Senior Environmental Permits & Compliance Engineer

Bluelight; Santa Fe Capital; Remote; ARS 139,086,000 - 231,811,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer (Field Manager) for San Juan, Argentina to manage environmental permits and ensure compliance with national and provincial regulations throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires extensive experience in mining, environmental permits, and EPC/EPCM environments, with strong Spanish and English communication skills and the ability to coordinate across engineering and regulatory teams.

Qualifications

• Requires university degree in Civil Engineering with professional registration in the corresponding jurisdiction.
• 5 to 8 years of professional practice in environmental management and permits, with at least 3 years in mining, energy or infrastructure projects in Argentina.
• Graduate degree in environmental management, environmental impact assessment or environmental law desirable.
• Level 2 requires 8 to 10 years of professional practice in environmental management and permits, with at least 5 years in mining, energy or infrastructure projects in Argentina.
• Native Spanish and intermediate or higher technical English, sufficient to read international standards and participate in meetings with multinational teams.

Responsibilities

• Preparing and keeping updated the project permits matrix, identifying competent body, submission requirements, legal deadlines and actual processing deadlines.
• Prepare, review and submit the Environmental Impact Report and its biennial updates, along with the supporting technical documentation required by the provincial mining authority.
• Managing the associated sectoral permits: water use and concession, effluent dumping, emissions into the atmosphere, hazardous waste management, soil movement, intervention of native vegetation and transport of hazardous substances.
• Maintaining technical dialogue with provincial and national enforcement authorities, responding to observations, requests for additional information and audits.
• Timely alert the permits that constitute a critical route and propose sequencing alternatives when a regulatory deadline compromises the schedule.
• Defining the scope of the environmental baselines - air quality, noise, surface and groundwater, soils, flora, fauna, archaeology and socio-economic environment - and technically supervise the consulting firms that execute them.
• Reviewing consultant deliverables verifying methodological sufficiency and traceability of data.

Skills

Spanish language

Regulatory compliance

Environmental permitting

Project coordination

Mining experience

EPC/EPCM knowledge

English proficiency

Education

Civil Engineering degree

Tools

GIS

Project scheduling tools

Excel

Job description

Bechtel is seeking a Senior Civil Engineer (Field Manager) for San Juan, Argentina to manage environmental permits and ensure compliance with national and provincial regulations throughout the project lifecycle.

The role requires extensive experience in mining, environmental permits, and EPC/EPCM environments, with strong Spanish and English communication skills and the ability to coordinate across engineering and regulatory teams.