Project Manager, Compliance

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Summary:
Ensures consistency and provides guidance for the Toxic Reduction and Control (TRAC) Department's compliance/enforcement program. Enforces the MWRA's regulations, permits, orders and other requirements and gains compliance of violators by writing, issuing, and following up on formal enforcement notices and orders, and by working cooperatively with the regulated community.

Posting Period: 2/26/2026 to 3/11/2026 Location: Chelsea, MA
Salary: $98,087.43 - $137,144.76 Annually $1,886.30 - $2,637.40 Weekly
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:00am - 3:00pm

Key Responsibilities

• Provides direction to Compliance Coordinators concerning enforcement to ensure that there is consistency within the team on enforcement practice, procedure, and implementation.
• Reviews and approves draft compliance and enforcement documents prepared by Compliance Coordinators and other TRAC staff to help ensure that they meet programmatic and legal requirements and are consistent among the TRAC staff.
• Coordinates with other TRAC staff to identify instances of noncompliance with MWRA regulations, permits, orders and other requirements and to determine the appropriate responses to the noncompliance; initiates the formal enforcement process when appropriate and consistent with TRAC procedures.
• Writes and issues formal enforcement notices and orders that meet programmatic and legal requirements in order to enforce the MWRA's regulations, permits, orders, and other requirements and gain the compliance of violators.
• Manages an enforcement caseload and follows up with sewer users to ensure that compliance is achieved and maintained.
• Conducts meetings and negotiates with the sewer users and their representatives to resolve instances of noncompliance and appeals of enforcement notices and orders.
• Provides orientation and training on enforcement issues to TRAC staff.
• Tracks compliance and enforcement issuance goals and accomplishments to help ensure that TRAC issues and follows up on enforcement in a timely manner and provides reports on enforcement accomplishments.
• Provides support on compliance and enforcement issues to the Compliance Coordinators and other TRAC staff.
• Oversees the process to identify and report on sewer users in significant noncompliance and to inform those sewer users of their status.
• Review enforcement related documents including the Enforcement Response Plan and Standard Operating Procedures and updates and revises them as appropriate.
• Works with the Sr. Program Manager, Compliance to review and recommend enforcement and compliance policies and procedures within TRAC.
• Assists the Sr. Program Manager, Compliance with interviewing and recommending staff for hiring and promotion.
• Participates in liaison, coordination and educational activities within the MWRA and with other governmental agencies and the public.
• Drafts reports, memoranda, and other documents.
• Participates actively in TRAC multi-disciplinary work groups.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, information systems, or other related field; and
• Knowledge and understanding of environmental regulatory issues, policies, and practices related to industrial wastewater treatment and discharge, as acquired through at least 5 years of related experience including at least one year enforcing environmental requirements; and
• At least two (2) years of experience managing employees, consultants, projects, or programs. Completion of the MWRA supervisory development program may substitute for the supervisory experience; or,
• Any equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• Class D Motor Vehicle Operators License.
• You may be eligible to telework up to 50% of the work week after an initial waiting period.

Knowledge and Abilities

• Knowledge of the use, development, maintenance and management of complex computer-based information systems as a tool for supporting compliance/enforcement program.
• Ability to review and apply regulations to enforcement cases.
• Demonstrated effectiveness working across organizational boundaries and with persons at all levels in an organization.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.

Tools and Equipment Used
Office machines as normally associated with the use of telephone, personal computer including word processing and other software, copy or fax machine.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential functions the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, feel or operate objects, including office equipment, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand, and walk. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office environment.
The noise level in the work environment is a moderately quiet in office setting.

Supervision Received and Exercised
Reports to the Senior Program Manager, Compliance.
Exercises direct supervision of and provides overall direction to TRAC Compliance Coordinators.

Other Position Information
PCR: 2210029
Division: Operations
Department: TRAC
Union/Grade: MOSES (Unit 9)/Grade 25

Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.