Manager, LNG Regulatory Compliance

Venture Global LNG (“Venture Global”) is a long-term, low-cost provider of American-produced liquefied natural gas. The company’s Louisiana-based export projects service the global demand for North American natural gas and support the long-term development of clean and reliable North American energy supplies. Using reliable, proven technology in an innovative plant design configuration, Venture Global’s modular, mid-scale plant design will replace traditional designs as it allows for the same efficiency and operational reliability at significantly lower capital cost.

We are seeking qualified applicants for the position of LNG Regulatory Compliance Manager. This position will be located at the PQ LNG Facility.

General Description:

The PQ Regulatory Compliance Manager is responsible for development, implementation, and maintenance of the PQ LNG Regulatory Compliance Program to ensure strategies, procedures and assurance processes are established for addressing Federal, State, and Local regulatory requirements. The PQ Regulatory Compliance Manager must understand the regulatory aspects of the LNG Facility regarding security, safety, training, maintenance and operations in accordance with 49 CFR Part 193 and NFPA 59A as well as be knowledgeable in 33 CFR 127. This position will report to the Director of Regulatory Compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Development, implementation, and maintaining the PQ Regulatory Compliance Program
• Serve as the subject matter expert in Regulatory areas concerning LNG Operations; 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
• Support and participate in Federal, State, and Local Regulatory Agency site audits and inspections.
• 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.
• Conduct inspections and audits of PQLNG Operations and Maintenance activities and lead in implementation of any necessary corrective actions identified.
• 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 CPLNG processes and procedures.
• Lead in supporting the development and implementation of PQ internal regulatory inspection and audit program.
• Maintains 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
• Lead in development and implementation of PQ Regulatory Training program.
• 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.  
• Lead in safety related incident management issues on behalf of the Regulatory Department.
• Support the MOC reviews for compliance validation.
• Responsible for executing external regulatory reporting obligations.
• Lead PQ 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.
• Cooperates with LNG Operations personnel, engineering and other stakeholders to share lessons learned, experiences, and knowledge to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient operations.

Qualifications:

• Education and Certifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university is preferred.  Associates degree or equivalent experience is acceptable.