Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist

Take a leadership role in delivering environmental compliance for major energy, transmission, and infrastructure projects across the western United States. You will oversee construction-phase compliance programs, guide field inspection teams, and help ensure project activities meet environmental permits, regulatory requirements, and resource protection commitments. With a primary focus on a major transmission upgrade in southwestern Nevada, you will collaborate with contractors, developers, government agencies, and multidisciplinary environmental specialists. Your expertise will help protect sensitive ecosystems, including desert tortoise habitats, while supporting responsible infrastructure development. This role combines field leadership, regulatory coordination, client engagement, and project management in a dynamic consulting environment. It is an excellent opportunity for an experienced environmental professional who enjoys solving complex challenges, mentoring others, and contributing to sustainable project delivery.

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Biology, Ecology, Natural Resources, Environmental Planning, Archaeology, Anthropology, or a related discipline.

• At least 10 years of experience in environmental compliance, permitting, regulatory oversight, and project management, preferably on major infrastructure, energy, transmission, utility, transportation, or water projects.

• Demonstrated experience leading construction-phase environmental compliance programs and overseeing field personnel or compliance inspection teams.

• Working knowledge of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, and other relevant environmental regulations.

• Experience coordinating with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and other federal, state, and local regulatory agencies.

• Ability to interpret permits, mitigation requirements, environmental commitments, and regulatory conditions and translate them into practical construction-phase procedures.

• Strong project management, organizational, documentation, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to identify compliance risks and drive corrective actions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with clients, contractors, agency representatives, and multidisciplinary teams.

• Experience in client relationship management, proposal development, scope preparation, or business development.

• Ability and willingness to travel regularly throughout California, Nevada, and Arizona, including field assignments lasting one to two weeks at a time.

• Ability to work primarily onsite at project areas when required, with flexibility for a remote or hybrid arrangement depending on location and project needs.

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with the judgment and professionalism to manage competing priorities in complex field environments.

• A proactive, detail-oriented approach to environmental stewardship, safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement.