Environmental Specialist IV/V - CCS, Solar, Wind and Net Zero Projects

Do something that means something at Williams. This isn’t just a job - it’s an opportunity to explore and discover your passion with coworkers who become friends and mentors who push you to be your best self in and out of the office. At Williams, we make clean energy happen. And you can too, so bring your energy to ours.

You’ll lead environmental planning and permitting for transformative projects in carbon capture, renewable energy, and net-zero initiatives—turning bold ideas into reality. From crafting permitting roadmaps and managing studies and fieldwork to ensuring compliance with federal and state programs. Your work will make a measurable impact. You’ll collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders on siting, mitigation, and reporting, while senior specialists drive strategy, negotiate commitments, and oversee budgets, and mid-level specialists prepare applications, coordinate surveys, and maintain compliance trackers. Every day brings new challenges, opportunities to innovate, and the chance to accelerate the energy transition.

Your work will challenge you, and with our Core Values to guide you, you’ll quickly learn and grow with us.

Responsibilities/Expectations:

• Develops, maintains, improves and provides guidance on environmental processes/policies
• Assesses environmental risk, provides recommendations to address risk and participates in or runs the approved course of action, including required regulatory documentation
• Coordinates regular environmental planning, scheduling and cost estimating, including preparation of environmental impact assessments
• Provides guidance and mentorship to others and is involved in industry associations and environmental communities
• Leads projects or programs with significant risk and complexity to achieve objectives; develops the strategy for project execution and handles resource requirements
• Other duties as assigned

Education/Years of Experience:

Environmental Specialist IV:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree and minimum eight (8) years’ environmental experience

Environmental Specialist V:

• Required: Bachelor’s degree and minimum fifteen (15) years of multifaceted environmental experience
• Preferred: Minimum ten (10) years’ experience in environmental soil and groundwater assessment and remediation at CERCLA (Superfund) and RCRA sites

Other Requirements:

• Demonstrates excellent organizational/interpersonal skills and safety as the utmost priority
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Applications and PC skills

About Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh is a city full of adventure. If you love a good ball game or the great outdoors such as visiting in Pittsburgh’s “Golden Triangle” to see the Allegheny River, Monongahela River, and Ohio River converge, then Pittsburgh has you covered! The city is also known for its "Only in Pittsburgh" experiences and its unique and vibrant 90 neighborhoods that create the perfect places to live, hang out and explore.

Also, Pittsburgh is a convenient, affordable place to live and work—with a cost of living

The Steel City’s accent is a thing to behold, and you’ll find people living in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania speaking . You may hear the term “yinzer,” which is the equivalent to the word “y’all” and used to address two or more people as a second-person plural pronoun. If you’re moving to the ‘Burgh, learning Pittsburghese will help!

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Why Choose Williams?

We are committed to providing our employees with competitive compensation and benefits as part of your Total Rewards package to help protect your current and future physical, emotional, and financial health. We generally offer health benefit programs to our employees and their families that are competitive and flexible enough to meet your needs, and retirement benefits to allow you to invest now for financial security when you retire. With rich learning and development programming and a high internal mobility rate, you are not just applying to a job with Williams; you are embarking on an exciting career!

• Competitive compensation
• Annual incentive program
• Hybrid work model - one work from home day each week for most office-based roles
• Flexible work schedule for most field-based roles
• 401(k) with company matching contribution and a fixed annual company contribution
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Generous company-paid life insurance and disability benefits
• A consumer-driven health plan option with the potential for a generous company contribution to a Health Savings Account
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid time off, including floating and company holidays
• Wellness Program with annual rewards
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Robust employee learning and development
• High internal mobility (we promote from within)
• Parental leave (we provide up to 6 weeks for each parent)
• Fertility coverage and adoption benefits
• Domestic partner benefits
• Educational reimbursement
• Non-profit donation matching contributions and time off to volunteer
• Employee resource groups
• Employee assistance programs
• Technology to make our work more productive and collaborative
• Regular employee engagement surveys and feedback processes