Director, Compliance

Under the direction of the Senior Vice President of Environmental Affairs, the Director of Compliance will oversee all compliance requirements during development, construction, and operation phases of assets owned within Apex’s portfolio. The Director of Compliance will provide technical expertise and strategic direction to project teams, ensuring alignment with the adopted company compliance policies, ethics and commitment to the company’s five core values, while maintaining the highest standard of environmental stewardship and regulatory compliance.The Director of Compliance will be responsible for fostering and consistently championing a culture of compliance by solving construction and operational challenges proactively through collaborative relationships with key internal and external project stakeholders. Additionally, this role will be responsible for identifying and communicating potential compliance risks, conflict resolution and problem solving, and emerging issues as well as opportunities for continuous improvement, best management practices and procedures to the Development, Construction and Asset Management teams. The ideal candidate will have comprehensive compliance management experience 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 ResponsibilitiesThe Director of Compliance is responsible for overseeing the company's adopted compliance plan and policies. This includes:Ensuring 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.Promote a culture of compliance excellence to ensure efficient compliance management practices are adhered to along with demonstrated ability to work collaboratively within and lead multi-disciplinary teams.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 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.Conduct compliance audits through data-driven program assessments, report synthesis, analysis and other evaluation tools and applicable software or other company systems.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.