Plant Environmental Superintendent

Minnkota Power Cooperative•Center, ND

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Plant Environmental Superintendent is responsible for providing leadership with daily oversite, direction, and guidance for the proper operation and maintenance of all pollution control devices and other equipment located at the Milton R Young Station (MRY). Compliance with environmental laws and regulations, development of compliance strategies, and the administration of various environmental programs including air quality, solid waste, water effluent, potable water, and others. This position supervises Environmental Engineer(s), Plant Engineer(s) and Environmental Specialists in the MRY Environmental Department and will assist the plant leadership in ensuring achievement of key operating objectives in the areas of employee safety, employee relations, project management, profitability, unit availability, efficiency, equipment safety, and reliability in full compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, polices, and procedures.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related Science discipline from an ABET-accredited university required.
Must maintain a valid driver’s license.
Minimum of eight years’ experience in a utility or power plant setting
Experience in environmental permitting and compliance
Experience in regulatory analysis

Nice To Haves

Progress toward professional licensure preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for the direction of departmental initiatives, goals, and objectives.
Responsible for providing support, direction, and development of employees within the environmental departments including union classified laboratory technicians (indirectly) to achieve both short and long-term initiatives.
Sets goals, monitors work, and evaluates results to ensure that departmental and organizational objectives and operating requirements are met and are in line with the needs and mission of the organization.
Oversee assigned cost centers, budgeting, expense accounting, and payroll processes.
Accountability for station environmental permitting, compliance activities, and plant operations
Manage the air quality program.
Lead the ND Pollutant Discharge Elimination System program.
Administer the solid waste program.
Responsible for reporting to the Energy Information Administration
Coordinate ancillary programs, such as Toxic Substance Control Act, Toxic Release Inventory, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, etc. that are within the environmental department’s assigned areas.
Oversee environmental compliance and develop potential resolutions to incidents of non-compliance.
Monitor boiler chemistry management, water treatment functionality, and chemical usage.
Lead environmental orientation and training at the station.
Assess environmental related training needs of station staff.
Facilitate training programs, ensuring all team members understand environmental procedures and the importance of adhering to them.
Assess the impact of legislation and regulations for station activities and formulate compliance strategies.
Participate in regional industry committees and industry task forces.
Develop plant strategies to comply with regulatory changes.
Communicate the impact of potential regulations to other plant departments.
Cooperate with other plant departments to design and conduct necessary testing.
Active participant in evaluating and planning for current and future modifications.
Provide directions on environmental issues to project managers and consultants.
Represent plant environmental group at planning meetings with the industry
Evaluate environmental impact of future capital and O&M projects
Cooperate with and assist others in designing environmentally compliant systems.
Champion the plant-wide strategic reliability initiative through active participation
Build coalitions with sponsors and stakeholders to drive collaboration.
Ensure progress and updates are communicated clearly, individually and in person
Develop and track Key Performance Indicators (KPI)
Perform periodic audits of processes.
Coordination of activities with other superintendents
Review and resolve issues with partnership agreement commitments.
Review plant schedules for work completion.
Develop alternatives to minimize impact on plant performance due to maintenance or operation issues.