Offshore Construction Compliance Specialist

Join us in this role where you’ll have the opportunity to work closely with our various commercial, technical, QHSE, and stakeholder teams to support development and implementation of the construction compliance program.

Welcome to North America PEMA (Permitting, Environmental and Marine Affairs)

You’ll be part of the Permitting and Environmental Compliance team where you, together with your colleagues, will be responsible for driving permitting compliance program success and ensuring that our offshore wind projects are constructed. You will be part of a large PEMA team, which consists of offshore and onshore permitting, marine affairs, compliance (offshore and onshore), spanning from the developmental, construction and operational phases of projects. As a team, we are growing and evolving and are looking to add a bright, ambitious, honest and caring person to our offshore compliance group.

You’ll play an important role in:

• supporting the Offshore Wind Construction Compliance Managers for Revolution Wind (REV) and Sunrise Wind (SRW) with the implementation of the construction compliance program
• supporting the implementation of environmental training modules for REV and SRW to ensure compliance to permitting conditions, regulations, Orsted processes and policies and industry best practices
• updating the Regulatory Compliance Database (RCD) and Compliance Management Tool (CMT) to ensure all permit conditions are appropriately tracked and compliance documented as needed
• assisting REV and SRW in the creation and submittal of required regulatory reports, notifications, and other submissions to regulatory agencies as needed
• assisting REV and SRW in the development and updating of various construction Contractor Compliance guidebooks/procedures
• supporting REV and SRW in the development and use of compliance tracking tools, inspection forms, audit checklists and all other pertinent documentations.
  
  

To succeed in the role, you:

• have a bachelor or graduate degree in a related field from an accredited university
• have related experience in any offshore or large-scale infrastructure projects; experience working with technical teams (engineering, construction, operations) in large projects is desirable
• have experience successfully supporting compliance deliverables across multiple projects is ideal for this position
• have experience with federal, state, and local permitting processes related to offshore wind and/or large infrastructure projects and solid understanding of the concerns of key decision-makers, policymakers, federal and state authorities
• have knowledge of various federal, state, and local environmental regulations applicable to offshore wind and/or large infrastructure projects
• have good working relationships with federal and state permitting and compliance background is highly desirable.
  
  

Maybe you’ve read the above and can see you have some transferable skills, even though they don’t quite match all the points. If you think you can bring something to the team, we still encourage you to apply.

Shape the future with us

Send your application to us as soon as possible. We’ll be conducting interviews on a continuous basis and reserve the right to take down the advert when we’ve found the right candidate.

As an applicant or employee, you may request reasonable work and position accommodation or adjustments via accommodation@orsted.com.

Please note that for your application to be taken into consideration, you must submit your application via our online career pages and answer the screening questions relevant for your country. We don't take applications or inquiries from external recruiters or agencies into account for this position.

Please note that this role has a travel expectancy up to 25%.