Environmental Compliance Manager

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Position Summary:

Environmental Affairs Environmental Affairs Director Exempt G The Environmental Compliance Manager plays a pivotal leadership role within Port Houston’s Environmental Affairs team. The Environmental Compliance Manager will lead the team of coordinators through compliance, permitting, auditing, and a variety of other complicated environmental programs from cross functional disciplines including air, water, waste, sustainability, construction project oversight, remediation, tanks, spills, hazmat coordination, environmental permits, and regulatory oversight with various agencies (USACE, EPA, TCEQ, NEPA, etc).

Provides subject matter and technical expertise in a minimum of four scientific disciplines, while managing contracts, budgets, and consultant work to achieve and sustain environmental initiatives.

Key Responsibilities /Duties:

Develop, manage, and oversee environmental programs with and through the environmental compliance coordinators.

Examine Port Houston operations to identify process improvements and ensure compliance with environmental regulations across the organization

Manage day-to-day activities of the Environmental Compliance Coordinators Support Port Houston’s efforts by ensuring permitting and compliance projects meet current environmental regulations and best practices and will service as a backup to the director of environmental affairs during his/her absence

Act as a mentor to the other Environmental Compliance Coordinators and is acting as an Environmental Affairs Director, as needed

Assist in developing a five- and ten-year strategic plan to minimize Port Houston’s environmental footprint in a sustainable fashion, develop metrics to track progress, and re-assess and report on progress annually

Develop scopes of work, negotiate contracts for professional environmental services, and manage environmental consultants

Oversee and manage highly complex permits, and contracts through legal requirements, project management, cost constraints and budgets

Coordinate business functions with the appropriate regulatory agencies to ensure that all required permitting is in place, and that permit limitations are compatible with business needs

Develop and implement environmental strategies and action plans

Assess and implement existing and proposed local, state and federal regulations

Assist with environmental compliance through education, training, implementation of corporate compliance and company initiatives

Serve as permit project manager for all non-marine, land-based environmental permits, including:

Nationwide Permits (NWP) under Section 404/10/401, with USACE when applicableTCEQ permits and registrations (e.g., stormwater, remediation, air, waste).EPA-regulated activities, such as spill prevention, hazardous materials, and site investigations

Monitor, interpret, track, and analyze proposed environmental, energy and related legislation, regulations, and policies at the federal, state, and local levels that could potentially adversely impact Port Houston or could significantly increase environmental compliance requirements and costs

Lead or support NEPA compliance processes, including…