The New Castle Generating Station, situated on a 270-acre site along the Beaver River, has undergone a significant transformation from a coal plant to a natural gas facility in 2016, breathing new life into its operations and contributing to the region's energy landscape. Equipped with three natural gas-fired steam boilers, the plant boasts a total potential MW output of 328. The plant is notable for its utilization of B&W Boilers and Westinghouse Steam Turbine Generators, controlled by an ABB DCS system.
Opportunity Summary
The Environmental Manager implements, coordinates, and performs plant environmental functions and is responsible for performing these functions reliably, efficiently and in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, permit conditions, policies, procedures, and community commitments. The Environmental Manager maintains effective relationships with plant management and employees, regulators, corporate employees, community members and other stakeholders.
The Environmental Manager also provides oversight and support to two additional remote power plant assets: Niles in Niles, OH, and Brunot Island in Pittsburgh, PA.
Primary Duties
Your scope of responsibility as Environmental Manager will include the following primary functions:
Environmental
- Coordinate, oversee, and implement daily multi-media environmental programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state (including Pennsylvania and Ohio), local, and site permit and regulatory requirements.
- Ensure completion of continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) reporting in accordance with Title V permit requirements enforceable by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP), Ohio Department of Environmental Protection (OH DEP), and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
- Compile monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual reports. This involves monitoring, recordkeeping, interpreting data, and submitting reports on time to PA DEP, OH DEP, and relevant federal agencies for all regulatory programs, air, water, waste, chemicals, etc.
- Ensure the facility meets regulatory requirements for site stormwater pollution prevention planning at all times, including those specified by PA DEP and OH DEP. As applicable, take samples of stormwater drain systems during rains, conduct analysis of samples to ensure no chemical or oil makes its way into drains, and report findings to the appropriate regulatory agencies.
- Implement discharge prevention measures, including procedures for routine handling of products. Submit recommendations to the facility owner on matters regarding wastewater and water sampling procedures in accordance with NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) compliance overseen by PA DEP and OH DEP.
- Maintain multi-media environmental Compliance plans, including SPCC/FRP, CEMS QA/QC, SWPPP, etc.
- Provide support to the Owner for interface with local environmental regulators to include preparing for and coordinating inspections, responding to information requests, supporting strategies for and negotiations of permit modifications and renewals, and preparing routine compliance reports and communications.
- Maintain various facets of the company’s Environmental Management System (EMS) filing system.
- Serve as the key point-of-contact for meetings with regulators during compliance visits from PA DEP, OH DEP, and other regulatory agencies.
- Coordinate and Conduct EHS Training for all plant(s) personnel.
NAES Safe
Safety is a core value of NAES and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to be mentally alert and work safely at all times. All NAES Managers and Supervisors have a direct and important role in ensuring that all work is performed in a healthy and safe manner. Effectiveness in carrying out this responsibility is part of the evaluation of each supervisor’s performance.
Working Relationships
The Environmental Manager reports to the Plant Manager and coordinates work activity with the Plant Engineer, Operations Manager, Maintenance Manager and Plant Administrator. Interfaces with contractor and original equipment manufacturer (OEM) personnel for the necessary support and coordination.
The Environmental Manager maintains a close working relationship with NAES corporate Environmental Support Services groups as well as Client corporate contacts.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
Power plant environment. Physical requirements include the ability to reach, climb, walk, and stoop throughout the workday, as well as the possibility of standing for extended periods, requiring stair and ladder climbing and routinely lifting up to 50 pounds.
Protective equipment must be worn in the performance of some duties (e.g., hard hats, safety glasses, air masks, ear protection, chemical suits, hot gloves, and high voltage protective equipment, etc.). Work with hazardous materials may be required.
Fitness for Duty
All employees will participate in the Fitness for Duty Program. This program includes a post-offer physical examination and drug screening and post-employment random drug screening.
Work Schedule
Regular scheduled workdays are Monday to Friday during standard day shift hours. This position requires flexibility for extended hours, varied shifts, and occasional weekend or holiday work, depending on schedules, workload, and plant conditions. Periodic "on-call" status is required, along with some travel to attend manager, owner, or user group meetings, or to support other power plant assets.
Compensation
Initial compensation will range from $100,100 to $140,000, plus an annual performance bonus.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor degree in environmental compliance, engineering, or related field or equivalent technical training knowledge and experience desired. Certification as Level 5 HAZWOPER desired.
- Experience in environmental compliance at an operating facility is desired. This experience will preferably come from a power plant or power-related industry in order to understand plant operations so that opportunities to reduce both environmental and safety risks and costs can be aggressively sought and proposed.
- General knowledge of power plant operations is desired, including the interrelationship of environmental impacts and compliance with operation and maintenance functions.
- General knowledge of major environmental legislation involving air, water, hazardous materials, and waste management with at least one specialized area of knowledge at the regulatory requirement level.
- General knowledge of applicable safety statutes and regulations.
- Experience using continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS) software, as well as state and federal electronic reporting systems is desired.
- Must be able to deliver training material in a manner easily understood.
- Ability to perform and manage multiple varied tasks in an industrial environment and to identify and analyze potentially complex compliance risks promptly.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a record of building consensus among internal and external parties.
- Excellent writing and analytical skills and an ability to present facts, conclusions, and recommendations in written communications, both in formal and informal formats.
- Excellent MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project skills.
- Must possess a valid and unrestricted driver's license, ensuring it remains in good standing at all times.
About NAES
NAES Corporation is the leading provider of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for energy facilities. We have established ourselves as a reliable partner for clients in North America and internationally, offering services across power generation, oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors. Additionally, our growing family of companies enables us to address the entire life cycle of power generation and other industrial plants.
NAES is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is the practice of NAES to seek employees of the highest quality and to select individuals on the basis of merit and competence, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status or affiliation protected under USERRA, or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by applicable local, state and federal law.
