Sr Environmental Compliance Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Merit-based rewards

Work-life balance

Job summary

Tetra Tech is seeking a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to lead NEPA efforts for federal, state, local, and private-sector clients from a remote base in San Antonio, TX. This role combines policy expertise with technical writing, project management, and agency coordination to ensure compliant, defensible environmental documentation.

The successful candidate will guide multidisciplinary teams through environmental review, manage commitments and permits, and mentor staff while contributing

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in environmental compliance, NEPA, permitting, environmental policy, natural resource management, or closely related field.
• Strong leadership of multidisciplinary teams, schedules, budgets, and client/agency coordination.
• Excellent technical writing, editing, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead preparation, review, and delivery of NEPA documents (EIS/EA/CatEx) and supporting analyses.
• Coordinate environmental compliance under federal/state requirements (ESA, EFH, NHPA 106).
• Manage permitting and consultation efforts, including strategy, application development, and agency coordination.
• Oversee multidisciplinary teams; align scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Develop environmental compliance strategies and track commitments, permits, and regulations.
• Provide senior QA/QC and technical review of documents and deliverables.
• Support client relationships, proposals, and scopes of work.

Skills

Environmental compliance

NEPA

Regulatory coordination

Technical writing

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science/related field

Job description

The Opportunity:

Tetra Tech is adding a remote Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to our NEPA team based in San Antonio, TX.

Why Tetra Tech:

At Tetra Tech, we are Leading with Science to solve the world's most complex challenges. Our industry-leading experts in engineering and consulting are committed to driving positive change in communities around the world. For over 50 years, we have been at the forefront of innovation and sustainability. Today we stand as a market leader, offering cutting-edge solutions in water, environment, energy, and international development. Our work has improved more than 625 million lives around the world.

Join Tetra Tech to make a real difference. Our work leverages cutting-edge technologies, advanced analytics, and the expertise of world-class scientists and engineers to create meaningful change around the world. Discover your full potential - join us to advance your career while leaving a lasting legacy.

Your Impact:

We are seeking a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to lead complex environmental compliance, permitting, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) efforts for federal, state, local, and private‑sector clients. This remote senior role combines environmental policy and regulatory expertise with strong technical writing, project management, agency coordination, permitting, stakeholder engagement, and quality oversight. The successful candidate will lead multidisciplinary teams through environmental review and permitting processes, translate complex regulatory and technical requirements into clear and defensible documentation, and help clients manage environmental commitments and compliance risk throughout project planning, permitting, construction, and implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead preparation, review, and delivery of NEPA documents, including Environmental Impact Statements (EIS), Environmental Assessments (EA), Categorical Exclusion (CatEx) documentation, and supporting technical analyses.
• Lead and coordinate environmental compliance under applicable federal and state requirements, including the Endangered Species Act (ESA), Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act/Essential Fish Habitat (EFH), National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106, and other resource‑specific statutes and regulations.
• Lead federal and state permitting and consultation efforts, including pre‑application strategy, application development, agency coordination, consultation schedules, permit conditions, and documentation of compliance milestones.
• Manage complex environmental projects and multidisciplinary teams, including subject matter experts, technical authors, subcontractors, and project support staff; establish priorities and maintain alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and client expectations.
• Develop environmental compliance strategies for complex or environmentally sensitive projects and identify practical approaches to regulatory, permitting, mitigation, and implementation challenges.
• Interpret statutes, regulations, agency guidance, permit conditions, and policy requirements; evaluate how changes in project design or implementation may affect environmental approvals and compliance obligations.
• Prepare, review, and edit technical and regulatory documents for accuracy, consistency, defensibility, readability, and compliance with client and agency requirements.
• Develop and manage permit and environmental commitment matrices, registers, databases, and other tracking systems to support implementation, monitoring, reporting, and agency submissions.
• 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, public meetings, stakeholder communications, outreach materials, comment tracking, and response development.
• Communicate complex scientific, technical, regulatory, and policy information clearly to clients, agencies, stakeholders, project teams, and the public.
• Support environmental compliance and permitting for infrastructure, water resources, coastal and marine, energy, transportation, military/DoD, and other federal or major development projects, as applicable.
• Provide senior‑level quality assurance/quality control and technical review of environmental documents, permit applications, consultation packages, compliance plans, and client deliverables.
• Support client relationship management, proposal development, scopes of work, level‑of‑effort estimates, and identification of follow‑on environmental compliance and permitting needs.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to environmental planners, specialists, and project staff.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Conduct activities in line with internal procedures, legislation, and industry standards.
• Pursue continuous professional development and maintain a high degree of discipline, knowledge and awareness.
• Work in a safe manner at all times and report all health and safety incidents and concerns.
• Additional duties as required.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental policy, natural resources, planning, biology, marine science, engineering, or a related field; advanced education or substantial directly relevant experience may be considered as part of the overall qualifications.

• 15+ years of progressively responsible experience in environmental compliance, NEPA, permitting, environmental policy, natural resource management, or a closely related field, including experience serving in a senior technical, project management, permitting, or environmental compliance role.
• 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, Categorical Exclusion 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.
• Excellent technical writing, editing, analytical, communication, facilitation, and organizational skills, with the ability to synthesize complex technical, scientific, regulatory, and policy information for technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, agencies, clients, and stakeholder groups, including experience with public involvement, interagency coordination, and complex or potentially contentious environmental issues.
• 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; experience developing environmental policy, regulatory procedures, guidance, or rulemaking documents is also desirable. Periodic travel may be required.

Required citizenship:

This position requires the candidate to be a U.S. Citizen due to the projects they will be working on.

Background Check:

Background Check will be required.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Standard office environment. Desk work, computer work

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Typical remote office

Language & Communication Skills:

must be fluent in the English language

Other Skills:

Instructions: Computer Skills, Microsoft Windows - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.

Salary Range:

The salary range for this position is $140,00-160,000. Please note that Tetra Tech considers various factors in determining pay, including, but not limited to geographic location, qualifications, licensures, certifications, experience, and other skills relevant to the needs of the business. Additional information on our benefits package can be found at Life at Tetra Tech - Tetra Tech.

Life at Tetra Tech:

• Comprehensive and market‑competitive benefits.
• Merit‑based financial rewards.
• Flexibility and company‑wide commitment to work/life balance.
• Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all employees.
• Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth.

About Tetra Tech:

Tetra Tech is the leader in water, environment, and sustainable infrastructure, providing high‑end consulting and engineering services for projects worldwide. With 30,000 employees working together, Tetra Tech provides clear solutions to complex problems by Leading with Science® to address the entire water cycle, protect and restore the environment, design sustainable and resilient infrastructure, and support the clean energy transition.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:

Tetra Tech is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital or familial status, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. Tetra Tech is a VEVRAA federal contractor and we request priority referral of veterans.