Senior Environmental 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 currently seeking a full-time Senior Environmental Compliance Manager to join our team of professionals in our Nashville, TN  office. This is an excellent opportunity to join and grow EnSafe, getting involved in a variety of projects for a diverse range of clients across the globe.  

Candidates must be willing to work out of the Nashville, TN office; relocation assistance is available to meet this expectation.

This role offers varied daily work. As Senior Environmental Compliance Manager, you’ll lead and mentor junior compliance staff while partnering with EnSafe’ s senior compliance leaders in the Southeast and across the U.S. to guide client programs and drive project outcomes.  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 status with regulations pertaining to air, water and waste and assist clients with applying for and complying with various 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.

In this position, you will:

The successful candidate should have a demonstrated ability to navigate local, state, and federal air permitting regulations, along with expertise in leading labor and material estimates, proposals, and business development efforts. They should be capable of developing and expanding existing market connections and client relationships. Areas of business include:

• Preparing environmental compliance reports and air permit applications in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements 
• Periodic overnight travel to client locations throughout the U.S. to perform environmental compliance audits or to assist clients with specific environmental compliance determinations and tasks.
• Assist with leading environmental compliance service line in and mentor/supervise younger environmental compliance staff. 

• Ensuring appropriate corrective and preventive action is taken to address non-conformance at client sites.
• In some cases, providing clients with project management, coordination, and implementation of comprehensive project work associated with environmental regulatory compliance and permitting. 

Minimum Skills and Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, environmental science, or related field.
• 15 years of relevant Environmental Compliance experience.
• A Professional Engineering license, Certified Hazardous Materials Manager, or other environmental certifications is 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.

• Experience with the following:

• Air emission source permitting (PBR/NSR & Federal Title V)
• Air dispersion models
• Air Toxic Assessments
• EPCRA 312 and 313 reporting
• SPCC Plans and SWPPPs
• Compliance auditing
• Hazardous waste reporting and contingency plans
• Industrial wastewater discharge permitting and semiannual reporting

• 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.

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. 

Check us out on the web at www.ensafe.com 

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