Environmental Specialist

The role

The Environmental Specialist manages sustainability objectives and environmental compliance for industrial construction projects, fabrication shops, and warehouses. This role involves collecting and analyzing sustainability data, conducting field inspections, and maintaining compliance records.

What you will do

• Coordinate and validate sustainability data including energy, fuel, water, materials, waste, recycling, and greenhouse-gas emissions.
• Maintain Scope 1, Scope 2, and relevant Scope 3 inventories and performance metrics.
• Prepare dashboards, client disclosures, project reports, and leadership updates.
• Support compliance with air, waste, water, spill prevention, oil storage, chemical reporting, and permit requirements.
• Coordinate permit reviews, registrations, reporting, and regulated-equipment inventories.
• Conduct environmental inspections and audits of project and facility operations.
• Document findings and manage corrective actions.
• Support waste determinations, generator-status evaluations, labeling, storage, and manifests.
• Coordinate compliant waste transportation, recycling, and disposal.
• Develop and implement environmental procedures, plans, forms, and training materials.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in sustainability, environmental science, environmental engineering, occupational safety and health, construction management, or a related field; equivalent education and experience
• Five or more years of relevant sustainability, environmental compliance, EHS, construction, industrial, manufacturing, or consulting experience.
• Working knowledge of environmental requirements affecting construction projects and industrial facilities.
• Experience managing environmental data, inspections, documentation, reporting, and corrective actions across multiple projects or locations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and EHS or compliance-management systems.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel as required.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting multi-state environmental compliance programs for industrial construction, fabrication, manufacturing, energy, or infrastructure operations.
• Experience preparing greenhouse gas inventories, sustainability disclosures, client ESG responses, environmental performance dashboards, or resource-efficiency analyses.
• Experience with air permit applicability, hazardous waste generator requirements, SPCC, stormwater, wastewater or discharge requirements, EPCRA reporting, and environmental incident response.
• Experience with data visualization, compliance or ESG management software, emissions calculations, sustainability frameworks, or green building documentation.
• Relevant professional certification or training such as CHMM, REM, ASP, CSP, OSHA 30, HAZWOPER, or DOT hazardous materials training.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Paid time off (PTO) and holiday pay
• Life and disability insurance
• Professional development and training opportunities
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

About the company

Loenbro is a construction lifecycle partner serving various industries across the U.S. with services including electrical, mechanical, structural, inspection, and fabrication.