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Senior Environmental Permitting Specialist
Posted 6 days ago
Full-timehybridsenior
Job Description
- Review projects to be developed to determine environmental issues, permit requirements, and government required environmental reviews needed for permits.
- Develop and implement permitting strategies for assigned development projects and synchronize work plan with other involved Ormat teams.
- Prepare and submit necessary permit applications; contract, and manage consultants to achieve all regulatory, discretionary, and environmental requirements and approvals needed to achieve permit acquisition
- Lead environmental compliance filing for projects under development and/or operation.
- Develop project descriptions, tasks, reports, studies, and other documents.
- Frequent monitoring and reporting on all projects and prospects under development.
- Prepare milestone schedules and be involved in budget requirements to complete permitting on assigned projects
- Participate in meetings with City, County, State, Federal, and/or other regulatory agencies to define requirements and achieve acceptable permit conditions consistent with project and Company goals, schedules, costs, and environmental protection.
- Build, strengthen, and maintain relationships with regulatory agencies, partners, contractors, consultants, and other stakeholders
- Conduct environmental and permitting due diligence on potential sites and acquisition opportunities for renewable energy and energy storage projects
- Willingness to travel nationally up to 10% of time, with the ability to travel for long distances by car and air
- Must be able to operate a vehicle in a safe manner