Compliance Project Manager
About The Position
Pinnacle is hiring a Compliance Project Manager to lead the delivery of underground storage tank (UST) compliance programs across clients’ retail fueling portfolios. The role coordinates people, vendors, sites, and deadlines to keep programs on schedule, within scope, and properly documented. Pinnacle supports clients’ environmental compliance teams but does not own tanks, conduct testing, or perform field work. The manager plans and runs compliance projects, including building multi-site calendars, establishing milestones, coordinating specialists and contractors, managing budgets and invoicing, and communicating progress and risks to clients. The role also leads client onboarding and program transitions, manages return-to-compliance projects, supports permitting and capital projects, and improves delivery workflows and platform practices. The position is full-time and remote, with in-office opportunities in North Carolina and Massachusetts. It reports to the Senior Director of Solution Strategy.
Requirements
- At least three years of UST or AST compliance experience with an owner or operator, environmental consultancy, or state program, including coordination across multiple sites.
- Demonstrated project management experience planning schedules, managing deadlines, coordinating vendors or teammates, and completing documented closeouts.
- Working command of 40 CFR Part 280 and at least one state UST program.
- Class A or Class B operator training, or readiness to complete it.
- Ability to work directly with clients, owners, operators, contractors, and regulators, with clear written and verbal communication.
- Strong Excel skills, fluency with a compliance platform, and experience using a project management platform.
- Availability for the shared on-call rotation.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Monday.com, Pinnacle’s project management platform.
- PMP or CAPM certification, or active pursuit of either credential.
- Experience with a multi-state site portfolio.
- Experience onboarding or transitioning compliance programs.
- Existing relationships with state agency staff.
- Exposure to state UST cleanup programs.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain multi-site compliance calendars for required testing, certifications, inspections, and reviews; set milestones and keep sites ahead of deadlines.
- Lead onboarding of new client portfolios by gathering records and registrations, establishing baselines, resolving inherited gaps, and setting up ongoing program operations.
- Manage notices of violation, failed tests, and suspected release follow-ups as projects, with assigned owners, action plans, deadlines, and documented return to compliance within state-required windows.
- Assign and balance work across compliance specialists; dispatch and manage testing and repair contractors; ensure work meets scope, schedule, and closeout documentation requirements.
- Manage project budgets based on scope and resource needs, work in process, and invoicing; track billable hours against client purchase orders and flag variances.
- Coordinate registration, permitting, financial assurance, and state fund work for new-to-industry sites, redevelopments, tank replacements and removals, closures, and ownership transfers.
- Act as a primary contact for client compliance contacts; provide status reports, portfolio dashboards, and risk summaries, and lead regular check-ins.
- Track open items, deadlines, and recurring problem sites; escalate risks early, recommend fixes, and help prevent surprises for regulators, insurers, and clients.
- Improve templates, workflows, and compliance-platform practices to support consistent, scalable delivery.
- Participate in the shared on-call rotation.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- 401(k) with employer contribution
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay
- Company-paid life insurance
- Certification and continuing education paid for, including Class A and B operator training and project management credentials
- Remote work with flexibility and work measured by results
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
