Environmental Professional II

About the role

This role is typically attained through 3 - 5 years related experience in environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Provide ownership and execution oversight for designated environmental programs, including industrial discharge water, stormwater, and waste compliance programs.
• Serve as primary owner for site water, stormwater, and waste compliance programs, including TPDES, MSGP, SWPPP, and SPCC.
• Ensure compliance with permit conditions through oversight of sampling, inspections, monitoring, and data quality review.
• Manage Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs), Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET) testing, and associated regulatory submittals.
• Lead investigations, corrective actions, and documentation for permit exceedances or compliance issues.
• Coordinate contractor and laboratory support for sampling, inspections, and water & waste activities.
• Maintain complete and audit-ready compliance records and documentation for water and waste programs.
• Provide regulatory interpretation and support related to Waters of the State and Waters of the United States applicability.
• Partner with Operations to proactively identify risks, improve system performance, and prevent repeat compliance issues.
• Provide primary ownership of waste management programs, including waste characterization, profiling, manifest QA/QC, vendor management, and disposal compliance.

Other Responsibilities

• Provide mentoring and onboarding of new employees, assisting with compliance requirements and organizational procedures and tools.
• Evaluate operating and project data gathered or entered into templates to ensure the quality and accuracy of the data relative to operating parameters or construction specifications in order to facilitate compliance evaluation or reporting.
• Cookout field inspections at operating assets and on construction projects to identify compliance improvement opportunities and review identified opportunities for application across a broader asset base.
• Ensure corrective actions are sustainable and provide ongoing compliance.
• Coordinate and participate in agency inspections in the field and act as the primary representative for the company in verbal and written communication with agency representatives.
• Cookout and facilitate environmental permitting prior to, during, and after construction for maintenance, growth and large capital projects.
• Participate in the evaluation and implementation of emerging regulatory issues through committees of Industry Associations or in support of the company Regulatory Issue Guideline.
• Provide regulatory applicability determinations and identify compliance requirements and tasks.
• Escalate issues to more experienced professionals to resolve complex questions of applicability or requirements.
• Facilitate multiple environmental programs within operating assets or construction projects.
• Utilize and improve upon established procedures and tools to facilitate and demonstrate compliance.
• Evaluate and interpret operating and inspection reports to ensure compliance obligations are met and resolve issues with support of more knowledgeable personnel.
• Oversee field based contract and consultant resources that provide compliance support to operations or individual compliance programs.
• Provide support to less experienced professionals in the development of requests for proposals, proposal evaluation, work offers and work authorizations.
• Initiate or author permit applications for new construction and operating assets and review permit conditions for consistency with operating or construction parameters with support from subject matter experts on complex projects.
• Work within already established compliance system to coordinate data management and environmental records.
• Evaluate data and records to ensure accuracy and full compliance.
• Collect environmental field samples (air, water, and waste) for analysis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in environmental, natural science, engineering preferred and/or a combination of formal education and the following job related experience: 3 - 5 years related experience in environmental compliance.

Skills

• Knowledge of: state and federal environmental regulations and standards and their applicability to operations.
• Ability to: analyze, research, compile, and prepare permit applications, logs, reports, and correspondence and company responses to agency requests.
• Ability to: evaluate, research, and interpret governmental regulations, equipment performance manuals, regulatory agency guidance and instructions, reports, correspondence, and company policies and procedures.
• Ability to: pay attention to details.
• Ability to: apply math, algebraic formulas, and statistics.
• Ability to: interact, advise and communicate effectively, exchange information/provide instructions, conduct verbal presentations.
• Ability to: develop communications utilizing fundamental technical writing skills.
• Ability to: present training materials.
• Ability to: utilize office equipment including computers and applicable job related software, including Microsoft Office tools.
• Ability to: operate relevant tools/equipment.
• Ability to: conduct work in an elevated lift or other elevated locations.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

Pay

$82,000.00 - $122,000.00

Schedule

Full-time position with flexible hours to accommodate operational needs.