Environmental Health and Safety Advisor (Field Based) (Biotech)
ERM is hiring an EH&S Advisor in San Rafael, CA, supporting a key client. In this position, you will provide project management and senior technical assistance. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of environmental compliance, including management systems, storm water, SPCC, water/wastewater, and hazardous materials and waste programs, with specific knowledge of California regulatory requirements. This is a part-time (8 hours a week), limited-term role with a duration of 6 months, extendable.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide technical expertise, oversight, and quality control on environmental permitting and compliance projects and related activities in support of ERM client's project and facilities.
- Participate in or lead process improvement initiatives and strategies, and conduct inspections with regulatory agencies.
- Oversee development of plans, permits, and reports for hazardous waste, SPCC, storm water, NPDES, and wastewater programs.
- Support water stewardship/sustainability development programs
- Execute task and project management requirements to assist in the implementation of environmental compliance and management system programs and processes. Specific duties may include: project and task budget tracking, invoice review, staff coordination and mentoring, regulatory assessments, conducting programmatic management of change (MOC) tasks, quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) evaluations, and documentation of best practices and lessons learned.
- Conduct regulatory and/or management system audits or assessments.
- Provide expertise in applicable environmental regulations including NPDES, SPCC, water, and waste and industry applications as a member of a technology team with the support of other ERM subject matter experts.
- Be an active team member on project and maintain client's scope/budget/schedule expectations.
- Ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
- Build strong collaborative relationships with our client and other ERM employees.
REQUIREMENTS:
- BA/BS and/or MS degree in environmental studies, planning, environmental engineering, chemistry, or related field; PE, CHMM, or similar registration in California required, or ability to obtain within 1 year preferred.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in permitting, agency coordination, and EHS compliance projects.
- Perform environmental compliance assessments and audits, and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Support the development and implementation of EHS compliance and management system programs.
- Provide general environmental compliance support to clients, including on site services, as needed.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; experience writing comprehensive technical reports and standards.
- Valid CA Driver's License.
- Ability to travel 50-100% within the SF Bay Area and some occasional travel outside of the local Bay Area.
Pay Transparency:
For the EH&S Advisor position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $100,474 – $127,553, $48.30/hr – $61.32/hr USD, limited-term, non-exempt. An employee's pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee's fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/Flexforce employees are NOT bonus eligible).
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical, dental, vision, 401(k), life & disability insurance to benefits eligible* employees.
*Benefits Eligibility is limited to Regular employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week. Fixed-Term employees (including Flexforce) who are regularly scheduled to work 20 hours a week or more are eligible for a limited benefits package. Casual employees are NOT benefits eligible. See your recruiter for more details.
You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, determinable, and payable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
Who We Are:
As the largest global pure-play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world's leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations.
At ERM, we know that creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world-class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk, and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level.
Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. Based on the review of these responses, shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.
ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
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