Environmental Compliance Specialist (CAHSR)

Fluor Corp is hiring an Environmental Compliance Specialist for the California High-Speed Rail Authority in Aliso Viejo, CA. The role involves program delivery and management for a major infrastructure project, focusing on environmental compliance. Responsibilities include data entry, report preparation in the EMMA database, and ensuring adherence to environmental commitments and regulatory permits. Candidates should have relevant experience and familiarity with environmental laws like NEPA and CEQA.
Fluor is seeking candidates for opportunities within our Program Delivery Support (PDS) team, working alongside the California High-Speed Rail Authority, to provide program delivery and program management services for one of the largest planned infrastructure projects in the U.S.

The system will connect the 500-mile stretch between the Los Angeles region with the San Francisco Bay Area, with up to 24 stations. The first phase of the program is currently under construction in California’s Central Valley.

Under the general direction of the PDS Assistant and Deputy Assistant Environmental Services Managers and the Authority Director of Environmental Services, the Environmental Compliance Specialist works in the Program Delivery group, which is part of the California High-Speed Rail Authority’s (Authority’s) Office of Program Delivery, Environmental Services Branch and reports directly to the Deputy Assistant Environmental Services Manager. The Environmental Compliance Specialist will work closely with the Environmental Compliance Manager to conduct data entry and prepare reports in the Authority’s proprietary environmental compliance database management application.

The Environmental Compliance Specialist will work closely with the Environmental Compliance Manager to conduct data entry and prepare reports in the Authority’s proprietary environmental compliance database management application, EMMA. In this role, the Environmental Compliance Specialist will analyze and enter the Authority’s environmental commitments as documented in the Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Plan and regulatory permits into EMMA and support compliance implementation, documentation, and reporting for project sections under construction.

The Environmental Compliance Specialist is responsible for coding environmental commitments from environmental and permit approval documents into the Authority’s Environmental Mitigation Management Assessment database application (EMMA), preparing reports in EMMA to identify gaps and document mitigation compliance, and supporting the Environmental Compliance Manager to use EMMA for construction compliance demonstration.
• Familiarity with NEPA, CEQA, and permits and approvals under Sections 401 and 404 of the Clean Water Act, Section 7 of the federal Endangered Species Act, Section 2081 of the California Endangered Species Act, and Section 1600 of the California Fish & Game Code, among others
• Interact with regulatory agency staff to answer routine construction compliance questions
• Assist with document controls in SharePoint and other applications
• Assist with construction-phase compliance reporting• Accredited four (4) year degree or global equivalent in applicable field of study and six (6) years of work-related experience or a combination of education and directly related experience equal to ten (10) years if non-degreed
• Experience in environmental planning and/or construction compliance• Experience in construction compliance tracking, documentation, reporting
• Biology or conservation background
• Experience with design-build contracting and construction processes• Demonstrated ability to work with database management applications
• Familiarity with major State and federal environmental laws including CEQA, NEPA, Clean Water Act, endangered species acts, Porter-Cologne, lake/streambed alteration agreements
• Experience working on large, complex environmental compliance programs