Environmental Compliance Specialist (Field Based)

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM in New Orleans, LA seeks an Environmental Compliance Specialist to ensure regulatory compliance for the assigned business unit and support an essential client. The role is full-time for six months with potential extension.

You will coordinate environmental permits, monitor data acquisition, manage waste activities, and prepare reports for federal, state, and local agencies. Collaboration with site teams and central staff is essential.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in a chemical manufacturing, refinery, or related industrial environment preferred.
• 3 years of experience in environmental compliance is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with environmental permits and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain data acquisition and recordkeeping systems to meet site and agency requirements.
• Monitor waste management activities including manifesting and disposal of industrial waste.
• Coordinate sampling, lab analysis, and waste profiling with environmental engineers.
• Engage with site personnel to address environmental compliance issues.
• Participate in HSSE department meetings to address environmental concerns.
• Prepare environmental and regulatory reports for submission to agencies.
• Monitor key environmental performance metrics monthly.
• Review operating procedures for environmental compliance aspects.
• Conduct incident investigations and root cause analysis to close action items.
• Perform audits and gap analyses within the department and site.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Environmental reporting

MS Office

Hazardous waste management

Stakeholder communication

Education

BS Degree in a related field

Tools

Excel

Word

Job description

ERM is hiring an Environmental Compliance Specialist in New Orleans, Louisiana to assist an essential ERM Client.

This Environmental Compliance Coordinator ensures and maintains business unit or department environmental and regulatory compliance with Federal, State and Local regulations.

This is a full-time (40+ hours a week) limited-term role, with a duration of 6 months and the possibility of extension.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure the assigned department’s compliance with environmental permits, as well as other regulatory permits and requirements.
• Confirms required monitoring is conducted and data acquisition occurs, verifies recordkeeping systems are implemented and records are maintained in order to meet both site standards and agency requirements.
• Track and monitor waste management activities within the assigned area, to include the manifesting of generated waste, proactively schedule transportation and disposal of industrial solid waste.
• Work with site waste specialist / environmental engineer to sample, obtain lab analysis, generate waste profile, manifest, and schedule transportation and disposal of Hazardous Waste.
• Interacts with site personnel, including but not limited to operations management and supervision, engineering, maintenance, operators, and contractors to discuss, resolve, and provide direction on environmental compliance issues.
• Attend and participate in assigned department’s meetings, as a representative of the HSSE Department, specifically to address any environmental concerns and related customer needs.
• Prepares environmental and regulatory reporting for submittal to federal, state, and local agencies.
• Completes monthly monitoring of key metrics related to environmental performance.
• Reviews and ensures the departmental operating procedures include required environmental compliance aspects.
• Conducts incident investigations, participates in Root Cause Analysis, and drives action items to closure.
• Performs housekeeping, compliance audits, and gap analysis within the assigned department at recurring frequency, as well as participates in site‑wide compliance audits.
• Develops action plans in coordination with central environmental staff to drive HSSE performance to a world‑class level.
• Participates in the site EOC duty rotation for emergencies as the site environmental contact and environmental liaison to government agencies.

REQUIREMENTS

• A BS Degree and 3 years of experience in a chemical manufacturing, refinery, or other related industrial environment are preferred.
• Knowledge of EPA and LDEQ air, water, and waste regulations, as well as industrial compliance experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, including but not limited to Word and Excel.
• Experience as an environmental engineer, environmental coordinator, or environmental specialist assigned to a petrochemical process unit is highly desired.

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.

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.

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.