Enviornmental Specialist II

K&A Engineering Consulting P.C. (K&A) - is a people-first organization. We value knowledge and learning. We believe in the power of connection, and collaboration, and we seek to build relationships that mean something. We employ some of the best and brightest in our industry and we work hard to maintain a culture that our people can be proud of. Our company has earned its reputation through challenging work, uncompromising precision and continuous learning and adapting.
K&A Engineering is a privately held, providing comprehensive consulting, engineering and design, program/project management, construction management, and support services to power utility and industrial clients. K&A's experience includes all aspects of generation, transmission, substations, distribution, energy efficiency, and distributed energy resource (DER) projects, from planning and environmental and regulatory analyses through engineering and design, construction, program management, project controls, and commissioning. The utility industry is a vast market, and K&A quickly established our name and reputation as a top-tier service provider. We were recently ranked #126 on the Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies and the top engineering firm with a three-year growth rate of 3,166%.
Job Overview:
Due to Client growth, we are actively seeking Environmental Specialist II to join our Environmental Team in Panama City, Florida. This position serves as an Owner Representative and provides comprehensive environmental, health, and safety support to assigned geographic and/or organizational sections. Responsible for moderately complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, health, and safety disciplines to achieve compliance with the organization's standards and with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
Responsibilities & Duties:

• Responsible for moderately complex technical work in a wide range of environmental, health, and safety disciplines to achieve compliance with the organization's standards and with federal, state, and local regulatory requirements.
• Works with a team to determine and develop approaches to solutions.
• Uses experience to anticipate and prevent Environmental incidents and hazards.
• Conducts investigation of incidents.
• Recommends improvements in moderately complex processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment to minimize the environmental hazard potential.
• Maintains current knowledge of specific requirements imposed by government agencies and a working knowledge of the scientific and technical aspects of regulatory requirements and how they may impact company operations.
• Serve as single-points-of-contact or coordinators to implement environmental activities that require broad knowledge and experience in order to provide compliance solutions to Environmental issues.
• Environmental issue example: protecting wetlands, storm water controls, and occasional oil spills.
• Safety issue example: heavy equipment protocol, PPE, trenching + excavation.
• Provides direction for moderately complex work activities in order to comply with environmental regulations and corporate requirements.
• Develops, implements and recommends improvements in programs, systems and procedures.
• Interacts with subject matter experts and customers to ensure consistent and thorough implementation of moderately complex Environmental programs, policies, and procedures.
• Anticipates and prevents Environmental incidents and hazards along with leads/conducts investigation of incidents.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, health, safety, or other related field of study.
• Years of prior work-related experience in addition to a degree: 4+ years of experience.
• Years of prior equivalent work-related experience in lieu of a degree: 5 years of directly related work experience.
• Broad knowledge of environmental regulatory compliance requirements, scientific practices, and quality assurance principles.
• Strong collaboration, communication (both oral and written), and interpersonal skills with a customer-oriented focus.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of management.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and successfully complete each of them within specified timeframes.
• OSHA 30 HR preferred; OSHA level 500 series preferred.
• Must be local to Panama City and able to drive to construction sites.

The salary range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licenses and certifications; and other related skillsets. The disclosed range is an estimate and has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled.