Senior Environmental Specialist_BID Position

SYSTRA; Ahmedabad District; On-site; INR 1,400,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

SYSTRA in India is seeking a Senior Environmental Specialist to oversee environmental compliance for highway projects. You will monitor permits, mitigation measures, and environmental reporting to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.

The role requires a master’s degree in environmental disciplines and a minimum of seven years’ experience in EA for highways, with knowledge of ESMP implementation in challenging terrains.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering/ Environmental Planning/ Environmental Sciences.
• Minimum 7 years of EA experience on highways and roads.
• At least one project experience in similar terrain (hill areas).
• Relevant experience with environmental regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Contractor’s compliance with environmental requirements, permits, and approved management plans.
• Supervise mitigation measures during highway construction activities.
• Review environmental method statements, site plans, and monitoring reports by the Contractor.
• Inspect site activities related to erosion control, waste management, dust, noise, water protection, and borrow areas.
• Identify environmental non-compliances and recommend corrective actions.
• Support environmental reporting and advise the supervision team and Client on environmental issues.

Skills

ESMP supervision

Environmental regulatory knowledge

Terrain experience

Highway project experience

Education

Master's degree in Environmental Engineering/Environmental Planning/Environmental Sciences

Job description

SYSTRA is one of the world's leading engineering and consulting groups specializing in public transport and mobility solutions. For over 65 years, the Group has been committed to helping cities and regions develop by creating, improving and modernizing their transport infrastructure and systems.

Context

In India, SYSTRA is an international consulting and engineering company operating in the fields of Metros, High Speed Rail, Railways, Roads, Buildings, Urban planning, and Water & Environment for public and private organizations.

Our engineers work with passion to deliver the most reliable, cost-effective and made-to measures solutions allowing end users to move seamlessly.

SYSTRA’s unique expertise is backed with a reputation built through technical excellence delivered on projects. Thanks to our know-how of our employees spread across India, we are present at all stages from upstream studies to operation and maintenance. We provide a comprehensive solution to manage all kinds of missions: Detailed Design Consultant, Project Management, Independent checking services.

SYSTRA India’s comprehensive know-how and expertise in Railways provides a wide spectrum of solutions for any challenge (Building a new rail link, doubling the capacity, gauge conversion, upgrading a network, improving the performance of existing lines, etc.).

Our extensive experience encompasses, Bridges, station buildings, Depots, Earthwork & Track Works, Power Supply and Transmission, Signaling & Telecommunications, Rolling Stock, Utilities diversion and yard re-modelling etc.

Our services cover the entire life cycle of the project implementation.

Currently, we are bidding for Highway projects across India. The position of Senior Environmental Specialist is the key position in these BIDs.

Missions/Main Duties

• Monitor the Contractor’s compliance with environmental requirements, permits, and approved management plans
• Supervise implementation of environmental mitigation measures during highway construction activities
• Review environmental method statements, site plans, and monitoring reports submitted by the Contractor
• Inspect site activities related to erosion control, waste management, dust, noise, water protection, and borrow areas
• Identify environmental non-compliances and recommend corrective actions.
• Support environmental reporting and advise the supervision team and Client on environmental issues

Profile/Skills

• He/She should have master’s degree in Environmental Engineering/ Environmental Planning/ Environmental Sciences
• He/She should have minimum of 7 years of EA experience of highways and roads out of which at least 3 years of experience in supervising and/or implementing ESMP for major Highway projects
• He/She should have at least one project experience in similar terrain/hill areas.
• He/She must have relevant experience on environmental regulatory requirements.

We commit to put people who join us at the heart of improving transportation and urban infrastructure efficiency. As we are growing, this is time to be a part of this challenging adventure. It’s not a job - it’s a career!