Environmental Compliance Specialist – Oil & Gas

Danos, LLC; Midland (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Danos, LLC seeks an Environmental Specialist to help secure approvals and reduce risks in Permian Basin operations across TX and NM. The role focuses on translating environmental requirements into actionable tasks for field teams while maintaining compliance with agencies such as BLM, NMOCD, and TXRRC.

Candidates should have prior oil and gas experience, a relevant bachelor’s degree, and strong attention to detail to manage permits, deadlines, and environmental commitments across onshore

Qualifications

• Prior Oil and Gas experience required.
• Attention to detail when coordinating field permits and regulatory documentation.
• Must be highly schedule-driven to manage permitting and field activities.

Responsibilities

• Identify constraints, surveys, mitigation needs, and regulatory triggers early.
• Protects license to operate by maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Ensures permit conditions, agency commitments, and conservation obligations are executed.
• Converts complex requirements into clear direction for field operations and acquisition.
• Reduces schedule risk, rework, and avoidable cost.
• Strengthens agency credibility through accurate submittals, timely responses, and defensible records.
• Supports responsible operations by protecting resources, reducing field exposure, and maintaining controls.
• 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.

Skills

Oil & Gas experience

Attention to detail

Schedule-driven

Regulatory awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Health, Environment or Safety

Job description

Danos, LLC seeks an Environmental Specialist to help secure approvals and reduce risks in Permian Basin operations across TX and NM. The role focuses on translating environmental requirements into actionable tasks for field teams while maintaining compliance with agencies such as BLM, NMOCD, and TXRRC.

Candidates should have prior oil and gas experience, a relevant bachelor’s degree, and strong attention to detail to manage permits, deadlines, and environmental commitments across onshore