Sustainability & Compliance Engineer

ProSidian Consulting, LLC•Washington, DC

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

ProSidian is seeking a Sustainability & Compliance Engineer for Program Support on an Exempt 1099 Contract basis. This role is primarily remote within the USA, with expected on-site meetings. The position supports the U.S. Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO), which provides debt financing for large-scale energy infrastructure projects. The role is aligned with the GSA Labor Category: Senior Consultant and requires relevant experience in the Energy Industry (Oil, Gas/Power, Utilities) sector. The Sustainability & Compliance Engineer will provide Independent Engineering (IE) advisory services focused on Oil and Gas Operations Monitoring & Lifecycle Performance Support, including risk management, environmental compliance, operational sustainability, permit commitments, and emissions-related risk considerations. The engineer will convert findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, certification, and decision-support outputs, working within a team that provides Environmental Consulting Services.

Requirements

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.
Bachelor's degree in engineering, geoscience, petroleum engineering, mechanical, electrical, chemical, civil, environmental, or related technical field.
Independent engineering review; U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) - Style documentation discipline; technical due diligence; risk assessment; environmental performance, sustainability metrics, compliance obligations, and operational commitments; 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.
Technical judgment; independence and objectivity; analytical rigor; attention to detail; defensible documentation; client service orientation; cross-functional collaboration; issue escalation; quality mindset; schedule discipline; and ability to translate technical evidence into actionable risk, compliance, and financing implications.
Understanding and proficiency with business tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word; proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytics tools, and Visio; and able to quickly learn other tools as needed.
Commitment - to work with intelligent, interesting people with diverse backgrounds to solve the most significant challenges across private, public, and social sectors.
Curiosity – the ideal candidate exhibits an inquisitive nature and the ability to question the status quo among a community of people they enjoy and teams that work well together.
Humility – exhibits grace in success and failure while doing meaningful work where skills have an impact and make a difference.
Willingness - to constantly learn, share, and grow, and to view the world as their classroom.

Nice To Haves

PE, PMP, CSP, API, NACE/AMPP, PMI, or discipline-specific credentials preferred where applicable.

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 performance, sustainability metrics, compliance obligations, and operational commitments.
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 sustainability dashboards, emissions and resource metrics, compliance evidence, and improvement actions.
Coordinates with engineering, finance, legal, construction, operations, environmental, HSE, and project controls stakeholders to support timely lender and DOE decision-making.
Serves as a Sustainability & Compliance Engineer within the Oil and Gas Operations Monitoring & Lifecycle Performance Support swim lane, delivering bankable, technically defensible Independent Engineering advisory services by converting discipline-specific engineering, construction, compliance, operating, commercial, and risk findings into lender-ready due diligence, monitoring, certification, and decision-support outputs.
Serve as a Sustainability & Compliance Engineer - Oil and Gas Operations Monitoring & Lifecycle Performance Support Specialist (Labor Category: Senior Consultant II) to provide Oil and Gas Operations Monitoring & Lifecycle Performance Support Operations / Compliance as part of an Independent Engineering (IE) Advisory Services | Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) Advisory / Technical Due Diligence / Credit Evaluation / Lifecycle Monitoring Team that provides Environmental Consulting Services.
Reviews environmental compliance, operational sustainability, permit commitments, and emissions-related risk considerations.
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.