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H-1B visa consulting jobs in New Mexico are concentrated around Albuquerque and Santa Fe, where federal contractors, national labs like Sandia and Los Alamos, and firms such as Deloitte and Booz Allen Hamilton operate. New Mexico's government services sector and energy consulting work create steady demand for specialized professionals who need H-1B sponsorship.
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At WSP, we are inspired by bringing together the right people to be a part of future-focused business objectives to support our vast client base. Across the world, the importance of ethical environmental systems and projects are the foundation of shaping the future of our environment. Through public consultancy, strategic planning practices and stakeholder engagement, we can provide clients a concrete and realistic understanding of a project’s impact.
As a world-wide leader of environmental and transportation consulting and planning services, we invite you to be a part of that vision. Our Planning & Environment group is looking for an Environmental Planner / Field Biologist to support and add to our wide and diverse range of environmental planning services that enables future-ready growth.
Your Impact
Design
- Assists with the planning, development, and implementation of environmental projects to ensure that development projects comply with environmental laws and regulations under close supervision
- Participate in planning studies and documents related to environmental planning, including; National Environmental Policy Act documentation and/or other environmental planning documentation, figures and maps for environmental and transportation planning studies.
- Conducts biological evaluations in support of planning projects.
- Contribute to the natural resources portions of planning documents
- Demonstrated commitment to keeping up-to-date in knowledge of current trends and planning practices
- Coordination, preparation, and submittal of regulatory development applications and other land use planning for energy, transportation, or government projects with supervision
- Maintains and designs project tracking mechanisms, process design, and record keeping
- Assist with implementation of project development requirements with WSP personnel, outside contractors, and agency/tribal stakeholders
Analyze
- Conducts data collection, research, field surveys, and technical work under supervision - up to 75% time spent traveling
- Support land development projects with consideration given to the natural environment, social, political, and economic factors to achieve sustainable outcomes while following local, state, federal, and/or tribal environmental regulations and procedures.
- Prepares technical memoranda, documentation, and reports under supervision
- Responsible for understanding regulatory rules and rule changes
Collaborate
- Begin to provide guidance to junior staff or interns to assist with project flow
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Collaborate on presentation material and ideas with other staff in preparation for public meetings or interactions
- Participate in public and stakeholder engagement in a professional manner
- Other duties as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, Ecology, Biological Science (Botany, Wildlife Biology, etc.), Natural Resource Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience.)
- 1 to 3 years of experience working in the environmental planning field, completing environmental field surveys for plants and animals, construction support, impact assessments, and permitting.
- Proficiency with local plant and animal identification
- Effective analytical skills and prior experience with research techniques, local/regional ecology and habitats, and applicable species required.
- Knowledge of relevant environmental laws, permitting requirements, notification and compliance practices, and applicable Regional/State/Federal regulatory framework.
- Proficient technical writing skills
- Proficient interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience.
- Experience with discipline-specific software (Microsoft Office Suite).
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek. Travel for 1-10 nights may be required depending on project-specific requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, or a related field
- Exposure to ArcGIS
- Experience working with tribal, federal, state, or local agencies or the public
- May participate in and conduct field delineation of wetlands and waters of the US or other field or permitting activities
- Experience conducting protocol surveys for special status species, particularly avian raptors and endangered plants
- Familiarity with rules and regulations related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Endangered Species Act; Migratory Bird Treaty Act; Clean Water Act; and state and local environmental rules and regulations and related reporting requirements (e.g., Environmental Assessments; Biological Assessments; Reclamation Plans; Pre-Construction Notifications; reclamation and restoration regulations)
- Eager to participate in land management to promote responsible, sustainable development of oil and gas projects, renewable energy infrastructure, roads and bridges, and more.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
This Opportunity
At WSP, we are inspired by bringing together the right people to be a part of future-focused business objectives to support our vast client base. Across the world, the importance of ethical environmental systems and projects are the foundation of shaping the future of our environment. Through public consultancy, strategic planning practices and stakeholder engagement, we can provide clients a concrete and realistic understanding of a project’s impact.
As a world-wide leader of environmental and transportation consulting and planning services, we invite you to be a part of that vision. Our Planning & Environment group is looking for an Environmental Planner / Field Biologist to support and add to our wide and diverse range of environmental planning services that enables future-ready growth.
Your Impact
Design
- Assists with the planning, development, and implementation of environmental projects to ensure that development projects comply with environmental laws and regulations under close supervision
- Participate in planning studies and documents related to environmental planning, including; National Environmental Policy Act documentation and/or other environmental planning documentation, figures and maps for environmental and transportation planning studies.
- Conducts biological evaluations in support of planning projects.
