# Senior Environmental Engineer - Regional Permitting and Compliance at Mariana Minerals

- Company: Mariana Minerals
- What the company does: Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company focused on supplying the minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. Backed by Khosla and a16z.
- Company website: https://marianaminerals.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco HQ
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $100K to $150K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/marianaminerals/41e58259-d28b-483a-9620-df1da5887f55
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mariana-minerals-senior-environmental-engineer-regional-permitting-and-complianc/

## About the role

Mariana Minerals is hiring a Regional Permitting and Compliance Environmental Engineer to own permitting execution and compliance implementation across our U.S. mining, processing, and refining project sites.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's or master's degree in Environmental Engineering, Civil/Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, or a related field
- 7+ years of U.S. environmental permitting and compliance experience in mining, energy, or large infrastructure, with demonstrated ownership of agency relationships across multiple concurrent projects
- Demonstrated familiarity with the multijurisdictional U.S. environmental regulatory framework — local, state, and federal — and the ability to navigate overlapping requirements across agencies
- Direct experience managing NEPA EA/EIS processes, including coordination with BLM and multi-disciplinary consultant teams, through Record of Decision
- Working knowledge of CAA, CWA, RCRA, ESA, EPCRA, and state/local permitting and compliance programs
- Experience integrating permitting requirements into FEL 1–3 and detailed design, and implementing or auditing Environmental Management Systems (EMS)

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