Job Title: Environmental Specialist - Waste/Contaminated Sites
Duration: 12 months - possibility of extension
Schedule: 5/40
Location: Anchorage, AK
This opportunity offers a highly technical environmental position supporting contaminated sites, waste management, permitting, and regulatory compliance within oil and gas operations in Alaska. The role is focused on coordinating environmental programs, managing compliance activities, and supporting operational sites through strategy development, reporting, contractor oversight, and agency liaison work. This position will suit candidates with strong knowledge of RCRA, TSCA, EPCRA, UIC, DOT, and contaminated sites management in a complex field and office environment.
Required Education:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year university or college
Required Experience:
- At least five years of regulatory and environmental oil and gas experience, preferably in Alaska
- At least five years of contaminated sites, waste, and UIC experience with federal and state waste programs
- Experience managing contaminated sites, waste permitting, and compliance efforts across multiple facilities, fields, and operating areas
- Experience developing, managing, and monitoring budgets and project plans associated with environmental programs
- Experience coordinating with regulatory agencies and managing contractors to support permitting and compliance activities
Required Skills:
- Deep understanding and practical application of contaminated sites, waste, and chemical management regulations including DOT, UIC, RCRA, TSCA, EPCRA, contaminated sites programs, solid waste programs, and related regulatory frameworks
- Ability to develop strategies for waste segregation, storage, sampling, labeling, treatment, manifesting, transportation, and disposal
- Strong capability in filing and maintaining monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual environmental reports linked to permits and projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex technical information to non-technical audiences
- Strong problem-solving ability and high proficiency in data management
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues, agency personnel, and the public
- Strong administrative and organizational skills
- Proficiency with MS Office and the ability to learn additional IT tools quickly
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work at heights, travel by commercial aircraft, small planes, and helicopters, and work in remote locations overnight
Preferred Qualifications:
- Degree specialization in Environmental Sciences or Engineering
- Experience with Alaska facilities and personnel in a similar operating environment
- Supervisory experience
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