Environmental Compliance Project Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Oversee all active projects within the Compliance service area.

• Manage the daily operations of the Compliance service area, including personnel, projects, priorities, systems, and client communications.

• Assign, monitor, complete, and escalate tasks as necessary.

• Develop and maintain compliance calendars across multiple sites, covering testing, certifications, vapor recovery, cathodic protection, release detection reviews, and walkthrough inspections.

• Establish milestones and ensure sites remain ahead of deadlines.

• Lead the onboarding of new client portfolios and facilitate program transitions.

• Oversee return-to-compliance projects that address violations, failed tests, and suspected releases.

• Allocate and balance workloads among Compliance Specialists.

• Coordinate with testing and repair contractors to ensure adherence to scope, schedule, and documentation requirements.

• Anticipate resource and capacity needs while identifying delivery gaps.

• Manage project budgets, including work in progress, invoicing, billable hours, purchase orders, overruns, and change orders.

• Oversee registration, permitting, financial assurance, and state fund work for construction, replacements, removals, closures, and ownership transfers.

• Act as the primary client contact, providing status reports, dashboards, and risk summaries.

• Monitor open items, deadlines, recurring problem sites, issues, and risks until resolution.

• Supervise, mentor, train, and foster the professional growth of Compliance Specialists.

• Keep Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), training materials, workflows, and quality-control practices up to date.

• Organize technical training and cross-training initiatives.

• Offer UST compliance technical guidance and coordinate with internal or external subject-matter experts.

• Assess compliance opportunities, define resource needs, support scopes and work plans, and ensure deliverability.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of three years of experience in UST or AST compliance with an owner or operator, an environmental consultancy, or a state program, including coordinating work across multiple sites.

• At least three years of experience leading or supervising teams or project groups; responsible for task assignment and feedback provision.

• Proven project management experience, including schedule planning, deadline management, proactive communication, vendor coordination, stakeholder engagement, and documented project closure.

• Ability to operate within established frameworks and processes.

• Capability to develop and train team members on systems and processes.

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent projects effectively.

• Strong ownership mentality and the ability to see issues through to resolution.

• Familiarity with 40 CFR Part 280 and at least one state UST program.

• Completion of Class A or Class B operator training, or willingness to complete it.

• Confidence in direct interactions with clients, owners, operators, contractors, and regulators.

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong Excel proficiency.

• Experience with a compliance platform.

• Familiarity with project management platforms.

• Availability for the shared on-call rotation.

• Preferred but not mandatory: experience with Monday.com, PMP or CAPM certification or active pursuit, managing a multi-state site portfolio, compliance program onboarding or transitions, state-agency relationships, or involvement with state UST cleanup programs.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• 401(k) plan with employer contributions.

• Paid time off.

• Holiday pay.

• Company-funded life insurance.

• Coverage for certification and continuing education costs, including Class A and B operator training and project management credentials.

• Remote work options with flexibility, evaluating performance based on deliverables.