Senior Environmental Compliance Consultant

Stantec

Senior Environmental Compliance Consultant providing senior-level environmental compliance support for industrial and energy-sector facilities. Collaborating with clients and regulatory agencies on environmental obligations.

Posted 6/24/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $117,800 - $176,800 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide senior-level environmental compliance support for industrial and energy-sector facilities
Help clients manage obligations across air quality, storm water, wastewater, spill prevention, waste management, and related regulatory requirements.
Prepare, review, and support permit applications, renewals, modifications, technical reports, and routine compliance submissions to state and federal regulatory agencies.
Provide technical support on air compliance activities including emissions inventories, stack testing coordination, permit reporting, visible emissions observations, and implementation of applicable federal and state air requirements.
Develop, review, and maintain SPCC Plans, SWPPPs, and related compliance plans; provide technical oversight and certification support where professional engineer credentials are applicable.
Conduct or support environmental inspections, compliance audits, and field assessments, and prepare clear, defensible documentation for clients and regulatory agencies.
Support coordination with regulatory agencies during inspections, permit actions, incident response, and follow-up communications.
Support spill response, remediation, waste handling, and corrective action activities, including notifications, documentation, and contractor oversight.
Manage assigned project tasks, schedules, budgets, and deliverable quality for environmental compliance, permitting, and related consulting work.
Provide technical guidance to project teams and contribute specialized expertise as needed to support client delivery.
Collaborate with clients, operations personnel, contractors, and interdisciplinary teams to deliver practical, client-focused environmental solutions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong knowledge of environmental compliance programs for industrial, manufacturing, or oil and gas operations, including air quality, storm water, wastewater, spill prevention, and waste management.
Experience preparing and implementing SPCC Plans, SWPPPs, permit applications, compliance reports, and related environmental documentation.
Working knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations and the ability to interpret requirements, identify compliance risks, and develop practical, client focused compliance strategies.
Experience supporting or leading agency inspections, compliance audits, incident response, and corrective action documentation.
Experience with air compliance activities such as emissions inventories, stack testing coordination, visible emissions observations, permit reporting, and compliance evaluations.
Demonstrated ability to work independently, step into projects quickly, and manage multiple assignments while maintaining technical quality, schedules, and budgets.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including preparation of technical reports and client-ready deliverables.
Proven ability to build strong relationships with clients, contractors, consultants, operations personnel, and regulatory agencies.
Experience providing technical guidance to project teams and contributing effectively in a flexible, collaborative consulting environment.
Professional Engineer licensure is strongly preferred; multi-state licensure or the ability to obtain additional registrations is a plus.
Advanced degree in engineering or a related discipline is preferred.
Must have a good driving record and valid Driver's License.

Benefits

Comp & perks

access to medical, dental, and vision plans
wellness program
health saving accounts
flexible spending accounts
401(k) plan
employee stock purchase program
life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
short-term/long-term disability plans
emergency travel benefits
tuition reimbursement
professional membership fee coverage
paid family leave
ten paid holidays in each calendar year
accrue vacation between 10 and 20 days per year
eligible for paid sick leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

environmental complianceSPCC PlansSWPPPspermit applicationscompliance reportsemissions inventoriesstack testingpermit reportingcompliance evaluationswaste management

Soft Skills

strong written communicationstrong verbal communicationrelationship buildingindependent workproject managementcollaborationtechnical guidanceflexibilityclient-focused solutionsdefensible documentation

Certifications

Professional Engineer licensuremulti-state licensure