Environmental Specialist IV

YK Solutions • Pittsburgh, PA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

This role manages environmental compliance for fast-paced Power Innovation projects through development, construction, commissioning, and operational handoff. It translates permit conditions and environmental commitments into actionable compliance requirements; develops project-specific compliance plans, procedures, and tools; coordinates with engineering, construction, operations, legal, and environmental teams; and verifies that required inspections, monitoring, documentation, reporting, and corrective actions are completed. The role also supports agency coordination, contractor compliance, field issue resolution, and the transition of environmental obligations to operating assets.

Senior specialists lead compliance strategy, complex issue resolution, and agency engagement, while mid-level specialists support plan development, field execution, documentation, and tracking. This is an on-site contract position in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; local candidates only.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Minimum eight years of multifaceted environmental experience.
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills, with safety as the utmost priority.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and PC skills.
• Recent hands-on regulatory compliance experience; experience must involve regulatory compliance rather than an inspection-only role.
• Ability to manage environmental inspectors across multiple projects, track assignments and progress, review reports, manage violations, and follow up on outstanding inspection items until resolution.
• Demonstrated ability to oversee environmental-inspector-related activities, coordinate across projects, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion of required actions.
• Strong working knowledge of SharePoint for document management, collaboration, and tracking.
• Ability to use Excel independently for tracking, reporting, organizing data, and managing project-related information.
• Strong practical knowledge of Microsoft Teams, including meetings, communication, file sharing, and collaboration.
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain responsibilities clearly, provide specific examples of past experience, and demonstrate technical knowledge during interviews.
• Ability to manage activities independently, follow through on outstanding items, and take responsibility for project-related deliverables.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing and implementing environmental compliance programs for major infrastructure or energy projects during construction and operations.
• Expertise in environmental compliance management, permit-condition tracking, contractor oversight, agency coordination, and stakeholder engagement for complex infrastructure or energy projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, improve, and provide guidance on environmental compliance processes, procedures, plans, and tools.
• Interpret permit conditions, regulatory requirements, and environmental commitments and convert them into clear project and contractor compliance obligations.
• Coordinate environmental compliance planning, scheduling, and cost estimating, including inspections, monitoring, reporting, training, and recordkeeping.
• Work with project teams, contractors, consultants, and field personnel to verify compliance performance, resolve issues, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead environmental compliance programs or projects with significant risk and complexity.
• Support agency coordination, audits, incident response, and operational handoff.
• Manage environmental inspectors across multiple projects, track assignments and progress, review reports, manage violations, and follow up on outstanding inspection items until resolution.
• Oversee environmental-inspector-related activities, coordinate across projects, monitor progress, and ensure timely completion of required actions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior