Director of Environmental Affairs

Director of Environmental Affairs

Full Time Clerical Seattle, WA, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

• Hires, trains, manages, and coaches environmental team staff (directly or indirectly) to ensure maximum performance.
• Develops, reviews, and edits facility and vessel oil discharge contingency plans, operations manuals, security plans, and related documents.
• Prepares regulatory permits and applications. Inspects facilities for environmental compliance.
• Tracks regulatory changes, analyzes new regulations for applicability, and develops programs, processes, or procedures for compliance with new and existing regulations.
• Owns and manages agreed-upon department budget.
• Effectively communicates with agency personnel, industry colleagues, contractors, and coworkers.
• Leads and ensures management of environmental remediation projects, including developing strategy, budgeting, document retention, internal reporting, and coordinating cleanup measures with third party contractors in compliance with State and Federal law.
• Provides guidance to company personnel on potential or actual breaches of compliance regulations and recommends corrective or preventative actions.
• Completes all aspects of environmental due diligence, including, hiring third party contractors, initiating and reviewing Phase I and Phase II ESAs, developing information requests, reviewing all provided environmental documents, advising on compliance with State and Federal law, and onboarding/training of new entities.
• Integration of new acquisitions to North Star environmental compliance program.
• Provides regulatory training to staff.
• Proactively identifies best practices and opportunities for improvement with regard to environmental compliance and initiatives.
• Actively works to mitigate environmental risk and exposure for all North Star Energy companies, including, but not limited to, seeking closure for agency reportable spills, pushing contaminated sites toward closure, interfacing with customers, identifying and remedying potential exposures, and advising on environmental position and compliance risk during acquisitions and divestitures.
• Actively participates in North Star Energy Business Continuity Group and business resilience development initiatives.
• Leads and facilitates the development and training of Incident Management Teams (IMTs) across North Star Energy companies. Includes initial development; routine reviews and updates; maintenance of contact matrices; training of staff; implementing, facilitating, and participating in various types of drills and exercises in a multitude of roles, including without limitation Incident Commander, Liaison Officer, Planning Section Chief, and/or Environmental Unit Lead.
• Participates in industry organizations, attending meetings, conferences, and training as appropriate.
• This position requires travel to all North Star Energy company locations.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Responsible for all matters of employment including recruiting, training, development, promotion, discipline, and termination.
• Comply with North Star’s Affiative Action Plan, EEO, Non-Discrimination, Harassment, and all other HR policies and procedures.
• Effectively communicate regional goals and objectives.
• Provide direction and leadership to achieve company Core Values, Mission, and Safety Vision.
• Process employee evaluations in a timely manner.
• Direct, motivate and develop employees for maximum performance.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 12-15 years of experience in multi-media environmental compliance or environmental consulting or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience working with regulations and/or regulators in one or more of the following states:
  Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, and Washington.
• Experience with fuel storage facilities and infrastructure, tank barges, and tugs preferred.
• Experience with air and stormwater regulations preferred.
• Professional credential, such as Registered Environmental Manager (REM®) preferred.
• Employer‑subsidized medical, dental, and vision…