Environmental Compliance Project Manager

The role

You will oversee environmental compliance during data center construction through turnover to operations in San Antonio, Texas. You will manage permits, consultants, inspections and reporting, and act as the client's environmental representative to outside stakeholders.

What you will do

• Manage environmental permits and compliance obligations through construction and turnover to operations.
• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local regulations, ordinances, standards and permit requirements, working with the General Contractor and client teams.
• Translate permit conditions into construction controls, inspections, reporting deadlines and turnover deliverables.
• Manage environmental consultants for site inspections, compliance monitoring and documentation.
• Prepare and submit reports to Authorities Having Jurisdiction (AHJs), arrange inspections and track actions to closure.
• Conduct site compliance reviews, document findings and set corrective actions with responsible parties.
• Monitor contractor implementation of environmental requirements and escalate compliance gaps.
• Serve as the client's environmental representative to regulators, consultants and other external parties.
• Report compliance status, upcoming obligations, risks and required decisions to key client stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate records of permits, inspections, regulatory correspondence, reports and corrective actions.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in environmental compliance and project management, including 3+ years supporting data center projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing environmental permits and compliance obligations during construction.
• Strong understanding of construction management and integrating environmental requirements into schedules.
• Working knowledge of applicable federal, state and local environmental requirements.
• Experience managing environmental consultants and coordinating inspections, compliance reviews and corrective actions.
• Experience preparing regulatory reports, inspection documentation and AHJ submissions.
• Ability to work effectively with General Contractors, client representatives, consultants and regulators.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, including tracking deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and experience keeping complete, accurate compliance records.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Nice to have

• Experience managing environmental compliance on construction projects in Texas.
• Experience transferring environmental permits, records and ongoing obligations from construction to operations.
• Experience in an owner's representative or client-facing environmental compliance role.

Before you apply

• Serves as the client's environmental representative to external stakeholders.

About the company

Decima International is a professional services company providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. It is an Equal Opportunity Employer.