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Williams is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected under applicable discrimination law.
Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.
A Day in the Life:
As an Environmental Specialist supporting the Permitting Department, you will collaborate with multi-discipline project teams related to our environmental risk. Additional work you will be doing includes:
- Providing route adjustment recommendations
- Coordinating and performing environmental or cultural resource surveys as needed
- Collaborating with others regarding required permits, acquiring such permits, and monitoring and managing compliance with permits and waste management during construction activities through permit closeout
- Recommending environmental construction standard processes for expansion and/or maintenance of new and existing pipelines and facilities
- Managing scope, budget, and schedule for assigned projects; tracking and maintaining project status through department reporting tools and communicating regularly to project teams
- Procuring contractors as needs arise for wetland delineations, cultural resource reviews, storm water plan designs, mitigation requirements, and threatened and endangered species surveys
- Preparing environmental authorization packages for each project
- Evaluating and communicating changes in new environmental rules/policies within operating area
Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.
Responsibilities/Expectations:
- Develops, maintains and provides guidance on environmental processes/policies
- Assesses environmental risk, provides recommendations to address risk and participates in or runs the approved course of action, including required regulatory documentation
- Participates in environmental project planning and implementation, including scheduling, cost estimating, preparation of environmental impact assessments and reporting
- Provides guidance and mentors others
- Prepares and submits sophisticated applications to procure environmental permits, renewals, approvals, variances, and other authorizations and coordinate with company partners
- Performs environmental compliance audits and due diligence investigations, as the need arises
- Identifies environmental training needs and provides training
- Develops, recommends and implements improvements for systems and practices in air, water, waste management and/or remediation activities for assigned areas
- Prepares and submits all required compliance reports/certifications; develops and maintains documentation related to environmental compliance programs
- Cultivates relationships between Williams and regulatory agencies
- Interprets applicable federal, state and local environmental regulations and ensures compliance with such regulations
- Other duties as assigned
Education/Years of Experience:
- Required: Bachelor’s degree and minimum eight (8) years’ environmental experience
Other Requirements:
- Preferred: General working knowledge of air quality compliance, water discharge, waste management, and SPCC requirements, as well as familiarity with CAA, CWA, RCRA, CERCLA, SARA, TSCA, DOT, and FERC regulations
- Preferred: Performs operational support functions related to overall air permitting and compliance for interstate transmission and/or midstream natural gas gathering & processing assets
- Preferred: Conducts periodic State regulations review
- Experience with state and local environmental regulations for Washington, Utah, Oregon, Colorado, Wyoming & Idaho
- Oil and gas industry experience, predominantly with broad natural gas gathering, processing and transmission emphasis
- Knowledge and experience with permitting under the United States Army Corps of Engineers
- Experience coordinating with state and federal agencies including the United States Army Corps of Engineers and United States Fish and Wildlife Service
- Knowledge of the Clean Water Act regulations, primarily sections 404 and 401
- Experience in wetland delineations, threatened/endangered species surveys, and/or preparing environmental permits with state and federal agencies
- Preferred: Experience with waste management, storm water management, and water quality standard methodologies
- Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills
Hourly/Salary Guidelines:
(Minimum, Midpoint, Maximum)
$106,800 - $138,900 - $171,200
Why Choose Williams?
We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!
- Competitive compensation
- Annual incentive program
- Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
- Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
- 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
- Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
- A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
- Wellness Program with annual rewards
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Robust employee learning and development
- High internal mobility (we promote from within)
- Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
- Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
- Domestic partner benefits
- Educational reimbursement
- Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
- Employee resource groups
- Employee assistance programs
- Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
- Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes
Williams has a long history of making a significant difference in the communities where we live and work, and we strive to cultivate an environment of employee inclusion, innovation and passion that values all voices and opinions. We help each other succeed and great things happen when people from a diverse set of backgrounds come together. Together, we make clean energy happen.
Eligibility and benefits are governed by the terms of the applicable plan or program document which can be amended or terminated at any time.
For more information, please visit https://www.williams.com/careers/total-rewards/.
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