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This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Environmental Compliance Coordinator to support major construction programs across Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Join our Earth & Environment Team and contribute to a growing organization delivering environmental excellence on complex regional infrastructure projects.

This role provides high-level environmental compliance oversight, coordination with regulatory agencies, and technical leadership for multi-site construction efforts. Responsibilities include interpretation of permit conditions, field documentation review, compliance tracking, restoration oversight, and advising project leadership on environmental impacts, mitigation, and sequencing constraints.

Your Impact

+ Provide oversight of environmental compliance for construction project locations across Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

+ Review field reports, contractor submittals, restoration plans, and applicable state permit documentation.

+ Coordinate with Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), conservation districts, and local agencies.

+ Maintain compliance logs, issue trackers, and permit-condition matrices for both PA and NJ work scopes.

+ Support construction sequencing for project locations and evaluating seasonal/environmental work constraints.

+ Provide interpretation of regulatory requirements and environmental commitments to field teams.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Ecology, Natural Resource Management, or a related life sciences field.

+ 7 to 10 years of experience performing environmental surveys, construction monitoring, habitat/impact assessments, or environmental compliance oversight for infrastructure projects.

+ Strong environmental science/ecology background with experience in wetlands, streams, habitats, sensitive species, and restoration compliance.

+ Demonstrated ability to oversee environmental compliance for construction locations across PA and NJ, including review of field reports, contractor submittals, restoration plans, and permit documentation.

+ Experience coordinating directly with PADEP, NJDEP, county conservation districts, and local agencies regarding environmental requirements and field compliance expectations.

+ Experience maintaining compliance logs, corrective-action trackers, and permit-condition matrices for multi-location construction scopes.

+ Ability to evaluate construction sequencing, seasonal restrictions, environmental timing windows, and other regulatory constraints.

+ Experience interpreting environmental commitments and regulatory requirements for construction managers, field teams, and contractor personnel.

+ Established experience leading and reviewing environmental technical reports, impact evaluations, siting analyses, and environmental permit applications.

+ Strong familiarity with state and federal environmental regulations, resource permitting processes, and agency coordination pathways.

+ Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership, QA/QC oversight, and mentoring junior environmental staff.

+ Proficiency with technical writing, field documentation systems, and office/communication software.

+ Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills for evaluating field conditions, interpreting data, and resolving compliance-related challenges.

+ Proven commitment to safety and ability to adhere to WSP’s health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.

+ Ability to work schedules aligned with construction needs, which may extend beyond standard workweeks.

+ Occasional travel required based on project-specific needs.

Preferred Qualifications:

+ Master’s Degree is preferred.

+ Essential professional licensure/certification.

+ 40-Hour OSHA Health & Safety Training (HAZWOPER) (29 CFR 1910.120) preferred.

+ Basic First Aid and Adult CPR training desired.

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $118,000 - 200,500

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.