Environmental Development Manager

NorthPoint Development•Kansas City, MO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

NorthPoint is a real estate developer that has grown through combining an entrepreneurial spirit and empowerment of its team members. We are seeking an experienced environmental professional to join our environmental risk management team. As an Environmental Development Manager, you will be responsible for planning, leading and managing environmental due diligence and risk management activities to assess, procure, redevelop, manage and dispose of properties for industrial, data center and multifamily uses across the United States.

Requirements

5 to 10 years of relevant experience in consulting or corporate roles.
Performing environmental due diligence on brownfield properties being remediated and or redeveloped in a variety of state and federal regulatory frameworks.
Designing and managing environmental investigation programs for soil, groundwater, surface water, soil vapor, and sediments – including experience with emerging contaminants including PFAS/PFOS.
Identifying and evaluating potential subsurface remediation approaches in terms of their expected efficacy, cost and time to complete.
Familiarity with requirements to investigate, remediate, monitor and report on brownfield properties in the following regulatory programs: CERCLA, RCRA, state voluntary cleanup, etc.
Developing soil-management and corrective-measures implementation plans to govern construction and remediation activities on contaminated sites.
Evaluating, designing and installation of vapor intrusion mitigation systems.
Managing multiple projects and teams simultaneously in a fast-paced environment, across a wide spectrum of site conditions, geography, complexity and stage of acquisition and construction.
Familiarity with best practices in horizontal development on contaminated sites pertaining to underground utility installation; grading and earthwork; worker safety; encountering contaminated materials; stormwater basin configuration; vapor intrusion mitigation; and building pad and foundation construction.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills coupled with ability to distill and present complex technical information to internal and external stakeholders.
Knowledge of current state and federal environmental regulatory programs, pertaining to data center development including air emissions, wastewater discharges, stormwater discharges, waste management, and water withdrawal.
Operating with a self-directed, client-service mentality in a fast-paced environment under competing priorities, alongside a diverse set of internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Critically review environmental reports to assess properties’ environmental conditions, regulatory compliance status and go-forward requirements, as well as gaps in site conceptual models to be addressed by additional investigation and remediation.
Develop environmental investigation and remediation work scopes with environmental consultants, manage their performance, and interpret findings.
Support property transaction decisions with inputs regarding environmental liabilities and risks, development restrictions, and construction requirements and costs.
Interface with regulatory agencies, attorneys and property sellers, buyers, investors and lenders regarding NorthPoint’s environmental investigations, remediation, reporting and compliance.
Advise construction teams and contractors on appropriate protocols for earthwork, managing impacted materials, site-worker safety, permit-compliance requirements and soil management plans.
Assist in developing budgetary estimates of environmental-related costs in overall redevelopment project proformas.