Remote Senior NEPA & Environmental Compliance Lead

Tetra Tech; San Antonio (TX); Remote; USD 140,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Merit-based rewards

Flexible work-life balance

Job summary

Tetra Tech seeks a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to lead NEPA, permitting, and policy efforts for federal, state, and private-sector clients. This remote role is based in San Antonio, TX, and requires coordinating multidisciplinary teams and translating regulatory requirements into clear documentation.

You will manage interagency coordination, develop compliance strategies, mentor staff, and support client relationships from planning through implementation, with emphasis on technical

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in environmental compliance, NEPA, permitting, environmental policy, natural resource management, or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated experience leading and managing complex environmental compliance, NEPA, permitting, and/or consultation efforts, including multidisciplinary teams, schedules, budgets, deliverables, and client or agency coordination.
• Strong working knowledge of NEPA and experience preparing and/or reviewing EISs, EAs, CatEx documentation, and other environmental review documents.
• Experience interpreting and applying federal environmental regulatory and policy requirements, including consultation and permitting processes such as ESA Section 7, EFH, NHPA Section 106, and other applicable natural resource compliance requirements.
• Experience developing, implementing, and tracking environmental commitments, permit conditions, compliance plans, commitment registers, databases, or similar compliance management tools.
• Experience supporting federal agencies and complex projects involving areas such as coastal and marine resources, water resources, offshore energy, restoration, infrastructure, military, or transportation is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, and delivery of NEPA documents, including EISs, EAs, CatEx documentation, and supporting analyses.
• Lead and coordinate environmental compliance under applicable federal and state requirements, including ESA, EFH, NHPA Section 106, and other resource-specific statutes.
• Lead federal and state permitting and consultation efforts, including pre-application strategy, application development, agency coordination, schedules, permit conditions, and documentation of compliance milestones.
• Develop environmental compliance strategies for complex projects and identify practical approaches to regulatory, permitting, mitigation, and implementation challenges.
• Interpret statutes, regulations, agency guidance, permit conditions, and policy requirements; evaluate changes in project design on approvals and compliance obligations.
• Prepare, review, and edit technical and regulatory documents for accuracy, defensibility, readability, and compliance with requirements.
• Develop and manage permit and environmental commitment matrices, registers, databases, and tracking systems to support implementation and reporting.
• Coordinate with federal, state, and local agencies and facilitate interagency consultation and communication on complex environmental issues.
• Plan and support public and stakeholder engagement, including scoping, meetings, communications, and response development.
• Communicate complex scientific, regulatory, and policy information clearly to clients, agencies, stakeholders, project teams, and the public.
• Support environmental compliance and permitting for infrastructure, water resources, coastals, energy, transportation, DoD, and other major development projects.
• Provide senior QA/QC and technical review of documents, permit applications, and client deliverables.
• Support client relationship management, proposal development, scopes of work, and follow-on environmental needs.
• Mentor and guide environmental planners, specialists, and project staff.
• Work in line with internal procedures, legislation, and industry standards.
• Pursue continuous professional development and maintain high discipline and knowledge.
• Work safely and report health and safety concerns.

Skills

NEPA

Environmental compliance

Regulatory compliance

Project management

Technical writing

Agency coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Tetra Tech seeks a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to lead NEPA, permitting, and policy efforts for federal, state, and private-sector clients. This remote role is based in San Antonio, TX, and requires coordinating multidisciplinary teams and translating regulatory requirements into clear documentation.

You will manage interagency coordination, develop compliance strategies, mentor staff, and support client relationships from planning through implementation, with emphasis on technical