Sr. Director, Compliance

Company Description

Apex Clean Energy was founded with a singular focus: to accelerate the shift to clean energy. Through origination, construction, and operation of utility-scale wind, solar, and storage facilities, distributed energy resources, and green fuel technologies, Apex is expanding the renewable frontier across North America. Our mission-driven team of more than 400 professionals uses a data-focused approach and an unrivaled portfolio of projects to create solutions for the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking customers. For more information about how Apex is building the energy company of the future, visit apexcleanenergy.com.

Apex strives to excel in every phase of project realization, from origination and financing to construction and asset management. Our mission-driven team seeks determined, resolute individuals who strive to innovate and go above the call of duty, and who will relentlessly do their part to help accelerate the shift to America’s clean energy future. 

Job Description

Under the direction of the Senior Vice President of Environmental Affairs, the Senior Director of Compliance will oversee and direct the environmental and permitting compliance program for Apex’s portfolio of commercial-scale wind, solar, and storage and distributed generation facility projects from construction through operations. The Senior Director of Compliance will provide environmental and permitting technical expertise and strategic direction to project teams, ensuring alignment with the adopted company compliance policy, ethics and commitment to the five core values, while maintaining the highest standard of environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance with all permits, including local, state, and federal permits (both discretionary and environmental), stormwater discharge permits, and spill prevention/control plans.

The Senior Director of Compliance will consistently champion a culture of environmental compliance by facing construction and operational challenges, proactively and focusing on continuous improvement of project best management practices through collaborative relationships with key internal and external project stakeholders. The ideal candidate will have comprehensive compliance and permitting technical expertise amongst local, state, and federal environmental laws and regulations as well as excellent communication, organizational, and program management skills with high-visibility, multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects. 

Primary Responsibilities  

The Senior Director of Compliance is responsible for overseeing the company’s adopted compliance plan and policies. This includes:  

• Ensure that the company’s adopted compliance plan and policies are enacted for all relevant issued permits and conditions including shorter-term construction and long-term operational compliance.
• As a multifaceted subject matter expert, manage and lead the review and implementation of all issued relevant permits and conditions for internal and external project stakeholders in order to draft comprehensive project compliance plans to ensure compliance is met to the highest standards.
• Develop and manage internal procedures to ensure timely reports to internal stakeholders and required notifications to local, state, and federal government agencies (i.e., any requirements to remain in compliance with issued permits and conditions).
• Develop metrics and tools to establish and track Key Performance Indicators for compliance along with development of best management practices.
• Develop and implement training and educational tools to support construction and operations teams in meeting regulatory obligations and permit requirements.
• Oversee site environmental incident investigations, including root cause investigation and corrective action(s) and conduct compliance assessments, when necessary, and communicate findings and solutions to address areas of opportunities in best practices.
• Work cross-departmentally to maintain clear communication and expectations as pertaining to environmental compliance.
• Participating in the development and execution of a project permitting strategy in close collaboration with each Project team.
• Working cross-departmentally to maintain clear communication and smooth collaboration at early stages of the project development process as it pertains to permitting.
• Oversee field environmental compliance specialists and conduct routine site visits to verify the compliance program is enacted and ensure corrective actions are implemented, as needed, within required timeframes.

Qualifications

To succeed as a Senior Director of Compliance at Apex Clean Energy, you’ll need to display excellence within the following criteria:

• Bachelor of Scie