Senior Environmental Permits & Compliance Lead

EPAM Systems Inc; Santa Fe Capital; On-site; ARS 400,000 - 520,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel is expanding its presence in Argentina and seeks a senior professional to manage environmental permits for a major project in San Juan. The role bridges engineering and regulatory authorities, translating legal requirements into verifiable design criteria and ensuring on-time compliance.

The candidate will oversee environmental baselines, impact assessments, and interaction with provincial and national agencies, driving schedule-aligned permit routing and ensuring technical quality of

Qualifications

• Native Spanish and intermediate or higher technical English, sufficient to read international standards and participate in meetings with multinational teams.
• Verifiable participation in at least one complete cycle of environmental processing: preparation of the study, submission to the authority, response to observations and obtaining the approving resolution.
• Experience in interaction with provincial and national public agencies, and in supervising environmental consultancies.
• Management of environmental constraints and regulatory anticipation in engineering designs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain the permits matrix with deadlines and competent bodies.
• Submit Environmental Impact Report and biennial updates with required documentation.
• Manage sectoral permits (water use, effluent, emissions, hazardous waste, etc.).
• Maintain dialogue with authorities; respond to observations and requests for information.
• Define environmental baselines (air, noise, water, soils, flora/fauna) and supervise consultants.
• Provide environmental constraints to design teams and verify compliance with permits.

Skills

Spanish language

English (technical)

Geographic Information Systems

Project scheduling tools

Education

Environmental Sciences

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Natural Resources

Geological Sciences

Biological Sciences

Job description

Bechtel is expanding its presence in Argentina and seeks a senior professional to manage environmental permits for a major project in San Juan. The role bridges engineering and regulatory authorities, translating legal requirements into verifiable design criteria and ensuring on-time compliance.

The candidate will oversee environmental baselines, impact assessments, and interaction with provincial and national agencies, driving schedule-aligned permit routing and ensuring technical quality of