voltage overhead and underground transmission to distribution and automation design and construction capabilities. With these broad capabilities, we operate in the electric utility, renewable energy, industrial, and oil & gas markets.  As part of Kiewit, we are integrated with 135 years of construction and engineering experience that provides holistic solutions, differentiating our team from the rest of the industry. 
Our rapidly growing power delivery business has opened new locations across North America to strengthen our market presence while executing work within the communities that we live. We have invested in industry leading design technology and platforms while also expanding our construction equipment fleet with the most advanced, and safest equipment on the market. We are committed to building upon our history as one of the safest companies to work for by equipping our craft with the best tooling and safety programs available. 
We are an innovative team that prides itself on excellence through continuous improvement and an unwavering commitment to deliver for our clients. Our staff collaborates with Kiewit’s vast internal network of resources that span heavy civil and infrastructure, vertical and commercial buildings, mining, as well our oil and gas and power generation markets, to drive safe and cost-effective solutions that achieve client expectations and further Kiewit’s legacy of excellence. 
 

Location

This job will be located at our project/regional office in Portland, OR but will require travel to the job site locations (Vancouver, WA and Medford, OR)

Responsibilities

•    Lead the environmental compliance for the project
•    Identify, assess and reduce environmental risks to the company
•    Update environmental plans
•    Perform and oversee field inspections and monitoring (water quality, underwater noise etc.)
•    Identify wetland and sensitive environmental areas for protection and fencing in advance of construction activities
•    Maintaining project data tracking requirements
•    Monitor, forecast and communicate environmental costs at the project level
•    Develop and conduct environmental protection and awareness training to staff at all levels
•    Function as a principal technical advisor and coordinator for environmental issues
•    Coordinate with relevant crews on their work locations, material needs, quantities and invoices
•    Interpret and apply environmental specifications and drawings avoiding and minimizing adverse effects to the natural environment and local communities.
•    Prepare project and Kiewit required reports and communication of environmental risks to project management