Senior NEPA Specialist
Energy Project Solutions, LLC
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Description
Energy Project Solutions (EPS) is an energy consulting firm that helps partners deliver efficient, high-value projects through localized expertise and real-world insight. With more than 500 years of collective experience, our team leads complex energy developments from inception through construction, bringing deep knowledge across engineering, real estate, business development, and finance while leveraging strong relationships with developers, owners, financial institutions, and property owners nationwide.
We are seeking an experienced Senior NEPA Specialist to build, lead, and personally deliver a best-in-class NEPA practice across our energy, transmission, infrastructure, and transportation markets. This is a senior, revenue-carrying leadership role for a proven NEPA practitioner who personally originates, closes, and delivers NEPA work while serving as the primary client relationship owner and delivery lead; selling, scoping, defending, and executing work end to end.
What You’ll Do
- Own and grow trusted client relationships with federal, state, and utility decision-makers.
- Lead and deliver EAs, EISs, programmatic reviews, and permitting strategies from start to finish.
- “Do what needs to be done" mindset, taking ownership beyond assigned tasks and stepping in wherever needed to keep projects, teams, and customers supported and running smoothly.
- Independently scope, price, negotiate, and defend work.
- Serve as the primary client point of contact and trusted advisor.
- Manage scope, schedule, budget, and risk across complex NEPA engagements.
- Build, mentor, and lead project managers and subject matter experts.
- Contribute to firm-wide strategy across energy, transmission, infrastructure, and transportation sectors.
Who You Are
- Brings 7+ years of NEPA experience in Arizona and New Mexico, with a strong federal focus.
- Maintains direct agency relationships and repeat-client partnerships.
- Has a track record of sole-source and follow-on work.
- Comfortable owning projects end-to-end, including commercial and delivery risk.
- Proven at selling and delivering work without relying on internal handoffs.
- Operates with a hands-on, accountable, do-what-needs-to-be-done mindset.
Nice to Have
- Experience across transmission, renewable energy, infrastructure, or transportation projects.
- Existing relationships within the Southwest or Western U.S.
- Experience shaping or growing a NEPA practice within a consulting firm.
Why EPS?
At EPS, we believe your work should support your life, not the other way around. Here's what you can count on when you join our team:
- Meaningful Growth: Whether you're just starting out or looking to advance, we offer hands-on training, mentorship, and clear paths for professional development so you can grow with purpose.
- Real Collaboration: Join a team that brings diverse perspectives together to solve complex challenges with creativity, curiosity, and a shared commitment to quality.
- Respect for Your Time: We value work-life balance and offer generous PTO and a supportive environment that helps you manage both personal and professional responsibilities.
- Benefits That Care: You’ll have access to health coverage that supports your total well-being, plus a 401(k) match, paid holidays, and more resources to help you thrive.
- Weekly Team Lunches: Take a break and recharge with your teammates. We believe food brings people together.
- Culture That Connects: We invest in experiences that build strong teams and strong communities.
About this role
Energy Project Solutions is building out its NEPA practice and looking for a seasoned specialist to lead it. This is a senior role that combines hands-on delivery with business development and team leadership—you'll originate and close NEPA work while serving as the primary client contact, managing everything from scoping and pricing through project execution. The position demands someone comfortable owning commercial and delivery risk end-to-end, without relying on internal support to hand off pieces of the work.
You'll work across energy, transmission, infrastructure, and transportation projects, primarily in Arizona and New Mexico with a federal focus. The role expects you to build and maintain direct relationships with agencies and repeat clients, lead a team of project managers and subject matter experts, and contribute to firm-wide strategy. EPS values accountability and a pragmatic approach—they're looking for someone with at least seven years of NEPA experience who has demonstrated the ability to generate sole-source and follow-on work and can operate independently.
The position is based in Phoenix and requires in-office presence. EPS emphasizes work-life balance, offers health coverage and 401(k) matching, and provides mentorship and clear growth paths within the firm.
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