Director of Environmental Projects

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Director of Environmental Projects! 

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Environmental team, of the Energy Services Sector, based in Houston, Texas. The Director of Environmental Projects will lead all aspects of environmental project management, including client management and business development.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

• Manage environmental permitting, regulatory strategy development, environmental field surveys, and construction compliance for a variety of energy-related projects, including, but not limited to, regulated and non-regulated pipeline projects, tank terminals, and downstream facilities.
• Develop, prepare and maintain environmental policy and procedures manuals for compliance assurance throughout the lifecycle of projects.
• Manage and prepare applications for the permitting of projects including those associated with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), state agencies including State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), and county and local agencies.
• Manage firms conducting wetland delineations, TE habitat characterization, environmental and cultural resources surveys, land use mapping and vegetation cover classification, GPS data collection, permitting and report preparations with USACE, United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and state and county agencies.
• Prepare and ensure overall performance and accuracy of documents for environmental services in accordance with National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) guidelines as applicable.
• Prepare documentation and biological assessments for Section 7 ESA consultation requirements.
• Prepare detailed proposals and cost estimates for existing and new client contracts

What your experience looks like

• Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Geology or a related field with a minimum of 15 years of experience specific to managing the permitting, environmental and cultural resource consulting or NEPA documentation for oil and gas projects.
• Knowledge of computer applications and functions, including Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe, and Outlook.
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to apply environmental compliance and permitting regulations of applicable regulatory associations including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).
• Knowledge of the principles, practices and acceptable techniques of business development and managing client relationships.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of project planning, development, and evaluation related to the environmental projects and the energy services industry.
• Knowledge of the concept, principle and practices of project management
• Knowledge of documents related to requests for proposals, invitations for bid and tendering offers.
• Knowledge of computer applications and functions, including Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Ability to review project work, quantities, costs, accuracy of specifications, completeness, and constructability.
• Ability to meet project deadlines.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing, including advanced technical writing abilities.
• Ability to maintain and establish effective working relationships.
• Ability to prioritize, organize and perform multiple work assignments simultaneously.
• Ability to compile, review and reconcile data for accuracy, completeness and compliance.
• Ability to perform work accurately in a detail oriented environment.
• Ability to prepare clear and concise reports, procedures, correspondences, and other written materials.