Sr Environmental Compliance Manager

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 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.
• 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.

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.
• 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.

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

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.

The salary range for this position is $140,000-$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.

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.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.