Environmental Compliance Specialist
About The Position
ProSidian seeks an Environmental Compliance Specialist for Risk, Compliance & Independent Certification Support. This is an Exempt 1099 Contract role with no overtime pay, primarily remote within the USA, but with expected on-site meetings. The role supports the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO), which provides debt financing for large-scale energy infrastructure projects. The specialist will focus on environmental compliance, regulatory risks, and operational commitments, providing bankable, technically defensible Independent Engineering advisory services. This includes converting engineering, construction, compliance, and risk findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, certification, and decision-support outputs. The role is part of a team providing Environmental Consulting Services, including environmental compliance review, permitting risk assessment, and operational environmental performance monitoring for oil, gas, refining, processing, distribution, and pipeline projects.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, construction management, business, risk management, finance, or related field.
- 10+ years of relevant engineering, construction, operations, compliance, risk, finance, or energy infrastructure advisory experience.
- Demonstrated work on oil and gas, power, utilities, or large-scale infrastructure projects for owners, lenders, independent engineers, or federal clients.
- Primarily focused on Environmental Consulting Services initiatives and aligned with Program Support activities Compliance / Risk / Regulatory: Risk, Compliance & Independent Certification Support Functional Area Activities.
- Independent engineering review; U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) - Style documentation discipline; technical due diligence; risk assessment; environmental permits, compliance obligations, mitigation commitments, and environmental risk; data room review; information request tracking; report writing; Excel-based analysis; stakeholder coordination; and clear presentation of findings for credit, construction, monitoring, and certification decisions.
- Proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office (advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word; proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytics tools, and Visio).
Nice To Haves
- Relevant certifications such as PMP, CQA, CIA, ISO Lead Auditor, CHMM, CSP, or PMI-RMP preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides Independent Engineering advisory support for Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Program technical due diligence, credit evaluation, lifecycle monitoring, and assurance activities, with emphasis on environmental permits, compliance obligations, mitigation commitments, and environmental risk.
- Reviews project documentation, evaluates technical and commercial interfaces, identifies risks and mitigations, validates assumptions, supports conditions precedent and disbursement readiness reviews where applicable, and prepares defensible work products including permit matrices, environmental due diligence, compliance monitoring, and regulatory risk reporting.
- Coordinates with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders to support timely lender and DOE decision-making.
- May participate in data room reviews, borrower/contractor interviews, site observations, monthly monitoring meetings, risk register updates, CP evidence reviews, draw package checks, issue closure tracking, and preparation of Independent Engineer reports for DOE, LPO, credit, and program governance stakeholders.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation
- Health benefits
- Pre-tax employee benefits
- Incentives
- Group Medical / Dental / Vision Health Insurance Benefits
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with company match
- Vacation and Paid Time-Off (PTO) Benefits (2 weeks vacation, three sick days, 10 ProSidian holidays, and government holidays)
- Pre-Tax Payment Programs (Flexible Spending Account - FSA)
- Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plans via the Corporate Perks Benefit Program
- Performance Incentives
- Supplemental Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
