Job Description
There's no pledge more important than the one we make to look after our environment, and we're committed to helping you do exactly that.
Join us as we strive to ensure a sustainable future for our communities and the world we live in.
Become part of our global network of skilled engineers, scientists, auditors, planners and environmental specialists, all working together to leave this world better than we found it.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for a key individual with a background in environmental compliance and more specifically waste permitting and compliance, who is commercially astute, and comfortable dealing at all levels within a client organization. As a Senior RCRA Compliance Technical Director, you willhelp lead projects, business development initiatives, and provide internal technical and RCRA subject matter expertise to internal GHD teams. This position can be based in any of our Mid-Con offices (preferred locations include Houston, Austin, or Dallas, Texas) with the flexibility to work remotely on occasion.
If you have a background in waste compliance, RCRA, DOT, TSCA, NORM, and low-level radioactive waste in a regulatory or industrial setting, this could be a career enhancing move. This is an opportunity to leverage your local knowledge and be involved in challenging projects that will offer an opportunity to provide technical solutions as a subject matter expert.
In the problem solving business, it helps to be restlessly curious to deliver community change.
Our vision is to ensure energy, water and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry, inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process.
Learn about leadership opportunities with GHD.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Collaboration with other leaders in the development and execution of business strategies and initiatives to expand the EHS Compliance and Waste Compliance business in the MidCon Region
• Build and mentor a team that is engaged and driven to provide high-quality results and solutions to our clients' projects and challenges
• Maintain a high external profile through membership/attendance in industry organizations and continually growing a contact base
• Maintain high internal profile through EHS and Waste project pursuits, wins, and delivery
• Lead proposal development and contract negotiation to win targeted pursuits, which leverage GHD's capabilities and value proposition
• Technical project management and direction while maintaining client satisfaction and ensuring projects are delivered safely and within scope, schedule, and budget

What you will bring to the team:

• B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering or Environmental Science or a related field
• 10 - 15 years of compliance experience (with a focus on waste regulations such as RCRA, DOT, TSCA, NORM, etc)
• Knowledge of regulatory waste requirements in multiple states
• Proven experience leading and executing multi-media and RCRA audits
• Excellent technical writing skills
• Data compilation, reduction, interpretation, evaluation/comparison to environmental regulatory standards
• Ability to effectively communicate with other technical professionals, clients, and regulatory officials
• Experience with air and other media permitting and compliance is a plus
• Proven experience managing and delivering RCRA compliance projects and deep understanding of industry and regulatory standards and best practices
• Development of efficient technical and regulatory strategies and solutions that address our clients' specific waste compliance needs and challenges
• Willingness to travel

Take on some of the world's toughest challenges - with everyone at GHD backing you every step of the way.
We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact.
See where your commitment could take you with GHD.
EEO Statement US: As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.
About Us
Take on some of the world's toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way.
We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact.
See where your commitment could take you with GHD.
Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don't just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.
That's why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.
See where your commitment could take you.
That's the #PowerOfCommitment
Who we are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It's what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity's most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.