EHS Consultant OR Sr EHS Consultant

Duke Energy Corporation•Rockingham, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Build an exciting, rewarding career with Duke Energy, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits. This role monitors the practices of Dan River Combined Cycle and Rockingham Combustion Turbine to facilitate compliance with company and/or regulatory policies and requirements in order to mitigate risks. It involves serving as single-points-of-contact and/or coordinator to implement environmental activities that require broad knowledge and experience to provide compliance solutions to environmental issues. The position supports basic work activities to comply with environmental regulations and corporate requirements, and develops, implements, and maintains programs, systems, and procedures. It also monitors and prevents EHS incidents and hazards, investigates incidents and/or complaints, and provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice. The role participates in and supports EHS compliance and management system audits. Additionally, it involves researching, developing, and/or evaluating programs, policies, or activities within the assigned discipline, solving a range of problems, and developing solutions using standard-moderate procedures. This includes interacting with subject matter experts and customers to ensure consistent and thorough implementation of environmental programs, policies, and procedures. The role assists with providing information/consultation to management/assigned customers on existing environmental programs and policies, develops and conducts administrative and development functions, including special projects, employee training, emergency preparedness, and quality assurance programs. It also provides regulatory-required and internal environmental reports, serves as an intermediate expert for advanced technical programs and compliance issues, and supports the company’s environmental or safety goals, strategies, programs, and processes. With some assistance, the incumbent develops and maintains procedures and programs to assist facilities in complying with environmental laws and regulations, and helps advanced teammates ensure that Duke Energy work procedures address compliance guidance. The role also assists with tracking basic regulatory changes, legislative activities, and industry standards, and helps advanced teammates identify needed changes to facility’s compliance programs. With appropriate leadership guidance, they may assist with working with federal, state, and local regulatory authorities to interpret regulations and laws, and supports Duke Energy on various internal/external industry committees and teams. The incumbent continues to develop and increase knowledge of the organization, procedures, and assigned customers, and analyzes and understands intermediate-level information, past practices, and business objectives to make appropriate recommendations to management/assigned customers. The role develops positive working relationships with peers, customers, employees, and management to effectively complete work activities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety or Engineering or Science or Other Related Degree
In lieu of Bachelor's degree(s), High School/GED AND 7 plus year(s) related work experience (for EHS Consultant)
Bachelor's degree in Health and Safety or Engineering or Science or Other Related Degree AND 6 years Minimum related work experience (for Senior EHS Consultant)
In lieu of Bachelor's degree(s), High School/GED AND 10 plus year(s) related work experience (for Senior EHS Consultant)
Must possess all of the basic/required qualifications.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of environmental and/or health & safety regulatory compliance requirements, scientific practices, quality assurance principles, and auditing principles.
Demonstrated technical skills in multimedia environmental (air, waste, water) and/or health & safety areas.
Effective communication (both oral and written) and interpersonal skills with a customer-oriented focus.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with management.
With guidance can develop and implement systems and processes that comply with environmental, health and/ or safety laws, regulations, corporate policies and goals.
Experience with interfacing with regulators at the state and/or federal level.
Experience with supporting EHS compliance at multiple facilities/regions within multiple regulatory jurisdictions.
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Responsibilities

Monitors the practices of Dan River Combined Cycle and Rockingham Combustion Turbine to facilitate compliance with company and/or regulatory policies and requirements in which to mitigate risks.
Serves as single-points-of-contact and/or coordinator to implement environmental activities that require broad knowledge and experience in order to provide compliance solutions to environmental issues.
Supports basic work activities in order to comply with environmental regulations and corporate requirements.
Develops, implements and maintains programs, systems and procedures.
Monitors and prevents EHS incidents and hazards along with investigation of incidents and/or complaints.
Provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice.
Participates in and supports EHS compliance and management system audits.
Researches, develops, and/or evaluates programs, policies or activities within the discipline they are assigned which have varying levels of complexity; solves a range of problems and develops solutions using standard-moderate procedures.
Interacts with subject matter experts and customers to ensure consistent and thorough implementation of environmental programs, policies, and procedures.
Assists with providing information/consultation to management/assigned customers on existing environmental programs and policies.
Develops and conducts section and department administrative and development functions including special projects and assignments, employee training, emergency preparedness and quality assurance programs.
Provides regulatory-required and internal environmental reports.
Serves as an intermediate expert for advanced technical programs and compliance issues and supports company’s environmental or safety goals, strategies, programs and processes.
Develops and maintains procedures and programs to assist facilities in complying with environmental laws and regulations.
Helps advanced teammates ensure that Duke Energy work procedures address compliance guidance.
Assists with tracking basic regulatory changes, basic legislative activities and basic industry standards.
Helps advanced teammates assist with identifying needed changes to facility’s compliance programs.
Assists with working with federal, state and local regulatory authorities to interpret regulations and laws.
Supports Duke Energy on various internal/external industry committees and teams.
Continues to develop and increase knowledge of the organization, procedures and assigned customers and analyzes and understands intermediate-level information, past practices and business objectives to make appropriate recommendations to management/assigned customers.
Develops positive working relationships with peers, customers, employees and management to effectively complete work activities.