Compliance Manager - Houston - EnSafe

Description

EnSafe is seeking a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to join our team in our Houston, TX, or Dallas, TX, office.

Candidates must be willing to work out of the Houston or Dallas, TX office; relocation assistance is available to meet this expectation.

EnSafe is an employee-owned global environmental consulting and engineering firm. We strive to provide cutting-edge, creative solutions for our clients. EnSafe specializes in custom solutions in Environmental Management and Planning, Civil Design Engineering, Environmental Restoration, Natural & Water Resources, Health & Safety, and Technology, with offices operating within the US.

What We Are Looking For:

There are no typical days at EnSafe, and this role is no exception. As a Senior Environmental Compliance Manager, you will lead our junior environmental compliance staff in Houston and work closely with EnSafe' s senior level environmental compliance staff in Dallas to manage our clients and projects in Texas and other states. This will involve client management, proposal development, project management, coordination, and implementation of comprehensive project work. EnSafe's environmental compliance professionals evaluate industrial facilities' compliance with regulations governing air, water, and waste, assist clients with applying for and complying with environmental permits, and help facilities identify and comply with other environmental obligations. EnSafe is committed to providing pragmatic, cost-effective strategies for maintaining compliance, minimizing liabilities, and improving environmental performance.

Joining our team means immersing yourself in an atmosphere that nurtures creativity, encourages collaboration across all levels, embraces a supportive culture, and facilitates professional development.

The successful candidate should have demonstrated the ability to apply local, state, and federal environmental regulations to deliver defensible compliance solutions for commercial, industrial, municipal, and governmental clients while supporting client development and practice growth, with a primary focus on air permitting projects.

Key responsibilities include:

• Independently develop, prepare, and submit environmental compliance reports and air permit applications in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements, serving as the technical owner and primary author of deliverables.
• Lead and execute air permitting efforts, including Federal Title V, minor source permits, NSRs, and PBRs, from applicability determination through final agency submittal.
• Develop, run, and interpret air dispersion models, and prepare air toxics assessments and regulatory applicability determinations.
• Ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented to address non-conformities at client sites.
• Provide project management for environmental compliance and permitting engagements, including technical execution, coordination, and implementation.
• Support and help lead the environmental compliance service line in Texas, including mentoring and supervising junior compliance staff with an emphasis on technical consulting development.

Other responsibilities outside of air permitting may include:

• Perform hands-on environmental compliance audits at client facilities and provide direct regulatory determinations, corrective actions, and compliance strategies.
• Develop and implement multimedia environmental compliance programs across wastewater, stormwater, hazardous waste, and EPCRA (Tier II, Form R/TRI 312 and 313 reporting).
• Periodic overnight travel to client locations throughout the U.S. to support consulting engagements and compliance activities.
• Develop, prepare, and submit environmental compliance documents such as Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure Plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans, annual EPCRA Tier II and TRI reports, Annual Waste Summaries, Industrial Wastewater Discharge Permit Applications, and Semi-Annual Compliance reports in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements, serving as the technical owner and primary author of deliverables.

Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, environmental science, or related field.
• 10 + years of relevant Environmental Compliance experience, with a focus on air permitting.
• A Professional Engineering license, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, or other environmental certifications are preferred.
• Seasoned technical writer; able to produce regulatory-quality permits, compliance reports, and agency responses from technical data and engineering analyses.
• Strong consulting and critical thinking skills are required.
• Project management experience, including developing scopes of work, cost proposals and schedules, and managing multiple project teams simultaneously.
• A "Seller and Doer", working with industrial clients with a proven track record in business development.
• A business mindset: supporting corporate goals of growing revenue, maintaining profitability, and sustaining utilization through billable hours while successfully managing a variety of projects and personnel.

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, including 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, with a focus on employee well-being and on 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 Us:

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, focusing on high ethical and safety standards. We build this reputation by attracting high-quality people and retaining them long-term.

At EnSafe, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and authentic workplace. If you are excited about this role but your experience does not perfectly match 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. 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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