Senior Environmental Engineer - Regional Permitting and Compliance

Mariana Minerals • Moab, UT

1d • $100,000 - $150,000

About The Position

Mariana Minerals is seeking a Senior Environmental Engineer to lead permitting execution and compliance implementation for their U.S. mining, processing, and refining projects. This role will manage the entire permitting and compliance lifecycle, acting as the main liaison with regulatory agencies. Initially, the position will cover the entire U.S. project portfolio, with a future transition to a specific region as the company grows. The ideal candidate will have extensive knowledge of U.S. environmental regulations at all levels (local, state, federal) and the ability to manage multiple projects and agency relationships concurrently. Responsibilities also include environmental due diligence, supporting sustainability initiatives, and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, or a related field.
• 7+ years of U.S. environmental permitting and compliance experience in mining, energy, or large infrastructure, with demonstrated ownership of agency relationships across multiple concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated familiarity with the multijurisdictional U.S. environmental regulatory framework — local, state, and federal — and the ability to navigate overlapping requirements across agencies.
• Direct experience managing NEPA EA/EIS processes, including coordination with BLM and multi-disciplinary consultant teams, through Record of Decision.
• Working knowledge of CAA, CWA, RCRA, ESA, EPCRA, and state/local permitting and compliance programs.
• Experience integrating permitting requirements into FEL 1–3 and detailed design, and implementing or auditing Environmental Management Systems (EMS).
• Strong technical writing, agency negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Comfort operating in a broad, portfolio-wide role today, with the flexibility and interest to shift into ownership of a defined region as Mariana's project portfolio grows.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with critical minerals (lithium, nickel, graphite, etc.) or refining/processing facilities.
• Experience leading environmental due diligence for M&A or project development.
• Familiarity with IFC/Equator Principles or corporate sustainability/ESG reporting frameworks.
• Professional certifications such as PE, PG, or CEP.
• Prior experience helping stand up or scale a permitting/compliance function as an organization grew.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute permitting roadmaps across federal, state, and local agencies for all project sites in Mariana's current U.S. portfolio, with scope expected to narrow to a defined region as the portfolio and team grow.
• Manage NEPA EA/EIS workstreams in coordination with BLM and third-party consultants — from scoping and public comment through Record of Decision (ROD) — ensuring mitigation, monitoring, and reporting commitments flow into design and construction plans.
• Integrate permitting requirements into FEL 1–3 and detailed design, working directly with engineering teams to keep environmental commitments on schedule and budget.
• Serve as primary point of contact with federal agencies (BLM, USACE, EPA, USFWS) and state/local agencies (e.g., RRC, DNR/MPCA, DEQ, UDEQ/DOGM, CalEPA, and county/municipal authorities) across assigned projects.
• Implement and audit Environmental Management Systems (EMS) at project sites across the portfolio, ensuring permit and ROD conditions are embedded in daily operations and management of change (MOC).
• Manage ongoing compliance obligations for air, water, stormwater, waste, and EPCRA across assigned sites, tracking deadlines across overlapping federal, state, and local requirements.
• Direct environmental monitoring programs and ensure timely submission of quarterly and annual compliance reports to agencies.
• Oversee remediation plans and corrective actions for environmental impacts across the portfolio.
• Lead environmental due diligence for acquisitions, divestitures, and new project development across the portfolio, assessing permitting/compliance status, risk, and regulatory exposure.
• Contribute permitting and compliance data to corporate sustainability and ESG reporting.
• Identify and implement continuous-improvement opportunities in permitting and compliance performance, and help define regional structures, staffing, and handoff plans as the portfolio scales.
• Act as a primary interface between project and site teams and internal stakeholders — process engineering, operations, legal, and executive leadership.
• Engage external stakeholders, including regulatory agencies and consultants, to maintain productive relationships and keep permitting and compliance on track.
• Prepare concise updates for the Global Environmental Permitting Lead and senior leadership on portfolio-wide permitting and compliance status.

Benefits

• Everyone Gets Home Safe. We never put speed or cost ahead of people.
• Extreme Ownership. We take full responsibility for outcomes, relentlessly driving toward solutions.
• Engineer Out Requirements, then Automate. We simplify, optimize, and then automate for scale.
• Share Your Legos. We collaborate openly, share knowledge, and empower each other to build bigger, better solutions.

What This Job Offers

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