Environmental Compliance Specialist

Woodard & Curran is a national engineering, science, and operations firm with a simple vision for clean water, a safe environment, healthy communities, and happy people. As an employee-owned company, we strive to cultivate teams that encourage collaboration in an inclusive culture. We seek talented individuals from all backgrounds to help us address a broad range of water and environmental issues. We prioritize our people, offering opportunities for professional growth, ownership, and flexibility. This commitment enables us to make a meaningful impact on our clients, communities, and the planet.

Woodard & Curran draws on the experience of hundreds of certified operators across the country, backed by the knowledge and skills of hundreds more engineers, scientists, and regulatory experts, to quickly tackle the most challenging operational issues and keep treatment plants running efficiently and in full compliance. Woodard & Curran also aids employees in earning, upgrading, and keeping their certifications within the industry.

The Environmental Compliance Specialist supports the daily environmental compliance functions of the utility by ensuring all wastewater, stormwater, and pretreatment activities meet Federal, State, and local regulatory requirements. This includes managing NPDES and MS4 reporting obligations, preparing DMRs, MORs, and other mandated submittals, and maintaining accurate compliance records using systems such as HACH WIMS and Microsoft Teams. The specialist plays a key role in coordinating data collection, sampling schedules, and process control monitoring in collaboration with operations staff. Additional responsibilities include tracking chemical usage and laboratory supplies, documenting facility inspections, supporting environmental programs, and communicating regularly with internal teams, regulators, and clients. Through detailed data management and consistent oversight of compliance tasks, the specialist helps ensure reliable facility performance and ongoing regulatory adherence.

What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?

Each day presents different challenges and learning opportunities as we strive to maintain compliance and produce the highest quality water for the local citizens. If you enjoy working outdoors protecting nature's precious resources and water, then this position is for you. Woodard & Curran is dedicated to our employees' growth and development and wants to help you on your career path.

We are seeking an Environmental Compliance Specialist with strong experience in wastewater, stormwater, and regulatory reporting. In this role, you will be deeply involved in the day‑to‑day execution of environmental compliance activities, including data verification, permit reporting, sampling coordination, and facility inspections. You will maintain consistent communication with operations staff, clients, and regulatory agencies while supporting accurate documentation and timely submission of all required compliance reports and records.

What will you be doing at Woodard & Curran?

The Environmental Compliance Specialist will play an active role in coordinating with operations staff, regulatory agencies, client representatives, and contractors to ensure all environmental compliance activities are completed accurately and on schedule. They will work closely with internal teams to support permit compliance, data management, reporting, and process monitoring. The successful candidate will be responsible for hands‑on tasks such as conducting inspections, verifying operational data, maintaining organized compliance records, and preparing all required regulatory reports. They will provide continuous support to daily compliance-related operations, helping ensure the facility meets all federal, state, and local environmental requirements.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Ensure full compliance with all NPDES permit requirements, including renewals, reporting, and regulatory adherence.
• Assist with data collection and reporting for stormwater and MS4 permit compliance.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual EZDMRs, MSRs, MORs, pretreatment reports, biosolids reports, and DMR‑QA analyses.
• Support environmental programs including pretreatment monitoring, cross connection control, and stormwater compliance. ‑connection control, and stormwater compliance.
• Manage daily operational data review, verification, and entry in HACH WIMS; coordinate improvements with O&M staff.
• Track and monitor key facility process control parameters and sampling schedules in coordination with operations.
• Manage chemical usage tracking, consumables inventory, and laboratory supply levels.
• Maintain records for Greasezilla operations and track facility repairs, upgrades, and modifications.
• Conduct weekly facility inspections and maintain organized files within Microsoft Teams.
• Generate weekly operational status reports and maintain daily communication with operations staff to ensure compliance and data accuracy.
• Utilize Excel, Word, Teams, SCADA, HACH WIMS, and PowerPoint for daily work tasks.
• Provide environmental compliance training and support implementation of management systems and policies.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

Schedule:

• Monday - Friday, 7am- 3:30pm. Flexibility and extended shifts to meet the seasonal demands of the water and wastewater system. Reliable and dependable attendance is an essential function of the position.

What will you need to succeed?

• High School diploma or equivalent experience.
• Associate's degree in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, or related field; or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
• 2-4 years in water/wastewater operations support or environmental compliance.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Valid driver's license.
• Being able to make sound decisions in process control and follow instructions, as well as following safety procedures.
• Successful candidates will be required to complete a background check, pre-placement physical and drug screen before employment.

$26 - $30 an hour

• Depending on qualifications and experience.
• Annual Project bonuses are awarded each year.
• Annual Safety bonuses are awarded each year.

Employee Support & Benefits

Retirement Savings:

• 401(k) Pre-tax or Roth Contributions: The company matches 100% of the first 3% of salary contributed

Time away from work:

• Observed holidays: Choose up to 8 holidays to observe annually
• Vacation: Accrued based on years of experience and calculated on hours worked
• Sick time: Paid sick time for non-work-related illness or injury.
• Parental leave: Up to 80 hours of Paid Parental Leave for child bonding

Coverage and support for your needs and well-being:

• Disability: Paid short- and long-term disability
• Health: Medical plan options; plus dental and vision plans.
• Life: Basic employee group life insurance and AD&D benefits; additional voluntary life insurance for employees and families is available through Sun Life.
• Wellbeing: DarioMind assistance program combined with personalized mental health and wellbeing resources.

E-Verify Participation

Woodard & Curran participates in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program to confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. As part of this process, we display the required Notice of E-Verify Participation and Right to Work posters. To view the Right to Work and E-Verify Posters combined posters, click here.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Woodard & Curran is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Individuals with Disabilities and Protected Veterans are encouraged to apply. We are committed to ensuring our employment practices are non-discriminatory and based solely on job-related factors. To read our entire Affirmative Action and Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement, click here. To view the EEOC Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster and supplement, click here.

If you have a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to apply, please contact Beth Sweitzer.

Inclusion & Belonging

We welcome individuals from all backgrounds to apply, as we believe that different perspectives and experiences enrich our workplace and enhance our ability to serve our clients and communities effectively.

At Woodard & Curran, we are committed to fostering a respectful and inclusive work environment. We understand that the best solutions for our clients and communities come from a culture that nurtures the success and growth of all employees. As an employee-owned organization, our dedication to fostering growth, access and opportunity empowers us to serve our clients effectively and advance our mission of making a positive impact on the world. Our success is rooted in supporting our team members to reach their full potential, enabling us to deliver the most innovative, sound and effective solutions to improve our communities around us.

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Please be advised that we do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate submissions from recruitment agencies. Any resumes or candidate profiles submitted without a signed contract in place will be considered unsolicited and will not be eligible for any referral fees. Recruitment agencies must have a valid signed agreement with our company prior to following the submission process to consider potential candidates.

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