Senior Environmental Development Lead

Divertinc; Mission, Northern (KS, KY); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision and Dental Benefits

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Opportunities for Advancement

Job summary

Divert Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Environmental Development to lead environmental due diligence, permitting strategy, and regulatory execution across projects. You will manage consultants, engage regulators, and integrate environmental requirements into project decisions and design across multiple jurisdictions.

Strong technical judgement and leadership are essential. The role includes travel up to 20% annually, with responsibilities spanning acquisitions, site assessments, and permit

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Engineering, Environmental Management, or related discipline.
• 7+ years of progressively responsible environmental permitting, consulting, regulatory, or project delivery experience required.
• Experience with industrial facilities, waste management, wastewater treatment, renewable natural gas, anaerobic digestion, manufacturing, brownfield development, or similarly complex projects is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience independently leading environmental permitting processes and developing regulatory strategies.
• Experience conducting or managing environmental due diligence, including review of environmental site assessments and evaluation of environmental liabilities and constraints.
• Strong working knowledge of federal and state environmental programs, including air permitting, Clean Water Act/NPDES, wastewater, stormwater, solid waste, and related requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental due diligence for prospective acquisitions, sites, and projects.
• Review environmental site assessments, regulatory records, compliance history, permits, and related technical materials to identify environmental liabilities, constraints, permitting risks, and potential project impacts.
• Determine when additional investigation, technical analysis, consultant support, or legal review is warranted.
• Research and interpret federal, state, and local environmental requirements and develop practical regulatory and permitting strategies.
• Provide clear recommendations regarding environmental risks, alternatives, and implications for decisions, site selection, design, cost, schedule, and operations.
• Own the environmental permitting lifecycle from applicability assessment through permit issuance, modification, and turnover.
• Develop and maintain permit matrices, regulatory assessments, permitting schedules, and critical path requirements.
• Coordinate preparation and submittal of permit applications, technical documentation, and responses to regulatory comments.
• Review regulatory analyses, permit applications, technical memos, consultant work products, and agency correspondence for accuracy, completeness, and regulatory defensibility.
• Maintain sufficient technical understanding of Divert's facilities and processes to critically evaluate consultant recommendations, regulatory requirements, and agency positions.
• Proactively identify environmental and permitting risks that could impact project delivery and drive them toward resolution.
• Scope, direct, and manage environmental consultants and technical specialists.
• Evaluate consultant recommendations and work products and drive accountability for quality, responsiveness, and execution.
• Coordinate environmental matters across Project Delivery, EH&S, Operations, Legal, consultants and other stakeholders.
• Ensure environmental requirements, commitments, permit conditions, and operational constraints are appropriately incorporated into project design and execution.
• Lead environmental permit turnover to EH&S and Operations.
• Serve as a primary Divert representative with state and local environmental regulatory agencies.
• Build credible, professional relationships with regulators while effectively advocating for Divert’s projects and positions.
• Clearly communicate Divert’s processes, technical analyses, operating assumptions, and regulatory interpretations verbally and in writing.
• Evaluate agency positions using applicable regulations, technical facts, consultant input, and legal guidance as appropriate.
• Where supported by facts, analysis, and applicable law, educate and advocate with regulators regarding Divert’s processes and positions, and professionally question or challenge interpretations or requirements as needed to reach practical resolution.
• Escalate significant regulatory matters appropriately and provide leadership with clear recommendations.

Skills

Environmental permitting

Regulatory strategy

Project management

Regulatory advocacy

Environmental due diligence

Stakeholder management

Regulatory affairs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering or related

Job description

Divert Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Environmental Development to lead environmental due diligence, permitting strategy, and regulatory execution across projects. You will manage consultants, engage regulators, and integrate environmental requirements into project decisions and design across multiple jurisdictions.

Strong technical judgement and leadership are essential. The role includes travel up to 20% annually, with responsibilities spanning acquisitions, site assessments, and permit