HSE Advisor/Specialist II

Role: HSE Advisor/Specialist II

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Job Description:

The Environmental Specialist protects execution by securing approvals, reducing compliance and schedule risk, and converting environmental requirements into clear actions that support safe, responsible operations in the Permian Basin for Texas and New Mexico. This role is primarily focused on environmental support for Shale and Tight new drill activities in Texas, providing ongoing handover and execution HSE deliverables for spud to POP activities related to permitting for all TX development areas and one NM area.

The position protects license to operate by maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements, ensuring permit conditions and agency commitments are executed, and converting complex requirements into clear direction for field operations. The role reduces schedule risk, rework, and avoidable cost while strengthening agency credibility through accurate submittals, timely responses, and defensible records.

This position is 100% onsite in Midland, TX, with 9-hour workdays (plus lunch) and rotating Fridays off.

Responsibilities:

Core Deliverables:

• Identify constraints, surveys, mitigation needs, and regulatory triggers early
• Manage permits, agency coordination, APD support, conservation reviews, floodplain approvals, pit registrations, and conditions of approval tracking for pits
• Address biological, cultural, WOTUS, karst, threatened and endangered habitats, construction, and compliance requirements before field activity
• Complete Clear-to-Construct reviews, constraint maps, permit conditions, seasonal restrictions, and field guidance
• Maintain inspections, agency reporting, and environmental commitment verification

Execution Support:

• Provide ongoing handover and execution HSE deliverables for spud to POP activities related to permitting for all TX development areas and one NM area
• Support pit/pond usage data, reserve pit inspections, all environmental surveys, and site reviews of new areas
• Support NM environmental specialist as needed

Compliance and Documentation:

• Coordinate effectively with regulatory agencies, contractors, land, asset teams, engineering, permitting, portfolio development, and field operations while tracking approvals, responses, and commitments
• Maintain strong discipline in inspections, reporting, audit support, permit condition tracking, and defensible regulatory documentation
• Scope, coordinate, review, and challenge environmental survey work, technical reports, contractor deliverables, schedules, and quality

Business Support:

• Prioritize work based on schedule, cost, compliance, agency credibility, and license-to-operate risk
• Explain complex requirements in field-ready terms, make recommendations, and escalate risks decisively
• Provide advice, project manage, and validate charges as needed

Skills and Qualifications:

Education:

• Diploma in Health, Environment, and Safety related field

Required Skills and Experience:

Regulatory and Permitting Expertise:

• Working knowledge of Texas and New Mexico environmental requirements specific to onshore oil and gas planning, drilling, completions, and construction
• Understanding of government agencies (BLM, NMOCD, TXRRC), APDs, Conditions of Approval, Environmental Assessments, floodplain permits, pit registrations, conservation agreements, and operational compliance

Environmental Risk Identification:

• Ability to identify biological, cultural, WOTUS, karst, threatened and endangered habitat, nest, surface-use, and seasonal constraints early
• Translate risks into clear mitigation actions

Construction and Execution Readiness:

• Experience supporting Clear-to-Construct reviews, field guidance, permit condition verification, and environmental requirements that affect construction, drilling, completions, and operations

Agency and Stakeholder Management:

• Ability to coordinate effectively with regulatory agencies, contractors, land, asset teams, engineering, permitting, portfolio development, and field operations
• Track approvals, responses, and commitments effectively

Compliance Assurance and Documentation:

• Strong discipline in inspections, reporting, audit support, permit condition tracking, and defensible regulatory documentation

Contractor and Survey Management:

• Ability to scope, coordinate, review, and challenge environmental survey work, technical reports, contractor deliverables, schedules, and quality

Business and Operational Judgment:

• Ability to prioritize work based on schedule, cost, compliance, agency credibility, and license-to-operate risk

Communication and Decision Quality:

• Clear, concise communicator who can explain complex requirements in field-ready terms, make recommendations, and escalate risks decisively

Personal Attributes:

• Attention to detail in working with agents in the field, gathering necessary permits, and ensuring wildlife is not negatively affected
• Extremely schedule-driven and self-motivated with minimal need for hand-holding
• Willing to work in the oil and gas industry

Preferred Qualifications:

• Regulatory environmental experience, specifically with New Mexico regulations
• AI and digital skill sets (role requires organization and is tech-heavy)
• Prior oil and gas experience

Work Environment:

• 100% onsite in Midland, TX
• 9-hour workdays (plus lunch)
• Rotating Fridays off

Role Details:

Location: Midland, Texas

Schedule: 9/80

Pay: $65.87 W2 $74.10 1099