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Starting Salary Range: $181,400.00 - $232,200.00
Summary:
The Director of Regulatory Compliance, Safety, and Risk Management provides strategic leadership and oversight of regulatory compliance, safety, and risk mitigation activities across utility operations and corporate functions. This role provides leadership for the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of compliance, safety, and risk management programs designed to ensure adherence to applicable federal, state, regional, and local laws, rules, regulations, permits, and reliability standards and to mitigate risk.
The Director is responsible for supporting and managing the safety and protection of BWL property and personnel, oversees the development and administration of the safety department and is responsible for establishing and promoting compliance and maintenance of safe and healthy working conditions within the organization. The Director serves as a key advisor to executive leadership on regulatory compliance, enterprise risk, occupational health and safety, governance, and emerging legislative and regulatory issues impacting the utility industry and reports to General Counsel.
Essential Functions:
- Provides strategic oversight of regulatory risk and liability across the full compliance lifecycle, including the interpretation, implementation, and enforcement of new and amended rules, regulations, and standards.
- Develops and implements compliance policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and business practices to ensure regulatory adherence and operational accountability.
- Oversees compliance, safety and enterprise risk metrics and reporting systems used to monitor program effectiveness and organizational risk and mitigation activities.
- Oversees assessments to identify gaps, evaluate risks, and provide corrective actions to strengthen organizational compliance, internal controls and programs.
- Directs training and awareness programs to promote employee understanding of regulatory obligations, safety and accountability.
- Provides leadership, direction, and oversight to the Environmental and Reliability Compliance, Safety, and Risk Management functions, including organizational structure, staffing, performance management, professional development, and succession planning.
- Develops and maintains a high-performing team by establishing clear expectations, coaching and developing employees, identifying talent, and implementing succession plans for critical positions.
- Leads development and implementation of corrective action plans arising from audits, self-assessments, incidents, violations, or compliance investigations.
- Oversees records and documentation systems necessary to support regulatory reporting, audit readiness, evidence retention, and compliance verification activities.
- Oversees programs and initiatives aimed at mitigating environmental contamination, protecting natural resources, and maintaining compliance with environmental permits and regulatory requirements.
- Identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor operational, financial, regulatory, cybersecurity, reliability, environmental, and reputational risks impacting utility operations.
- Oversees development and implementation of comprehensive health and safety programs and initiatives for protection of personnel and property.
- Oversees planning and direction of drills, including fire, severe weather, shelter in place, evacuations, or others identified by management.
- Leads enterprise risk management activities, including enterprise insurance and claim management.
- Interacts with leadership at all levels of the organization regarding regulatory compliance, pending or on-going regulatory issues; organizational safety culture; and risk mitigation.
- Participates in strategic planning, capital project review, and operational decision-making to ensure risk, regulatory, and compliance considerations are incorporated into business initiatives.
- Develops and manages departmental budgets, forecasting, staffing plans, consultant resources, and long-range compliance to ensure resources are aligned with organizational priorities and regulatory, safety and risk requirements.
- Serves as a liaison and information resource for regulatory agencies, public officials, stakeholders, and the public regarding compliance-related matters as appropriate.
- Expected to comply with all BWL policies and work rules.
- Predictable and reliable attendance.
- Performs other duties and projects as assigned by supervisor.
Why Should You Apply?
Competitive wages, employee development, and opportunity for professional growth.
Robust time off benefits including vacation, free choice, sick leave, parental leave and 11 paid holidays.
Comprehensive benefits package offered including medical, prescription, dental, life insurance, long-term disability, employee assistance program.
Voluntary benefits including vision, supplemental and dependent life insurance, flexible spending, AFLAC options, LifeLock anti-theft, long term care, tuition reimbursement, and BWL's Home Purchase Plan – Forgivable $5,000 loan for purchase of a home in Lansing.
Retirement programs including 401(a) Defined Contribution Plan (DC) (100% company paid up to 9.5 % of base salary for BU positions and up to 13% of base salary for NBU positions), 457 Deferred Compensation matches up to $2,500 per year.
Post retirement benefits offered at the respective level of coverage, co-pays and health care premium, at the same level as active employees.
Two fitness centers located on site open 24/7, work life balance program, employee assistance program, free parking and much more!
About BWL:
The Board of Water & Light serves Lansing, Michigan, and surrounding areas with electricity, water, and steam. Lansing's city charter vests the BWL with full and exclusive management of water, steam, and electric services for or the city. The American Public Power Association has honored the Lansing Board of Water & Light as one of the country's best publicly-owned utilities.
The Location:
Lansing lies at the heart of the Great Lakes State and offers all the beauty and splendor of the four seasons. A haven for swimming, boating, fishing, snowmobiling, golf, and hunting, mid-Michigan is also just a couple hours from premier skiing and one of the most beautiful freshwater lakeshores in the world on our Lake Michigan Coast. Lansing itself is only minutes and miles away from two of the nation’s premier universities, Michigan State University and the University of Michigan, and boasts miles of walking, running, biking trails, Potter Park Zoo, professional sports, the arts, and fine dining.
