Environmental Commodities Manager

Department: Environmental Commodities
Reports to: Chief Financial Officer
Compensation: Salary starting range $85,000 - $100,000, Commensurate to Skills and Experience
Hours: Full-time: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
Benefits
• Three weeks of paid vacation
• Paid sick time
• Eight & a half paid holidays per year
• Two paid flexible holidays per year
• ICHRA Health Insurance Reimbursement
• 100% Employer Paid Dental & Vision Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Life Insurance
• 100% Employer Paid Prestige Urgent Care for employees and dependents
• Other benefits accrue over the first 3-24 months, including: additional paid vacation, 401k with company matching, and quarterly profit share.
Place of Work: Corporate Headquarters - 1730 South Street, Redding CA, 96001
Company Overview
Maas Energy Works is the leading developer and operator of agricultural waste-to-energy
systems in the United States. The Company designs, develops, constructs, and operates biogas powered renewable energy generation systems on dairy farms. Our projects include anaerobic digesters, biogas-powered electric generation, and renewable natural gas upgrading.
Position Description
MEW is seeking an Environmental Commodities Manager (“EC Manager”) to join and lead our Environmental Commodities (“EC”) department. The EC Manager will serve in managing a portfolio of agricultural renewable energy projects participating in various environmental commodity markets such as the Federal Renewable Fuels Standard (“RFS”), California Low Carbon Fuels Standard (“LCFS”), Oregon Clean Fuels Program (“CFP”), California Cap and Trade Offset Protocols, etc.
The EC Manager will be responsible for overseeing and managing environmental credit operations for a growing portfolio of dairy-to-biogas projects. Specifically, the EC Manager will be responsible for managing a team tasked with handling all aspects of the project specific environmental credit lifecycle process including, pathway registration with regulatory agencies, credit generation/monetization, environmental credit reporting/compliance, carbon intensity modeling for current and prospective projects, market analysis, offtake/relationship management and environmental policy advocacy. Furthermore, the EC Manager will be responsible for contributing to the strategic development of business opportunities in new markets outside the typical Biomethane-to CNG space.
Responsibilities
• Oversee all carbon intensity modeling using the CA-GREET Simplified Calculators and coordinate with Staff in analyzing site specific operating data.
• Coordinate with MEW departments to maintain detailed development and operational processes built around LCFS and RFS compliance, including strict recordkeeping requirements.
• Oversee compilation of RFS and LCFS registration packages - including managing all Staff and third party contractors,
• Oversee generation and documentation of RFS and LCFS credits for delivery to partners, auditors, and agencies. Oversee and execute RIN and LCFS credit sales as applicable.
• Build and maintain site specific RNG production and dispensing forecasting models necessary for credit inventory management and cash flow reporting.
• Coordinate with the Finance and Accounting Departments on forecasting project revenue and recording actual revenue generation.
• Oversee the management of RIN and LCFS credit inventory through the EPA Moderated Transaction System (“EMTS”) and LCFS Reporting Tool (“LRT”) respectively including initiating transfers to buyers.
• Produce monthly KPI reporting for senior management detailing RNG production, credit generation, and RNG/Credit inventory position.
• Manage system to forecast the carbon intensity score of all operating projects in real time to ensure compliance with the project’s certified CI score.
• Manage a database of CNG offtake contracts and implement a schedule of deliverables pursuant to each individual contract.
• Work with Development team to optimize the design of future agriculture digester projects pursuant to LCFS requirements and optimal carbon intensity modeling.
• Coordinate with Project Management on project timelines and implement RFS and LCFS registration schedules accordingly.
• Coordinate with Sales and Project Development Teams in constructing project proformas and updating project budget models.
• Maintain a database of LCFS market data related to renewable natural gas (“RNG”) including registered facilities, total natural gas vehicle fuel demand, RNG saturation rate, and dairy gas saturation rate.
• Compile and maintain a database of RFS market data related to all D-Code generation and transaction activity including RVO targets, RIN generation, RIN retirement, small refinery exemptions, etc.
• Conduct extensive envi