Environmental Scientist/Engineer

Job Brief

Provide environmental science services to SRP in a technologically sound, timely and cost-effective manner to enable SRP to realize its goals and objectives for providing low cost/high value water and energy services.

This position will primarily be responsible for implementation and on-going support of environmental plans, policies, procedures, and compliance programs.  Candidate should be able to support the site’s management team with strategic environmental planning and program development to further improve the site’s environmental performance.  This position reports to the O&M Manager of Engineering and Environmental Support for Desert Basin, Coolidge, and Copper Crossing Generating Stations.  This position will work closely with Air Quality Service (AQS) Department at the Corporate Office. 

Any one position may not include all duties nor do the example of duties include all tasks, which may be found in the position of this class.
 

Job Responsibilities

• Prepare and submits environmental reports, including but not limited to air quality emission and compliance reports, wastewater discharge reports, chemical inventory reports, etc.
• Manage compliance obligations related to the quality assurance requirements for continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) for the three sites.
• Support site facilities in implementing corporate environmental programs.
• Conduct annual reviews of the environmental plans and procedures and recommend necessary improvements.
• Support development and implementation of plant annual environmental plans, goals, and strategies for improving environmental performance.
• Comply with all environmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements including submission of required safety reports.
• Review, manage and report environmental incidents to ensure that effective investigations focusing on cause and corrective measures are implemented and shared by all facilities.
• Support the management of key environmental programs including air quality, hazardous waste, wastewater discharge, pollution prevention and asbestos management.
• Communicate with regulatory agencies as necessary to address environmental reporting, deviations, facilitate agency inspections and notices of non-compliance.
• Develop, review, update, and train employees on applicable spill prevention plans, risk management plans, and storm water pollution prevention plans, permit applications, risk management plans and emergency response plans
• Conduct, manage, and track environmental related training through the training web site and other facility records.
• Maintain professional affiliations with environmental organizations and other professionals, to keep current with new regulations, as well as good management practices.
• Strives to improve environmental job skills and knowledge.
• Support the planning and development and construction of the Copper Crossing and Coolidge Power Plant Expansions as well as the operational units at Coolidge and Desert Basin. 
• Able to support plant operations at any part of the day with CEMS related questions or issues. 
• Monitor start-up and shutdown CEMS data to ensure compliance with permit standards.
• Balance work hours from physical plant locations. 
• Other duties as assigned.
• Employee must work safely and efficiently in the performance of their job duties.  Must maintain effective working relationships with other employees, customers, and the public.   Must have the ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and have the ability to accurately and legibly complete applicable paperwork.  May be required to work a reasonable amount of overtime.
   

Education

Experience

Promotion to Level 2 requires a minimum of two years experience at Level 1; demonstrated capability to perform advanced and more difficult work as determined by the supervisor.  Promotion to Senior Level requires a minimum of three years experience at Level 2; is fully competent in all aspects of functional area of assignment and as such would be recognized as a specialist in area of assignment and may have periodic or occasional lead responsibilities.

Additional Information

Occasional travel for specialized training and utility business meetings. Occasional contact with utility engineers and scientists from other companies and outside agencies. Ability to work effectively using services of various organizational groups within SRP. Effective interpersonal skills to communicate work and results to high level management. Ability to use complex computer software tools related to CEMS. Stackvision experience is preferred. Experience with Ability to discreetly prepare and use proprietary and sensitive information.