Burns McDonnell's office in Austin, TX, is seeking a Staff Compliance scientist to join its team of talented and successful environmental professionals to perform environmental permitting and compliance work on a variety of consulting projects. Burns McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm ranked numerous times on FORTUNE's List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in cities across the United States.

This person will perform stormwater compliance and environmental inspections for construction projects, multi-media environmental compliance audits; environmental site assessments; mitigation measure implementation; permit application development; and write and edit plans for various projects with a diverse portfolio of project types and clients.

Prepare summaries of regulations and determines the applicability to a client’s operations. Perform site audits, incident investigations and audits in support of other company and client initiatives. Participate in environmental site assessments. Complete permit application forms for water and waste permits. Conduct groundwater and surface water sampling events in support of regulatory projects. Conduct environmental compliance audits, prepare permitting applications, and analyze environmental data for various types of projects, including renewable projects, high-voltage transmission line routing, oil and gas facilities, petrochemical manufacturing plants, power generation construction activities and water treatment facilities. Environmental compliance audits; stormwater pollution prevention plan (SWPPP) preparation and Best Management Practices (BMP) inspections, environmental site assessments; including report and permit writing. Work includes a mix of field assessments, report/permit preparation and travel. Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies Other duties as assigned.