Senior Environmental Permitting Lead – Argentina

Hire Hangar, Inc.; Santa Fe Capital; On-site; ARS 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Bechtel Argentina is expanding its local organization and seeks a specialist to manage environmental permits for projects in Argentina, ensuring compliance with national and provincial regulations and client environmental standards. The role bridges engineering and regulatory bodies to translate requirements into verifiable criteria and to maintain a critical permit route aligned with the project schedule.

Responsibilities include leading environmental studies, liaising with authorities, and

Qualifications

• Requires a university degree in Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Natural Resources, Geological Sciences or Biological Sciences, with professional registration.
• Experience: 5–10 years in environmental management and permits, with mining, energy or infrastructure projects in Argentina.
• Graduate degree in environmental management, environmental impact assessment or environmental law is desirable.
• Requires interaction with provincial and national public agencies.

Responsibilities

• Manage permits matrix: identify competent bodies, requirements, deadlines and processing timelines.
• Prepare and submit Environmental Impact Report and biennial updates with supporting documentation.
• Manage sectoral permits: water use, effluent, emissions, hazardous waste, soil movement, native vegetation, hazardous substances transport.
• Maintain dialogue with enforcement authorities, respond to observations and audits.
• Alert critical permits and propose sequencing alternatives to protect schedule.
• Defining scope of environmental baselines and supervise consultants.

Skills

Environmental permits

Regulatory liaison

EPC/EPCM experience

GIS

Project scheduling

Documentation control

Bilingual Spanish/English

Education

University degree in Environmental Sciences / Civil Engineering / related

Professional registration in jurisdiction

Tools

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

MS Excel

Environmental impact assessment methodologies

Job description

Bechtel Argentina is expanding its local organization and seeks a specialist to manage environmental permits for projects in Argentina, ensuring compliance with national and provincial regulations and client environmental standards. The role bridges engineering and regulatory bodies to translate requirements into verifiable criteria and to maintain a critical permit route aligned with the project schedule.

Responsibilities include leading environmental studies, liaising with authorities, and