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Bechtel Argentina seeks a Permitting and Environmental Compliance Specialist to manage environmental permits and regulatory requirements for projects. You will translate regulations into design criteria, monitor compliance, and coordinate with authorities and project teams.
The role requires a university degree in environmental sciences or related fields, and professional registration in Argentina, with 5–8 years in environmental management for mining, energy, or infrastructure in Argentina.
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Telework Type: Full-Time Office/Project
Work Location: San Juan, AR
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Manage the obtaining, maintenance and monitoring of environmental and sectoral permits that enable the execution of the project in Argentina, ensuring that the engineering design, constructive planning and field activities comply with the applicable national and provincial regulations, with the commitments assumed before the authority and with the environmental standards of the client.
The position acts as a bridge between engineering and the regulatory authority: it translates the legal requirements into verifiable design criteria, anticipates the environmental restrictions that condition the layout and the construction sequence, and maintains a critical permit route aligned with the project schedule. Its performance is measured by the absence of regulatory detentions and by the technical quality of the information presented to the competent bodies.
Dominating the Argentine environmental regime and its federal articulation: the Nation sets the minimum protection budgets and the provinces, as holders of the original domain of natural resources, are the enforcement authority that grants the permits. The following list is the minimum core required: Law 25.675, Law 24.585; Law 26.639; Law 24.051, Law 25.688, Law 26.331, Law 25.743, Law 25.831, Law 27.520, ILO Convention 169 (Law 24.071).
Requires a university degree in Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Natural Resources, Geological Sciences or Biological Sciences, with professional registration in the corresponding jurisdiction, between 5 and 8 years of professional practice in environmental management and permits, with at least 3 years in mining, energy or infrastructure projects in Argentina.
A graduate degree, major or diploma in environmental management, environmental impact assessment or environmental law is desirable.
Requires a university degree in Environmental Sciences, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Natural Resources, Geological Sciences or Biological Sciences, with professional registration in the corresponding jurisdiction, between 8 and 10 years of professional practice in environmental management and permits, with at least 5 years in mining, energy or infrastructure projects in Argentina.
A graduate degree, major or diploma in environmental management, environmental impact assessment or environmental law is desirable.