Environmental Engineer, Data Center Design

Role Scope

• Lead environmental due diligence on greenfield and brownfield sites, owning Phase I and Phase II ESAs, regulatory and permitting evaluations, and natural, biological, cultural resource, and noise assessments that clear or kill a site before committing capital.
• Own the threatened and endangered species (T&E) scope: commission biological surveys and habitat assessments, run ESA Section 7 and Section 10 consultations with USFWS and NMFS, and deliver any required Biological Assessments, Habitat Conservation Plans, or incidental take coverage so listed-species risk never stalls a build.
• Build and execute site-specific permitting strategies across multiple states, delivering CWA 404, NPDES, groundwater, and wastewater approvals on the build's timeline, not the agency's.
• Quarterback environmental requirements across Development, Design, Legal, Risk, Power, Water, and Construction so site layouts absorb natural-resource and operational constraints before they turn into schedule risk.
• Lead regulatory agency negotiations and community interactions that secure permits and protect the regional development strategy.
• Track permitting and compliance metrics across the portfolio so leadership sees environmental risk weeks before it lands on a critical-path date.

Requirements

• Personally delivered multi-media environmental due diligence and permitting on large-scale infrastructure, with hands-on CWA 404 and NPDES work alongside groundwater protection, wastewater discharge, and natural and cultural resource evaluations.
• Run Phase I and Phase II ESAs on both greenfield and brownfield sites and made the call on what is a manageable risk versus a dealbreaker.
• Carried threatened and endangered species work on real projects: scoping biological surveys, running ESA Section 7 or Section 10 consultations with USFWS or NMFS, and resolving listed-species and critical-habitat constraints without freezing the schedule.
• Owned environmental permitting or due diligence projects end to end, tracking the work tightly enough that an agency deadline never catches you off guard.
• Negotiated directly with regulatory agencies, and the consultants and contractors who feed them, to land permits on timelines most of the industry would call unrealistic.
• Write and speak clearly enough to turn a multi-media permitting risk into a decision and a next step for a site lead, a lawyer, or a regulator.
• Managed and supported community and public interactions when a site's path forward depended on them.
• Willing to travel to project sites up to about 25% of the time.

Nice-to-Haves

• PE license or active pursuit.
• Data center or critical infrastructure environmental work.
• Permitting across multiple US states, especially NC, GA, LA, MS, TX, TN, OK, and FL.
• Smartsheet or similar project management tooling.