Senior Environmental Specialist

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role Description:

Arcadis seeks a Senior Environmental Specialist to join our team in California.

The Senior Environmental Specialist supports construction and infrastructure projects by ensuring compliance with applicable environmental regulations, permits, and commitments. This role involves monitoring environmental performance on active project sites, coordinating with contractors and project teams, and providing technical guidance and training related to environmental compliance and sustainability practices.

Role Accountabilities:

• Participate in monitoring contractor compliance with environmental regulations, permit conditions, project environmental commitments, and applicable standards.
• Conduct site inspections and document environmental compliance during construction activities.
• Provide environmental training and guidance to project teams, contractors, and field personnel on regulatory requirements and best management practices.
• Prepare environmental reports, documentation, and recommendations related to site compliance and environmental performance.
• Develop, maintain, and implement environmental compliance trackers and monitoring logs.
• Coordinate closely with project personnel, Metro on-call subcontractors, and project contractors to ensure environmental requirements are understood and implemented.
• Support environmental permitting compliance and documentation during construction activities.
• Assist with monitoring and reporting related to mitigation plans and environmental commitments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, or a related field.
• Approximately five (5) years of experience in construction environmental compliance or environmental consulting.
• Experience with subsurface investigations, construction SWPPP BMPs, NPDES permitting, dewatering activities, and environmental compliance monitoring.

Key Skills and Attributes:

• Strong understanding of environmental regulations applicable to construction projects.
• Ability to work collaboratively with multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Organizational skills to maintain environmental trackers, reports, and compliance documentation.
• Ability to perform fieldwork and site inspections in active construction environments.
• Willingness to obtain environmental certifications not currently held.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with administration of CWA 401/404/408 and CDFW 1602 permits, preparation of NEPA/CEQA memos, and construction management. Sustainability (Title 24, CalGREEN, and LEED) experience preferred. 
• QSD, QSP, and/or ENV-SP certifications preferred, but not required.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including ra