Senior Natural Resource Consultant

Overview

Lead land-use planning, permitting and natural resource compliance for energy projects.

Key Responsibilities

• project management
• land use
• client engagement
• business development
• team collaboration
• strategy development

Tasks

-Capitalize on your personal industry relationships/expertise/professional network to maintain and establish new relationships and ensure they are managed for growth. -Engage and retain relationships with commercial industrial companies, law and energy firms, and state, federal, and local government. -Provide services that result in clients’ desire to continue and grow their business relationship with Tetra Tech. -Rapidly integrate yourself into Tetra Tech to understand and leverage Tetra Tech’s diverse resources and service offerings in your associated practice areas. Collaborate with operations and technical focused team members to advance business development, project implementation, and practice area strategies and goals. Work with operational leadership to support team composition and revenue growth goals. -Progressively manage small to larger projects. -Actively participate with local and regional project teams to support project deliverables. Work toward being known within Tetra Tech as a go-to team member for your core resource services. Contribute to proposal preparation and project implementation. -Provide senior support to Tetra Tech’s Permitting and Natural Resources group with a focus on land use planning. Contribute to business strategy development, client engagement, opportunity identification and pursuit, and team member education and mentoring.

Requirements

• m.s. degree
• 15 years
• data management
• driver's license
• public engagement
• regulatory experience

What You Bring

-Must possess a valid driver's license with a clean driving record without restrictions. -A Pre-employment drug screen in compliance with state regulations is required. -Ability to drive multiple hours to client, agency, or project locations. -Knowledge of emerging technologies in cultural resource documentation. -Familiarity with data management tools/applications. -Experience working across disciplines to develop interdisciplinary solutions for a variety of market segments. -M.S. degree in a biological or physical science, or a closely related discipline. -Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull equipment weighing 40 lbs over uneven ground in all weather conditions. -Experience working collaboratively with regulatory agencies to successfully receive approvals on rights-of-way and special land use applications for energy infrastructure. -Experience with public engagement and comment resolution. -Fifteen years of direct experience in natural resource (biological and physical) management and compliance, permitting, and baseline assessments related to rights-of-ways on public, state, and private lands. -Skilled in oral and written communication with demonstrated ability developing and delivering effective presentations to customers and management. -Ability to delegate project and operation tasks to more junior team members. -Expertise and/or strong understanding in developing innovative land use strategies and managing teams of specialists in key natural resources including botany, fish and wildlife, surface and groundwater, cultural resources, soils, and geology, and experience in the implementation of those strategies in permitting, industry operations, and data management solutions.

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Benefits

-Part-time temporary position, no scheduled hours. Hours will vary based on project/client needs. -Comprehensive and market-competitive benefits. -Flexibility and company-wide commitment to work/life balance. -Learning and development opportunities for ongoing professional growth. -Collaborative team atmosphere that values the contributions of all employees. -Merit-based financial rewards. -Potential of remote work schedule, this arrangement is subject to review and may change at the company’s discretion. -Tetra Tech offers the following optional benefits: Medical. Financial Benefits: 401K.

About Tetra Tech

-Leveraging a signature science-driven approach, it tackles complex problems in water, environmental restoration and sustainable infrastructure. -It organizes itself into government and commercial/international groups, enabling tailored expertise across public and private sectors. -Its Digital Systems division develops advanced analytics and visualization tools (like FusionMap®), supporting clients in grid reliability and AI infrastructure. -Unusual among engineering firms, it bridges traditional civil projects with cutting-edge digital and AI-enabled infrastructure solutions.

Sector Specialisms

Security Clearance

-pre‑employment drug screen required; must have a valid driver's license with a clean record.