Environmental Compliance Manager
About WattBridge
The global energy landscape is rapidly changing, and we're here to accelerate that change. From the decommissioning of high-carbon power assets, accelerated expansion of renewable energy resources as baseload power, to the advent of the prosumer. The volatility on today's energy grid has never been greater. WattBridge was conceived by power industry experts to enable the sustained integration of highly efficient, reduced carbon dispatchable power generation assets on our national energy grid.
Our Footprint
We are primed for the Energy Transition with permanent service locations in Missouri, Texas, and Argentina. Our world-class Missouri headquarters is purpose-built to meet peaking-power needs. It sits on 90 acres in Sedalia and features more than 900,000 sq. ft of facilities and equipment, including the only independent Level-IV aeroderivative depot in North America and a hydrogen-ready string-test facility that enables full-speed, full-load testing. Our Houston, Texas, office is a strategic satellite positioned near our own peaking-power installations.
Our Philosophy
We take care of our people and strive to make a positive difference for the world. We offer competitive pay, excellent benefits that include Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life/Disability Insurance at minimal cost to the employee, 10 paid holidays, paid time off and a 401K plan. If you are looking for a rewarding career and possess the specialized knowledge and quality-oriented problem-solving skills, we encourage you to apply today.
Position Summary
WattBridge, the world’s preeminent PE6000/LM6000 delivery platform, is seeking an Environmental Manager to lead all environmental permitting, diligence, compliance efforts for our full power delivery platform focused on Data Center Campus style development. WattBridge developed, financed, built, owned and operated the world’s largest LM6000 portfolio consisting of 2,400 MW’s from 2019 through 2025. The platform raised over $2BN in capital and is now partnered with Energy Capital Partners as our majority sponsor. With competitive advantages in securing power equipment as an OEM, a proven track record in building out a successful thermal generation portfolio, and a fully vertically integrated execution platform, we are well positioned to be highly successful in the data center industry.
Responsibilities
The Environmental Manager will provide environmental, compliance, permitting and reporting support to the WattBridge objective of providing power generation and shovel-ready campuses to data center offtakers. These projects will provide up to 1.5 GWs of thermal generation commissioned by 2029 and ultimately up to 5 GWs. These responsibilities include:
- Managing consultants to provide environmental due diligence for new site location
- Providing scope of work, requesting bids, analyzing bids, selecting candidates, and managing activities until tasks and reports are completed
- Creating budgets and creating and managing purchase orders, invoices, and payments
- Obtaining all necessary local, state, and federal permits and authorizations required to construct and operate a natural-gas-fired power plant and auxiliary activities. This includes oversight over, but not limited to:
- Air dispersion modeling inputs and outputs
- Effluent discharge permit
- Well water permits
- FAA
- USACE Nationwide or Individual permits, where applicable
The candidate must be effective in maintaining positive relationships and productive working environments with a diverse group of clients, consultants, coworkers, and consultants. Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills are priority requirements for the ideal candidate. The candidate should demonstrate a history of thriving in fast-paced environments while managing multiple projects.
Reports to : Vice President Business Development
Work Location: Houston, TX ; Remote United States
Position Responsibilities
- Managing continuous compliance, reporting, investigations and any other activities related to the day-to-day construction and operation of a electric generating facility
- Contribute to the development, implementation, and monitoring of facility-specific environmental plans, such as SPCC, waste management programs, stormwater plants, etc.
- Manage the environmental compliance program and its supporting policies, procedures, and monitoring platforms.
- Create and manage project budgets and forecasts
- Monitors standards development and revisions, and communicates proposed changes to SMEs
- Acts as an internal resource for environmental incident investigations
- Actively provides corporate communications aimed at maintaining the climate of awareness and informing the status of compliance with requirements/standards
- Technical research and writing
- Manage all environmental aspects of all projects
- Manage all consultants performing environmental tasks
- Collaborate with other internal and external disciplines to provide a competitive and desirable data center destination
- Responsible for all environmental compliance monitoring, recording and reporting activities
- Educate staff on new and/or future rules and regulations that may impact project construction or operation
Required Qualifications
- Five or more years of environmental engineering, management and compliance experience is preferred
- A science or engineering degree or background preferred
- The candidate must have legal authority to work permanently in the United States
- The preferred position location is Houston, TX; however, a remote work option will be considered whether in Houston or in the Continental United States
- Up to 25% travel
- Must read, write and speak fluent English.
- Successful candidate will need to satisfactorily complete pre-employment drug screen and background check
- US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa.
It is PROENERGY’s policy to provide equal opportunity in employment to all its employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, national origin, marital status, ancestry, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by State or Federal law.
