Natural Resources Specialist

☄️Ignite Your Career with Blackwater!

Join Blackwater, a dynamic and growing woman-owned environmental planning firm, as our Natural Resources Specialist ! We’re on the hunt for a passionate, motivated, and driven professional to play a key role in expanding our services. With high growth potential, it’s more than a job—it’s a launchpad for your career! 🚀

This is a full-time, hybrid position following an initial onboarding period—offering the flexibility you need and the opportunity you deserve. Come be part of a team that values your expertise, fuels your ambition, and celebrates your success!

Basic Roles

• Coordinate natural resource regulatory compliance for infrastructure projects
• Lead and perform field investigations, including wetland and stream delineations, forest stand delineations, natural resource inventories, and analyze data collected
• Review project descriptions and plans to determine how natural resources may be affected by infrastructure projects and make recommendations to avoid, minimize, or mitigate project impacts
• Prepare technical reports documenting methodologies and findings of research and field investigations and develop related National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) documentation
• Conduct regulatory agency coordination to seek input and obtain approval of impacts to regulated natural resources
• Prepare agency consultation documentation and permit applications
• Apply for regulatory approvals for field delineations and adjust wetland delineations as necessary to obtain approval
• Support our natural resource related business and proposal development

Minimum Requirements & Essential Skills

Preferred Education, Skills, & Experience

Salary Range

$74,800 to $125,000 annually

​Blackwater offers competitive compensation commensurate with experience; a benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance; company paid short-term disability and life insurance; paid time off and a 401k retirement plan with company matching. Blackwater also offers professional development compensation including certifications, advanced education courses, and training. To learn more about Blackwater, please visit our website at

To Apply

Please email resume and cover letter to Julie Newman at julie@blackwaterenvironmentalgroup.com

​Blackwater Environmental Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.