Senior Environmental Permitting Specialist

Senior Environmental Permitting Specialist

DNV Energy USA, Inc. seeks a Senior Environmental Permitting Specialist to work at our Houston, TX office with 5% domestic travel and 5% international travel.

Job Duties:

• Support renewable energy project site selection and characterization studies.
• Lead the preparation and submission of permit applications, coordination of environmental fieldwork, authoring of environmental reporting documentation including critical issues analyses, technical permitting studies and management plans, Phase I ESAs, environmental impact assessments, mitigation and monitoring plans, technical project proposals, agency consultation and stakeholder engagement programs.
• Provide support for technical due diligence reviews of environmental permits for project financing activities.
• Organize consulting activities with different stakeholder groups, including federal and state regulatory agencies such as the BLM or USFWS, local communities, and Tribes or First Nations.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with Midwest regulatory agencies (and/or other US regions).
• Maintain sustainable relationships and good communication with clients, vendors, subcontractors, and other project stakeholders.
• Assist in business development activities including preparing proposals for each client/project, maintaining strong client relationships, and attending client meetings to support further service offering expansion.
• Participate in DNV's thought leadership activities in coordination with the EPS Head of Section and Team Leads to organize publications, presentations, white papers, and other general scientific and regulatory knowledge-sharing activities related to special analysis for the renewable industry.
• Requires 5% domestic, 5% international travel. Role is hybrid allowing periodic work from home within reasonable commuting distance of the Houston, TX office.

Salary range: $125,258/year

What We Offer

• Generous paid time off (vacation, sick days, company holidays, personal days)
• Multiple Medical and Dental benefit plans to choose from, Vision benefits
• Spending accounts – FSA, Dependent Care, Commuter Benefits, company-seeded HSA
• Employer-paid, therapist-led, virtual care services through Talkspace
• 401(k) with company match
• Company provided life insurance, short-term, and long-term disability benefits
• Education reimbursement program
• Flexible work schedule with hybrid opportunities
• Charitable Matched Giving and Volunteer Rewards through our Impact Program
• Volunteer time off (VTO) paid by the company
• Career advancement opportunities

**Benefits vary based on position, tenure, location, and employee election**

Opportunities Beyond Business

Our mission is to safeguard life, property and the environment. By joining us, you will work towards our meaningful vision to make a global impact for a safe and sustainable future. DNV offers a congenial working environment, competitive salaries, and an exceptional benefits package.

Local employment conditions apply.

DNV is one of the world's leading certification bodies. We help businesses assure the performance of their organizations, products, people, facilities and supply chains through certification, verification, assessment, and training services. Partnering with our customers, we build sustainable business performance and create stakeholder trust across all types of industries.

DNV is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion. Diversity is fundamental to our culture and we invite you to be part of this diversity! For more information about your rights under the law, see:

About You

Main Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Environmental Science/Engineering, Environmental Law/Policy, Natural Sciences or related field of study and five (5) years of experience as a Senior Environmental Permitting Specialist and Project Manager, Environmental Specialist, or related role where required experience gained.

Special Skills: Also requires experience in the following:

• Four (4) years of environmental or permitting experience in North America;
• Environmental assessment regulatory frameworks as applied to renewable energy (wind, solar, or battery storage);
• Engaging with the federal and state regulatory agencies such as the BLM or USFWS, local communities, and Tribes or First Nations; and
• Project management, agency consultation, environmental analysis, and business development, including experience building and maintaining relationships with a client base.

Job Info

• Job Identification 7583
• Job Category Specialist
• Posting Date 09/15/2026, 07:44 PM
• Locations Houston, TX, United States (Hybrid)
• Apply Before 09/29/2026, 10:00 PM
• Job Schedule Full time