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| Category: | Other |
| Job Type: | Permanent |
| Salary: | Competitive |
| Country: | United States |
| State/Province: | Tennessee |
| City: | Chattanooga |
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POSITION PURPOSE: Serves as an environmental compliance consultant, providing regulatory interface to assigned client organizations. This position is accountable for managing the programmatic environmental regulatory activities in a team setting. These activities include regulatory guidance, governance and oversight, procedures, regulatory interfaces, regulatory relations, and quality improvement programs. The incumbent sponsors problem solving teams for environmental problems and develops reference indicators to avoid noncompliance through predictive assessment. The incumbent also develops recommendations for policy positions, strategic direction for long-term planning, and performance goals. JOB DIMENSIONS: Budget Responsibility - Assists with SBU projects and budgetary responsibilities PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Serves as an environmental compliance consultant, providing regulatory interface to assigned client organizations. 1. This position plans, coordinates, and provides programmatic management of environmental regulatory control program for the applicable media. 2. Accountable for regulatory interfaces on compliance issues, permit requirements, and resolving significant regulatory issues related to facility operations. 3. Accountable for maintaining a thorough knowledge of the environmental compliance and permitting requirements for facility operations, developing guidance documents and compliance procedures, and is the principal contact for facility management on environmental-related operations requirements for the applicable media. 4. Accountable for developing quality improvement programs to achieve compliance goals, sponsoring and/or supporting quality action teams to address compliance problems, and facility reviews to identify and help address preventable/potential compliance problems. 5. Responsible for providing consultation and technical support on the resolution of audit findings, regulatory noncompliance, and citizen inquiries related to facility operations. 6. Responsible for environmental awareness programs that enhance facility employees' knowledge of environmental requirements, promote public support for client operations, and provide accurate and timely information related to facility operations. 7. Responsible for program development and management of activities required to fulfill environmental requirements. This activity includes approval of contracted environmental services to meet clients' compliance activities and ensuring that services budgeted for are performed in a timely, competent, and cost-effective manner. 8. Responsible for developing and maintaining regulatory relations that promote open discussions, effective communication, and positive relations between the regulatory community and clients' operating facilities. 9. Develops recommendations for overall program improvement, policy positions, and strategic direction based on his/her knowledge of the regulatory community, public involvement, and facility capabilities. MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY FACTORS: - BS in Engineering or Environmental Science discipline or equivalent education and experience. - Seven to ten years of professional experience in the field of environmental permitting and compliance and power systems operations. -Must have knowledge of power plant operations, environmental laws and regulations affecting power plant operations for applicable media, TVA's environmental policies and objectives and scientific studies and research related to the environmental consequences of power plant operations. -Must possess effective communication skills (both orally and in writing), be capable of motivating personnel, and be capable of leading team efforts in problem solving and predictive assessment. -Must demonstrate negotiation skills. -Must be able to evaluate the cost effectiveness of compliance alternatives and take decisive action in the planning and implementation of pollution control activities TVA is an Equal Opportunity employer and complies with all applicable laws and regulations regarding equal employment opportunities. TVA gives hiring preference to qualified U.S. citizens for all job vacancies. Between qualified U.S. citizens and other protected individuals, TVA gives hiring preference to equally qualified born or naturalized U.S. citizens. TVA gives preference in appointments to eligible Veterans. For more information, please see www.tva.com/employment/veterans.htm. If you desire to exercise your Veteran's preference for this position, please email your supporting documentation to veteran@tva.gov. | |
| Post Date: | 11/04/2011 |
| Application Deadline: | Nov 10, 2011 |