Senior Environmental Permitting & Compliance Engineer

Intellias; Santa Fe Capital; Remote; ARS 92,241,000 - 184,482,000; Full time

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Job summary

Bechtel in Argentina seeks a senior professional to obtain, maintain and monitor environmental and sectoral permits for a large-scale project. You will ensure design, planning and field activities comply with national and provincial regulations, client environmental standards, and permit commitments.

The role acts as a bridge between engineering and regulatory authorities, translating requirements into verifiable design criteria and managing critical permit routes to support project schedules.

Qualifications

• Electrical engineer degree and ten years of work-related experience in substation and Line construction.
• High Voltage experience in at least 2 mining projects.
• Job related technical knowledge necessary to complete the job.
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge of applicable local, state/province, and federal/national statutes and guidelines.
• Attention to detail and time-conscious and time-effective work.

Responsibilities

• Permission management: 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.

Skills

Oral and written communication

English and Spanish language skills

Attention to detail

Electrical area excellence

Education

Electrical engineer degree

Construction Management degree

Tools

Word processing

Email

Spreadsheets

Presentations

Job description

Bechtel in Argentina seeks a senior professional to obtain, maintain and monitor environmental and sectoral permits for a large-scale project. You will ensure design, planning and field activities comply with national and provincial regulations, client environmental standards, and permit commitments.

The role acts as a bridge between engineering and regulatory authorities, translating requirements into verifiable design criteria and managing critical permit routes to support project schedules.