Senior Permitting & Regulatory Program Lead

Quaise Energy, Inc; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Quaise Energy is seeking a senior Permitting Program Manager to lead the integrated environmental permitting effort for our geothermal projects. You will coordinate with regulators, land managers, and consultants to secure federal, state, and local authorizations, aligning with project development timelines.

You will drive NEPA compliance, manage schedules and budgets, and collaborate across Engineering, Legal, and Operations to embed permitting requirements into design and construction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, natural resources, public policy, engineering, or a related field is required.
• 10+ years of experience with environmental permitting and compliance for energy or infrastructure projects.
• Experience permitting on federal lands in the western U.S., including interagency consultations (Section 7, Section 106) in support of NEPA, preferred.
• NEPA permitting experience strongly valued.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated permitting program for Quaise’s geothermal projects, spanning exploration, drilling, wellfield, power plant, and interconnection and linear facility scopes from early-stage screening through construction and operations.
• Lead preparation, submittal, and agency review of federal geothermal authorizations under the Geothermal Steam Act and 43 CFR 3200, including exploration notices of intent, geothermal drilling permits and operations plans, sundry notices, utilization plans, facility construction permits, site licenses, and commercial use permits.
• Manage state and local permitting, including geothermal well permits, energy facility siting, water rights and water quality, air quality, and local land use approvals.
• Coordinate with land managers on surface use authorizations and with transmission providers on environmental review supporting interconnection and gen-tie facilities.
• Support NEPA compliance with the BLM, USFS, and other lead and cooperating agencies, including preparation and review of CE/EA/EIS documents.
• Scope, commission, and review environmental and cultural resource studies and plan survey calendars around species-specific windows.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

NEPA permitting

Stakeholder engagement

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

GIS

Job description

Quaise Energy is seeking a senior Permitting Program Manager to lead the integrated environmental permitting effort for our geothermal projects. You will coordinate with regulators, land managers, and consultants to secure federal, state, and local authorizations, aligning with project development timelines.

You will drive NEPA compliance, manage schedules and budgets, and collaborate across Engineering, Legal, and Operations to embed permitting requirements into design and construction.