Director, Regulatory Assurance

Duties & Responsibilities

• Development, implementation, and maintaining the Regulatory Compliance Assurance Program for LNG facility assets.
• Serve as the subject matter expert in Regulatory areas concerning LNG export facilities; Specifically for PHMSA, FERC, and USCG requirements.
• Leads the regulatory compliance assurance program necessary for Federal, State, and Local audits.
• Performs internal compliance assurance activities in coordination with applicable stakeholders in preparation of routine Federal, State, and Local audits or inspections
• Lead and participate in Federal, State, and Local Regulatory Agency site audits and inspections for LNG Projects.
• Reviews external state and federal agency audit findings and provides recommendations to internal procedures and/or compliance manuals.
• Identify potential areas of compliance vulnerability or risks and provides reports to Supervisor and other LNG business stakeholders.
• Lead in evaluation of Federal Register updates and facilitating the updating of processes, procedures and training to maintain compliance.
• Work with Operations SME’s to address areas of improvement identified from field assessments and/or changes to Venture Global processes and procedures.
• Lead in supporting the development and implementation of internal regulatory inspection and audit program.
• Maintain working knowledge of regulatory requirements, company procedures and documents to satisfy those requirements.
• Assists with communicating and implementing improvements to programs and documentation to ensure compliance with regulations
• Support engineering design reviews of Implementation Plans (IP’s), IA Question sets, and Data Requests from various Regulators for compliance validation of Company Permits and Applicable Laws.
• Support in safety related incident management issues on behalf of the Regulatory Department
• Support review of MOC’s for compliance validation.
• Support in executing external regulatory reporting obligations.
• Support Operations procedure reviews and ensuring procedure updates are maintained in accordance with applicable law.
• Analyze Compliance data mining to determine necessary training or program modifications required for Compliance Management.
• Support the Company’s functional groups in planning, process and control management.
• Coordinates with LNG Project and Operations personnel, engineering and other stakeholders to share lessons learned, experiences, and knowledge to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Associates degree is preferred or equivalent experience.
• 10 years in Regulatory management or similar industry.
• A minimum of 2 years of experience in LNG and Gas Transmission Compliance.
• Must maintain a Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) card in good standing status.
• Extensive experience managing regulatory dialogue in the US and working closely with US regulatory agencies, especially FERC and PHMSA.
• Corporate or consulting experience in designing and implementing compliance programs preferred.

Skills

• Experience in PHMSA, FERC, and USCG rules and regulations is required.
• Excellent research, written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient data analytics capabilities.
• Strong logistics, time management, planning and scheduling skills required.
• An acute sensitivity to safety issues in a hazardous environment.
• Effective communicator at all levels of an organization with individuals and groups from different disciplines, industries and governmental agencies.
• Computer savvy including Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• Experience In Adobe Captivate, Articulate 360, or equivalent e-learning design software preferred.
• Ability to interface and effectively communicate with different groups, including operations staff, maintenance staff, engineering departments, human resources, regulators and other Company work groups.
• Ability to multi-task and function in a highly-dynamic atmosphere.