Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aligned Data Centers is a data center company focused on innovative infrastructure solutions and operational excellence. The Compliance Manager, Operations will own and scale the enterprise Operations Compliance Program, ensuring facilities comply with environmental, regulatory, permitting, contractual, and vendor requirements. The role will centralize compliance monitoring, reporting, auditing, data management, and continuous improvement across all sites.
Responsibilities
- Establish and own the enterprise Operations Compliance Program across all sites
- Develop standardized compliance frameworks, processes, and enforcement mechanisms
- Ensure consistent execution of compliance requirements across all markets
- Serve as the single point of accountability for Operations-related compliance risk
- Build centralized visibility into compliance status, risks, and gaps across the portfolio
- Own all air quality permitting requirements across the portfolio, including permit acquisition, renewals, and modifications
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local air quality regulations and permit conditions
- Implement and standardize generator hour tracking, emissions tracking, and environmental reporting processes
- Monitor generator usage against permitted limits and proactively mitigate risk of exceedances
- Lead regulatory reporting, including emissions inventories, deviation reports, and required filings
- Serve as primary point of contact for regulatory agencies and inspections
- Ensure all facilities maintain required operating permits and remain compliant with jurisdictional requirements
- Track permit conditions, renewal timelines, and regulatory obligations across all sties
- Develop centralized systems to monitor compliance status in real time
- Partner with site leadership to ensure adherence to all permit conditions and regulatory requirements
- Own compliance with customer contractual obligations related to operations and maintenance execution
- Ensure vendor scopes, service delivery, and maintenance practices align with contractual requirements and SLAs
- Establish validation processes to confirm contracted work is executed correctly and consistently
- Identify gaps between contracted scope and actual execution, and drive corrective actions
- Partner with Maintenance and Operations teams to ensure alignment between contracts, runbooks, and execution
- Develop and implement a standardized compliance audit program across all sites
- Conduct regular audits of environmental, regulatory, and contractual compliance
- Establish dashboards and reporting mechanisms to provide real-time compliance visibility
- Ensure accurate and timely submission of all regulatory reports and documentation
- Lead investigation of compliance deviations, including root cause analysis and corrective action plans
- Develop centralized systems for tracking compliance data, including permits, emissions, vendor performance, and contractual obligations
- Ensure accuracy, consistency, and auditability of all compliance-related data
- Leverage data to proactively identify risks, trends, and improvement opportunities
- Partner with Operations, Maintenance, Platform Delivery, Legal and external stakeholders
- Ensure compliance requirements are integrated into operational processes and decision-making
- Drive accountability across teams without direct reporting authority
- Identify gaps in compliance processes, systems, and execution
- Implement standardized processes to reduce risk and improve consistency
- Stay current with evolving regulatory requirements and assess impact to operations
- Drive proactive compliance culture across the organization
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in environmental science, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a related scientific or engineering field
- Minimum of 5-7 years of progressive experience in environmental compliance management, with a strong emphasis on air quality regulations and permitting
- Demonstrated experience managing air permits for industrial or commercial facilities, particularly those with standby generators
- Proven experience in developing and implementing data tracking systems for environmental compliance
- In-depth knowledge of EPA, and local air quality regulations
- Proficiency in environmental data management software and strong advanced Excel skills
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information to diverse audiences
- Proven ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability to influence and collaborate with various stakeholders across different departments
- Ability to sit or stand for extended periods
- Occasional travel to various facility sites may be requRequires a high level of commitment to customer service, whether co-workers or customers
- Ability to analyze and solve problems involving several options with limited information
- Requires good organizational skills, attention to detail and an openness to new ideas and procedures
- MSOffice 365 applications. i.e. Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint
- Master's degree
- Familiarity with SCADA/DCiM systems or other remote monitoring technologies for generator data collection is a plus
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement based out of one of the designated Aligned Data Centers locations.
- 401k match with immediate vesting.
- Free membership to Gympass, providing a health and wellness benefit.
- Competitive time off plan.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- HSA with employer contribution for eligible participants.
- FSA for health and dependent care.
- 401(k) plan with company match.
- Paid time off and holiday pay.
- Short-term disability insurance, life insurance, and long-term disability insurance with medical election.
- Voluntary life, critical illness, legal, and additional disability coverage.
- Employee assistance program (EAP), Wellhub gym membership, and other wellness initiatives.
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