Environmental Engineer

About the Role

Join One of the Most Diverse and Innovative Transportation Design Teams in the Nation.

Are you ready to make a lasting impact on the infrastructure that moves millions? At the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, we’re seeking a motivated Environmental Engineer to join our Civil & Environmental Engineering unit, a team positioned within the Engineering/Architecture Design Division. This group supports planning and design for a wide range of transportation assets, including airports, ports, ferries, tunnels, bridges, rail systems, and bus terminals. This position is located at 4 World Trade Center in NYC.

As an Environmental Engineer, you'll play a vital role in delivering engineering design and environmental compliance support services for projects ranging from routine to moderately complex. You’ll work on a variety of environmental engineering areas, including:

• Hazardous material survey, sampling, and abatement design
• New Jersey and New York site remediation program oversight
• Facility environmental compliance support for NJPDES/NY-SPDES permit compliance, stormwater BMPs, SWPPP reviews, field audits and inspections, air permitting and reporting, underground and above-ground storage tanks, SPCC plans, and other areas as required.
• Stormwater soil erosion and sediment control design and associated permits and field inspections.

Your responsibilities will include preparing technical reports, engineering drawings, cost estimates, technical specifications, supporting environmental compliance requirements including obtaining environmental permits and approvals for facility operations, and creating design documentation using AutoCAD. You’ll also act as the technical lead on assigned projects, collaborating closely with internal teams and coordinating with external agencies at the federal, state, and local levels.

We’re seeking a candidate who brings some practical experience and working knowledge of environmental remediation in NY/NJ, NJDEP / NYSDEC stormwater regulations, experience in design and/or on construction projects and field sampling and auditing experience.

Responsibilities

• Produce quality design services conforming to applicable design standards/guidelines and codes.
• Prepare contract documents consisting of drawings, technical specifications, construction cost estimates.
• Produce biddable and constructible contract drawings in AutoCAD.
• Perform site inspections at the Agency’s facilities.
• Audit consultant engineering studies, designs and contract documents for construction projects. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited engineering college or university.
• Minimum of four (4) years of professional engineering experience in design and or environmental compliance and regulatory oversight including any of the following: New Jersey/New York remediation projects, experience with regulatory agencies including EPA, NYS DEC, NJDEP, OSHA, and familiarity with the NYSDOL and AHERA requirements for asbestos abatement.
• Working knowledge in AutoCAD and ArcGIS
• Must possess a valid driver’s license

Desired Qualifications

• EIT Certification and/or on path to obtain PE license in the future.
• Working knowledge of guidelines and standards, but not limited to NYSDEC/NJDEP regulations, NEPA/SEQR.
• Demonstrated experience in problem solving, decision making, negotia