Environmental Compliance Manager (Field Based)

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 104,000 - 133,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k)

Life & disability insurance

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is seeking an Environmental Compliance Manager to support a key client’s operations in Albany, Syracuse or Buffalo, NY. The role focuses on regulatory compliance across regional projects and construction, with a 12‑month limited-term contract and potential extension.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and 5–10 years of experience, strong regulatory knowledge, and solid communication and project-management skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental/civil engineering, environmental science, or related field.
• 5–10 years of relevant environmental compliance experience.
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations and compliance practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Project management experience.
• RCRA, DOT, and 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review and manage environmental aspects of projects during planning, design and construction.
• Manage environmental due diligence for property transactions and third-party access requests.
• Support field work on third-party properties including those with regulatory encumbrances.
• Serve as regulatory liaison and provide onsite presence during regulatory agency inspections.
• Respond to environmental incidents and develop site remediation plans.
• Support root-cause analysis related to environmental incidents and implement corrective actions.
• Conduct and document periodic inspections of operating yards, substations, fleet garages, generating plants, gas regulating stations, rights of way, and other properties to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate waste characterization sampling and laboratory analysis of various media to assess waste profile and disposal options, and arrange disposal.
• Facilitate and champion recycling of electric and gas assets through Investment Recovery department.
• Provide technical support for managing data and documents pertinent to stakeholder communications, project schedules, environmental issues, studies, and expenditures.
• Identify and mitigate environmental risk and coordinate key initiatives.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Environmental regulations

Effective communication

Project management

HazwOper training

DOT regulations

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental/civil engineering, environmental science, or related field

Job description

ERM is hiring Environmental Compliance Manager’s to support a key client’s operations in Albany, Syracuse or Buffalo, NY. The role holders will be responsible for supporting our clients’ Environmental Compliance program on a regional basis and/or electric and gas projects through design and construction. This is a full‑time (40 hours per week) limited‑term role with a duration of 12 months, extendable.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and manage environmental aspects of projects during planning, design and construction
• Manage environmental due diligence in support of property transactions and third‑party access requests
• Support field work on third-party properties including those with environmental regulatory encumbrances (e.g., Site Management Plans)
• Serve as regulatory liaison and provide onsite presence during regulatory agency inspections
• Respond to environmental incidents (e.g., oil and chemical releases) and develop site remediation plans
• Support root-cause analysis related to environmental incidents and implement corrective actions
• Conduct and document periodic inspections of operating yards, electric substations, fleet garages, generating plants, gas regulating stations, rights of way, and other company properties to ensure regulatory compliance (e.g., waste storage areas, bulk chemical and petroleum tanks, emergency generators, oil/water separators, and other operational equipment)
• Maintain accurate environmental documentation (e.g., waste contingency plans, spill prevention, control and countermeasures plans, manifests, bulk storage registrations)
• Coordinate waste characterization sampling and laboratory analysis of various media to assess waste profile and disposal options, and arrange for waste transportation and disposal
• Facilitate and champion recycling of electric and gas assets through Investment Recovery department
• Provide technical support for managing data and documents pertinent to stakeholder communications, project schedules, environmental issues, studies, and expenditures.
• Identify and mitigate environmental risk and coordinate key initiatives.

Successful candidates will

• Communicate effectively with regulators and technical/non-technical audiences
• Work independently, manage priorities, and organize workloads with moderate guidance
• Build strong working relationships with Operations, Engineering, Project Management, Construction, Legal, Real Estate, Safety and other personnel to share best practice and communicate business decisions
• Manage high work volumes
• Apply sound problem-solving skills to analyze data, draw inferences, and make recommendations
• Maintain knowledge regarding applicable regulations and client Environmental Procedures and ISO 14001 program.
• RCRA, TSCA, PBS, SPCC, solid waste, SPDES knowledge a plus.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental/civil engineering, environmental science, or related field
• Minimum 5-10 years of relevant experience
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations and compliance practices
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Project management experience
• RCRA, DOT, and 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training a plus.

Pay Transparency

For the Environmental Compliance Manager position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $103,967 - $132,573, $49.98/hr - $63.73/hr USD, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed-term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life & disability insurance to benefits eligible* employees.

• Paid time off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k)
• Life & disability insurance

Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package. Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Who We Are

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations. At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.

Thank you for your interest in ERM! At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.