Senior Compliance Manager

Do you like working with different project teams in a fast-paced environment? Are you interested in joining an organization focused on making a positive impact? If so, we’d like to talk with you about growing with us.

We are seeking a full-time Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to join our growing team. This is an outstanding opportunity to contribute to EnSafe’ s continued expansion while supporting a diverse portfolio of projects for clients across the U.S.

This position offers the flexibility to work remotely while collaborating with a dynamic, multidisciplinary team.

There is no typical day at EnSafe, and this role is no exception. As a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager, you will lead and mentor junior compliance professionals while collaborating with senior environmental compliance leaders across the country to support clients and projects nationwide.  Your responsibilities will include managing client relationships, developing proposals, overseeing and directing project execution, coordinating multidisciplinary efforts, and performing key technical tasks. Our environmental compliance professionals evaluate industrial facilities for adherence to air, water, and waste regulations; assist clients in obtaining and maintaining environmental permits; and help facilities identify and fulfill broader regulatory obligations.

EnSafe is committed to delivering practical, cost-effective compliance strategies that reduce risk, minimize liabilities, and enhance environmental performance. We foster an environment where professionals are empowered to practice their craft with passion, accountability, and impact.

In this position, the successful candidate will:

• Navigate local, state, and federal environmental regulations and lead permitting and compliance strategies for industrial clients.
• Author environmental compliance reports, air permit applications, and other regulatory submittals in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Develop and implement multi-media environmental compliance programs, including air, wastewater, stormwater, hazardous waste, and EPCRA (Tier II and TRI reporting).
• Serve as technical reviewer for project deliverables, ensuring regulatory accuracy, completeness, and quality prior to client submission.
• Provide project management for environmental compliance and permitting projects, including scope development, budgeting, scheduling, and coordination of multidisciplinary teams.
• Support and help lead the environmental compliance service line by mentoring junior staff and fostering technical development.
• Contribute to business development efforts, including preparing labor/material estimates, proposals, and expanding client relationships and market presence.
• Collaborate across service lines to identify client needs and expand compliance-related service offerings.
• Travel periodically (including overnight travel) to client sites throughout the U.S. to conduct audits and provide regulatory compliance support.

Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, environmental science, or related field.
• 15+ years of environmental compliance experience in a consulting or industrial setting.
• Professional Engineer (PE), Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), or other relevant certifications preferred.
• Strong technical writing skills, with demonstrated ability to produce regulatory-quality permits, compliance reports, and agency responses.
• Experience serving as a technical reviewer for environmental compliance work products.
• Demonstrated project management experience, including scope development, cost estimating, scheduling, and management of multiple concurrent projects.
• Proven business development experience as a “seller-doer,” with a track record of growing client relationships.
• Business acumen with an understanding of revenue growth, profitability, utilization, and team performance metrics.

Experience should include:

• Air permitting (PBR, NSR, and Title V)
• EPCRA Tier II and TRI reporting
• SPCC Plans and SWPPPs
• Hazardous waste reporting and contingency planning
• Industrial wastewater discharge permitting and reporting

Why Join EnSafe?

• Employee-Owned Advantage
  EnSafe is 100% employee-owned, with an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) since 1997. That means when EnSafe succeeds, you succeed too, turning company growth directly into shared rewards.
• Commitment to Growth and Wellness
  The company supports personalized career development, mentorship, and employee wellness initiatives such as health tracking tools.
• Purpose‑Driven Work
  EnSafe’s mission focuses on impactful environmental, health, and safety consulting—making a real difference in communities and is backed by its long-standing technical credibility. 
• Safety as a Value, Not Just a Service
  Safety is deeply embedded in our culture, prioritizing employee well-being in addition to helping clients maintain compliance. We stress that “safety is part of everything we do.”
• A Culture of Freedom & Ownership
  At EnSafe, our career philosophy is built on freedom. The freedom to take initiative, achieve your goals, and shape your own career path Employees are encouraged to pursue growth in a flexible, entrepreneurial environment. 
• Challenging, Creative Work
  Workdays at EnSafe are anything but ordinary, fast-paced, dynamic, and filled with opportunities to tackle projects in environmental consulting, health & safety, engineering, and technology. Every day calls for creativity, innovation, and agile problem-solving.

About EnSafe

EnSafe began as a two-person firm in 1980, navigating complex regulatory compliance issues on behalf of our clients.  We nurture our people with growth and development opportunities.  We build enduring, trustful relationships with each of our clients, with a focus on high ethical and safety standards.  We build this reputation by attracting high-quality people and retaining them for the long term.

At EnSafe, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.  You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at our company.

EnSafe is committed to being an EEO employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age (except for bona fide occupational qualifications), sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, military or veteran status, any other status protected by federal, state, or local law, or association with a person on the basis on one or more of the foregoing.

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