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Pay Grade
GRADE: 17
DEADLINE TO APPLY: December 27, 2022
Position Summary
Responsible for Environmental Laboratory, leadership and professional/technical development of technicians in the Environmental Operations Group to include but not limited to wastewater sampling; groundwater monitoring well sampling, solid waste management, continuous emission monitoring support, various assessments and inspections and compliance monitoring.
Tasks and Responsibilities
Responsible for oversight of environmental activities to include facility inspections, monitoring, sampling, laboratory operations, waste management and reporting of any environmental issues to include, but not limited to the following:
- Responds to spills and emergency situations requiring containment of the spilled substances to support assessment and action.
- Obtains product information for environmental compliance and implement corrective actions.
- Ensure internal notification process completion with follow through.
- Arranges for the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste and the management of waste management unit compliance.
- Active participation in audit/inspections by all pertinent regulatory agencies.
- Determines cause and effect relationships between contamination sources and impacts.
- Active Participation in daily planning meetings and safety circuit team meetings.
- Active safety circuit team participation.
- Responsible for the management of day to day oversight of solid waste management units and satellite accumulation areas.
- Perform environmental audits, field analyses, site inspections, and surveys to determine the extent of compliance/non-compliance with applicable local, state, and federal environmental regulations and permits.
- Assesses the need for corrective or preventive actions; and initiates corrective actions as appropriate.
- Provides input on the Environmental developments Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and assists with implementation of these procedures, once adopted.
- Collaborate, inform, and provide guidance to engineers, management, planners and maintenance crafts with state and federal laws, regulations, and permits.
- Participate in inspections by all pertinent regulatory agencies at all power plant locations.
- Maintain awareness and up to date knowledge of environmental rules and regulations.
- Provide environmental oversight and support for all industrial facility waste management requests, activities, and inspections at power generation facilities.
- Conducts environmental surveys/audits/assessments, collects storm water, wastewater and solid waste samples.
- Performs environmental quality work in field and office settings.
- Reviews technical documents to ensure completeness and conformance to requirements.
- Monitors emissions to determine compliance with state and federal permits/regulations.
- Monitors wastewater discharges to determine compliance with state permits/regulations.
- Monitors solid waste disposal and transportation to determine compliance with state and federal regulations.
- Arranges for the non-hazardous waste materials.
- Inspect facilities to monitor compliance with environmental regulations.
- Assist with the implementation of environmental programs.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Skills
Minimum Knowledge and Abilities
Leads, directs, assesses, and develops team members, coordinates job assignments and responsibilities
Makes frequent, independent decisions, recommendations, and optimal choices that will have a significant impact on the business
Develops area budget; works within financial objectives/budget set by management
Lead, collaborate, inform, and provide guidance to plant engineers, plant management, planners and maintenance crafts with state and federal laws, regulations, and permits
Advanced knowledge of the federal, government, state, local environmental regulations and permits
Advance level of MS Office; Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook skills
Advanced written, oral communication and comprehension skills
Advanced knowledge of applicable treatment processes
Advanced Knowledge of emission monitoring systems and daily emission reports
Advanced knowledge in taking samples for water and wastewater outfalls, receives, sets up tests and decontaminates equipment
Advanced knowledge of environmental audits, site inspections/surveys to determine the extent of compliance/non-compliance with applicable local, state, and federal environmental regulations and permits
Advanced knowledge in monitoring wastewater discharges to determine compliance with state permits/regulations
Advanced knowledge in monitoring solid waste disposal and transportation to determine compliance with state and federal regulations
Advanced knowledge in conducting environmental stack testing
Advanced knowledge of Environmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s); provides input on the development of Environmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and assists/leads with implementation/roll out of these procedures
Advanced knowledge of the equipment used and troubleshooting abilities
Advanced knowledge of mechanical operations (systems, pumps, valves) to include troubleshooting
Arranges for the disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste and assist with the management of waste management unit compliance
Obtains product information for environmental compliance
Initiate spill clean-up process
Knowledge of compliance and activity report
Initiate work order notification process
Ability to distinguish color
Ability to obtain Class C Wastewater License
Method 9 Certification
8 Hour HAZWOPER Certification
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive knowledge of the federal, government, state, local environmental regulations and permits
- Extensive knowledge of the treatment processes
- Extensive knowledge of emission monitoring systems and daily emission reports
- Extensive knowledge in taking samples for water and wastewater outfalls, receives, sets up tests and decontaminates equipment
- Extensive knowledge of environmental audits, site inspections/surveys to determine the extent of compliance/non-compliance with applicable local, state, and federal environmental regulations and permits
- Extensive knowledge in monitoring wastewater discharges to determine compliance with state permits/regulations
- Extensive knowledge in monitoring solid waste disposal and transportation to determine compliance with state and federal regulations
- Extensive knowledge in conducting environmental stack testing
- Extensive knowledge of Environmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s); provides input on the development of Environmental Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and assists/leads with implementation/roll out of these procedures
- Extensive knowledge of the equipment used and troubleshooting abilities
- Extensive knowledge of environmental programs and compliance with standard operating procedures by reviewing work activities
- Update, maintain, and create procedures/processes needed to effectively perform the job and troubleshoot
- 40 Hour HAZWOPER Certification
Competencies
Driving Projects to Completion
Navigating Organizations
Accepting Responsibility
Prioritizing and Organizing Work
Coordinating Project Activities
Managing Time
Minimum Education
Bachelor’s degree in a science related field or job-related experience in lieu of degree
Required Certifications
Working Environment
Indoor and outdoor work, walking, standing, sitting, hearing, bending, crouching. Employee may be subject to extreme noise, extreme temperatures and hazardous conditions. Use of personal computing equipment, phone, multi-functioning printer & calculator.
Ability to travel to and from client meetings, training sessions and other business related events. After hours work may be required.
Physical Demands
Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally with or without accommodation, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
CPS Energy does not discriminate against applicants or employees. CPS Energy is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of its employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfers and compensation, to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, veteran status, pregnancy, age, disability, genetic information or any other protected status. CPS Energy will comply with all laws and regulations.
