Remote Senior NEPA Specialist for Federal Projects

Versar Global Solutions; United States; Hybrid; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Versar Global Solutions in the Washington, DC area seeks a senior environmental planning professional to lead NEPA reviews for federal actions and guide multidisciplinary teams through planning, impact analyses, and public involvement.

The role requires extensive NEPA experience, strong regulatory writing, and the ability to coordinate with federal customers, regulators, and stakeholders. Remote, hybrid, or office-based work options are available with travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental planning, environmental science, natural or cultural resources, public policy, geography, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Ten or more years of progressively responsible environmental planning and NEPA experience, including leadership of complex federal environmental reviews.
• Demonstrated experience preparing and managing EISs, EAs, CATEX documentation, FONSIs, RODs, and supporting technical studies.
• Experience supporting U.S. federal agencies, military departments, federal installations, infrastructure programs, or federally managed natural and built environments (required).
• Thorough working knowledge of NEPA and experience applying federal agency NEPA regulations, procedures, guidance, and documentation practices.
• Working knowledge of related environmental review, permitting, consultation, and public-involvement requirements and the ability to coordinate effectively with qualified specialists and legal counsel.
• Demonstrated ability to develop clear purpose and need statements, alternatives analyses, impact assessments, mitigation commitments, responses to comments, and decision-support documents.
• Experience organizing interdisciplinary teams and integrating technical analyses into concise, consistent, and defensible environmental documents.
• Experience supporting agency coordination, public scoping, public meetings, stakeholder engagement, and responses to substantive comments.
• Demonstrated ability to manage scope, budget, schedule, quality, risk, subcontractors, and client expectations across multiple concurrent assignments.
• Demonstrated ability to adhere to established internal and customer schedules and meet critical deadlines.
• Exceptional technical writing, editing, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications. Experience with environmental document-management systems, GIS, data visualization, or project controls software is preferred.
• Professional certification in environmental planning, project management, public involvement, or related discipline is preferred.
• Ability to travel to federal customer sites and work in office, field, public-meeting, construction, industrial, or installation environments as required by the assignment.
• Authorization to work in the United States by start date.

Responsibilities

• Lead NEPA documentation for EAs, EISs, CATEX, and related analyses.
• Advise on NEPA strategy, scope, and schedule.
• Coordinate site visits with customers and team members.
• Develop purpose and need statements and alternatives analyses.
• Manage interdisciplinary studies (air, water, wetlands, etc.).
• Prepare notices, scoping materials, and Records of Decision.
• Plan workshops, public meetings, and tribal engagement.
• Mentor staff and ensure document quality.
• Manage scope, budget, schedule, and risks.
• Travel to federal sites as required.

Skills

NEPA expertise

Regulatory knowledge

Leadership

Technical writing

Stakeholder coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental planning

Master's degree desirable

Tools

GIS

Microsoft 365

Job description

Versar Global Solutions in the Washington, DC area seeks a senior environmental planning professional to lead NEPA reviews for federal actions and guide multidisciplinary teams through planning, impact analyses, and public involvement.

The role requires extensive NEPA experience, strong regulatory writing, and the ability to coordinate with federal customers, regulators, and stakeholders. Remote, hybrid, or office-based work options are available with travel up to 25%.