Manager-Environmental Permitting

Tallgrass • Houston, TX

13d • Onsite

About The Position

Tallgrass Energy is currently in need of one Environmental Permitting Manager to join our Houston-based Capital Projects Team. This role will report directly to the Director of Environmental Permitting. The Manager-Environmental Permitting is responsible for the overall coordination of environmental permitting for the successful design and construction of processing facilities, pipelines, terminals, and associated infrastructure. This includes managing and coordinating internal resources and outside consultants who provide permitting services in line with requirements for various federal agencies and state historic preservation offices. The role ensures compliance with all other federal, state, and local requirements such as floodplain and storm water permitting. A key aspect of this position is formulating, planning, and executing complex permitting strategies that keep all impacted internal and external stakeholders aligned on project goals and objectives while ensuring scheduling and budgeting goals are maintained. The role involves communicating critical permitting details to the project team, understanding constructability concerns, and providing updates during project meetings. Collaboration with Commercial and Government Affairs groups is essential to ensure all parties are apprised of permitting needs and potential obstructions, and to formulate proactive contingency plans. The role also requires communication of project and permitting specifics with appropriate regulatory officials.

Requirements

• Knowledge of pertinent regulations/programs including (but not limited to): CWA, ESA, NRHP, OPA, NPDES, MBTA, and NEPA.
• Knowledge of developing regulations and how topics such as Environmental Justice are playing a role in permit acquisition.
• Inform all Stakeholders of potential NGO influence in permitting activities and help formulate plans to communicate and collaborate effectively with these groups.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong problem-solving orientation; experience working in multi-disciplinary teams
• Willingness to travel to project sites (up to 50% travel anticipated)
• Familiarity with working within an independent project team structure with other groups and roles, such as land and engineering is mandatory.
• Strong time management skills and ability to successfully manage multiple tasks/projects with tight deadlines.
• Experience and ability to manage internal and external resources
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science or related degrees strongly preferred. Other degrees will be considered if combined with experience in environmental permitting and compliance in the oil and gas industry.
• Minimum of fifteen of experience in environmental permitting and compliance with demonstrable increase in responsibility and independence
• Five to ten years of direct management experience of permitting resources within a project execution environment.
• Experience working in the energy transportation industry (oil, gas or electrical transmission)
• Experience working with state/federal/tribal environmental agencies

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with processing, midstream and terminal construction a plus.
• Familiarity with power generation facilities relating to AI and data center infrastructure is a plus.
• Positive and energetic attitude; self-motivated with strong initiative; flexible
• Detail oriented; resourceful

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the overall coordination of environmental permitting for the successful design and construction of processing facilities, pipelines, terminals and associated infrastructure.
• Manage and coordinate internal resources and outside consultants who provide permitting services in line with requirements for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), and State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO).
• Ensure compliance with all other federal, state, and local requirements such as floodplain permitting and storm water permitting and SWPPP/BMP requirements when necessary.
• Formulate, plan and execute complex permitting strategies that keep all impacted internal and external stakeholders aligned on all project goals and objectives while ensuring scheduling and budgeting goals are maintained.
• Communicate with the overall project team, properly relay critical permitting details, understand constructability concerns and needs and how permit constraints can affect construction, and provide pertinent updates during project meetings.
• Collaborate with Commercial and Government Affairs groups to make sure all parties are apprised of permitting needs and potential obstructions and actively formulate proactive contingency plans to overcome all obstacles to meet project objectives.
• Communicate project and permitting specifics with the appropriate regulatory officials.
• Create and implement development plans to motivate and facilitate the growth of internal resources.
• Create a culture of accountability within the organization to ensure all objectives are understood and aggressively adhered to.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager