Environmental Compliance Manager Position SummaryWattBridge, the world's preeminent PE6000/LM6000 delivery platform, is seeking an Environmental Manager to lead all environmental permitting, diligence, compliance efforts for our full power delivery platform focused on Data Center Campus style development. WattBridge developed, financed, built, owned and operated the world's largest LM6000 portfolio consisting of 2,400 MW's from 2019 through 2025. The platform raised over $2BN in capital and is now partnered with Energy Capital Partners as our majority sponsor. With competitive advantages in securing power equipment as an OEM, a proven track record in building out a successful thermal generation portfolio, and a fully vertically integrated execution platform, we are well positioned to be highly successful in the data center industry.
The Environmental Manager will provide environmental, compliance, permitting and reporting support to the WattBridge objective of providing power generation and shovel-ready campuses to data center offtakers. These projects will provide up to 1.5 GWs of thermal generation commissioned by 2029 and ultimately up to 5 GWs. These responsibilities include:
- Managing consultants to provide environmental due diligence for new site location
- Providing scope of work, requesting bids, analyzing bids, selecting candidates, and managing activities until tasks and reports are completed
- Creating budgets and creating and managing purchase orders, invoices, and payments
- Obtaining all necessary local, state, and federal permits and authorizations required to construct and operate a natural-gas-fired power plant and auxiliary activities. This includes oversight over, but not limited to:
- Air dispersion modeling inputs and outputs
- Effluent discharge permit
- Well water permits
- FAA
- USACE Nationwide or Individual permits, where applicable
The candidate must be effective in maintaining positive relationships and productive working environments with a diverse group of clients, consultants, coworkers, and consultants. Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills are priority requirements for the ideal candidate. The candidate should demonstrate a history of thriving in fast-paced environments while managing multiple projects.
Reports to: Vice President Business Development
Work Location: Houston, TX
; Remote United States
Position Responsibilities- Managing continuous compliance, reporting, investigations and any other activities related to the day-to-day construction and operation of a electric generating facility
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of facility-specific environmental plans, such as SPCC, waste management programs, stormwater plants, etc.
- Manage the environmental compliance program and its supporting policies, procedures, and monitoring platforms.
- Create and manage project budgets and forecasts
- Monitors standards development and revisions, and communicates proposed changes to SMEs
- Acts as an internal resource for environmental incident investigations
- Actively provides corporate communications aimed at maintaining the climate of awareness and informing the status of compliance with requirements/standards
- Technical research and writing
- Manage all environmental aspects of all projects
- Manage all consultants performing environmental tasks
- Collaborate with other internal and external disciplines to provide a competitive and desirable data center destination
- Responsible for all environmental compliance monitoring, recording and reporting activities
- Educate staff on new and/or future rules and regulations that may impact project construction or operation
Required Qualifications- Five or more years of environmental engineering, management and compliance experience is preferred
- A science or engineering degree or background preferred
- The candidate must have legal authority to work permanently in the United States
- The preferred position location is Houston, TX; however, a remote work option will be considered whether in Houston or in the Continental United States
- Up to 25% travel
- Must read, write and speak fluent English.
- Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check
- US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.