- Contribute to the natural resources portions of planning documents
- Demonstrated commitment to keeping up-to-date in knowledge of current trends and planning practices
- Coordination, preparation, and submittal of regulatory development applications and other land use planning for energy, transportation, or government projects with supervision
- Maintains and designs project tracking mechanisms, process design, and record keeping
- Assist with implementation of project development requirements with WSP personnel, outside contractors, and agency/tribal stakeholders
Analyze
- Conducts data collection, research, field surveys, and technical work under supervision - up to 75% time spent traveling
- Support land development projects with consideration given to the natural environment, social, political, and economic factors to achieve sustainable outcomes while following local, state, federal, and/or tribal environmental regulations and procedures.
- Prepares technical memoranda, documentation, and reports under supervision
- Responsible for understanding regulatory rules and rule changes
Collaborate
- Begin to provide guidance to junior staff or interns to assist with project flow
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
- Collaborate on presentation material and ideas with other staff in preparation for public meetings or interactions
- Participate in public and stakeholder engagement in a professional manner
- Other duties as required by business needs.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Planning, Ecology, Biological Science (Botany, Wildlife Biology, etc.), Natural Resource Management, or a related field (or equivalent experience.)
- 1 to 3 years of experience working in the environmental planning field, completing environmental field surveys for plants and animals, construction support, impact assessments, and permitting.
- Proficiency with local plant and animal identification
- Effective analytical skills and prior experience with research techniques, local/regional ecology and habitats, and applicable species required.
- Knowledge of relevant environmental laws, permitting requirements, notification and compliance practices, and applicable Regional/State/Federal regulatory framework.
- Proficient technical writing skills
- Proficient interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to a technical and non-technical audience.
- Experience with discipline-specific software (Microsoft Office Suite).
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP’s health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.
- Ability to work schedules conducive to project-specific requirements that may extend beyond the typical workweek. Travel for 1-10 nights may be required depending on project-specific requirements
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, biology, or a related field
- Exposure to ArcGIS
- Experience working with tribal, federal, state, or local agencies or the public
- May participate in and conduct field delineation of wetlands and waters of the US or other field or permitting activities
- Experience conducting protocol surveys for special status species, particularly avian raptors and endangered plants
- Familiarity with rules and regulations related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); Endangered Species Act; Migratory Bird Treaty Act; Clean Water Act; and state and local environmental rules and regulations and related reporting requirements (e.g., Environmental Assessments; Biological Assessments; Reclamation Plans; Pre-Construction Notifications; reclamation and restoration regulations)
- Eager to participate in land management to promote responsible, sustainable development of oil and gas projects, renewable energy infrastructure, roads and bridges, and more.
About WSP
WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.
WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.
At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?
WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.
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Which consulting companies sponsor H-1B visas in New Mexico?
The most consistent H-1B sponsors in New Mexico's consulting sector include large federal contractors and professional services firms such as Booz Allen Hamilton, Deloitte, Accenture, and Leidos, which maintain significant presences near Albuquerque and the national laboratories corridor. Smaller management and IT consulting firms operating under government contracts also file H-1B petitions, though sponsorship activity varies by project cycle and headcount needs.
Which cities in New Mexico have the most consulting H-1B sponsorship jobs?
Albuquerque accounts for the large majority of consulting H-1B sponsorship activity in New Mexico, driven by its concentration of federal agencies, defense contractors, and technology firms. Santa Fe follows as the state capital with government-adjacent consulting demand. Los Alamos and the surrounding area also generate specialized scientific and technical consulting roles tied to national laboratory operations.
What types of consulting roles typically qualify for H-1B sponsorship?
H-1B sponsorship in consulting generally applies to specialty occupation roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field. Common qualifying positions include management consultants, IT consultants, cybersecurity consultants, data analytics consultants, and engineering consultants. In New Mexico, roles supporting federal agencies, energy projects, and defense programs are particularly prevalent. General advisory or business development roles without a defined degree requirement rarely qualify.
How do I find consulting H-1B sponsorship jobs in New Mexico?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for international job seekers and filters consulting H-1B sponsorship jobs in New Mexico by visa type, so you're not sifting through listings from employers who don't sponsor. You can search by state and industry to surface active opportunities with confirmed sponsorship history. This saves significant time compared to manually researching each employer's past H-1B filing behavior through government disclosure data.
Are there any state-specific considerations for H-1B consulting jobs in New Mexico?
New Mexico's consulting market is heavily shaped by federal contracting, which means many positions require security clearances or the ability to obtain one. H-1B visa holders can apply for security clearances, but the process is complex and approval is not guaranteed for non-U.S. citizens. Consulting firms in New Mexico often prioritize candidates who already hold clearances, which can limit the pool of sponsorship-eligible openings at certain employers.
What is the prevailing wage for H-1B consulting jobs in New Mexico?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.