This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/12386997 Invenergy drives innovation in energy. Powered by decades of entrepreneurial experience and unparalleled execution, we solve the energy challenges facing our customers and communities. We provide power generation and storage solutions at scale around the world to create a cleaner energy future. We develop. We build. We own. We operate. We are Invenergy.

Job Description

About Invenergy

Invenergy drives innovation in energy. Powered by decades of entrepreneurial experience and unparalleled execution, we solve the energy challenges facing our customers and communities. We provide power generation and storage solutions at scale around the world to create a cleaner energy future. We develop. We build. We own. We operate. We are Invenergy.

Invenergy believes inclusion drives innovation

Diverse teams are better teams. The perspectives and experiences that people from different backgrounds bring to an organization drive better decisions and improved business results. Invenergy employees are inclusive and welcoming of all colleagues of all backgrounds, genders, races, sexual orientations, religions and abilities.

About the Environmental Compliance and Strategy Team

At Invenergy, our environmental commitment goes beyond the development of clean energy. Invenergy is committed to the responsible development, construction, and operation of our renewable energy generation and transmission projects. Understanding the impacts of infrastructure on the landscape and how to minimize those impacts while advancing the deployment of clean energy is a cornerstone of our company process. Invenergy\'s dedication to responsible development is reflected in its Environmental Compliance and Strategy (ECS) team, which is unparalleled in the industry. The ECS team consists of over 50 environmental experts with different backgrounds from biology to law. The team regularly collaborates across regions and portfolios to leverage its expertise and consults with federal and state governments and resource experts to ensure projects incorporate real-time data to inform responsible project decisions. The ECS team supports projects from development to construction and through operations, maintaining project expertise and oversight of compliance through each project\'s life cycle.

Position Overview

As a Senior Associate, you will manage environmental data collection and compliance through siting, permitting, construction, and operations for a portfolio of renewable energy projects. The projects are in different phases, and each require their own environmental compliance approach, which will be guided by law, permit conditions, contracts, guidelines, industry practices, and broader company strategy. Success requires coordination across internal departments and with outside parties such as regulators, NGOs, customers, lenders, and counsel. The ideal candidate will rely on professional experience, with guidance from colleagues and ECS leadership. The preferred candidate will understand and have experience working under relevant federal laws and guidance, such as the Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act; the US Fish and Wildlife\'s Land-based Wind Energy Guidelines; and state and local equivalents.

The ideal candidate will be driven to be part of a team. This candidate will also be a critical thinker and collaborative self-starter with a keen attention to detail, and the ability and to effectively managing a diverse portfolio.

This position will be located in either our Chicago office or remotely in Milwaukee, Wisconsin area.

Note: this is not an EHS role.

Responsibilities

Oversee consultants providing environmental survey, design, and permitting support, which incl des reviewing proposals, managing survey timelines, and ensuring survey methodologies follow agency input and satisfy permit conditions and project needs

Review of technical reports provided by consultants. Reports typically include but are not limited to: preliminary site assessments, site characterization studies, species surveys, wetland delineations, avian and bat use surveys, and post-construction monitoring studies

Provide review of and support for the incorporation of environmental resources in to engineering designs to ensure alignment with project environmental commitments and/or permitting requirements

Identify and communicate with project support teams each project\'s environmental strategy, data needs, associated schedules, and identified potential risks. Work collaboratively and efficiently with internal teams and external parties (e.g., consultants) to execute the same on schedule

Coordinate with and review the work of Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contractors and environmental construction monitors for adherence with environmental commitments/requirements

Maintain a complete and organized project record to demonstrate compliance with federal and state environmental regulations

Maintain relationships and support federal a