Location: Oak Ridge, TN
Job Title: Environmental Specialist - Solid Waste Compliance
Career Level: Specialist
Job Specialty: Environmental Science
What You'll Do
This position provides environmental compliance subject matter expertise and technical support to Y-12 National Security Complex operations, and promotes compliance with applicable state and federal environmental laws and DOE Orders related to the Y-12 Solid Waste Compliance Porogram. The Environmental Science Specialist reviews and evaluates actions/project at the Y-12 Complex to assure compliance with state and federal environmental regulations, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations governing hazardous waste management, the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations governing the management of polychlorinated biphenyls, as well as DOE orders related to waste compliance.
Primary responsibilities include:
- Providing technical guidance and oversight to operations and projects for environmental compliance related matters
- Ensuring compliance with environmental permits, completion of permit applications, and coordination of permit approvals
- Serving as the point of contact during regulatory compliance audits and assessments
- Providing field support to operations personnel to understand and ensure environmental requirements are met
- Using technical knowledge to identify solutions to complex regulatory/operational issues across Y-12 organizations
- Using considerable independent judgment to resolve environmental matters
- Reviewing new environmental regulations for applicability to Y-12 operaitons, and reviewing proposed activities and plans to ensure compliance with environmental permits and regulations
- Serving as the primary point of contact with environmental regulators for compliance agreements
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: Minimum 4 years of experience working with environmental compliance-related work activities, including experience working with federal and/or state environmental regulations
- OR Master's degree: Minimum 3 years relevant experience
- OR twelve (12) or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting
- Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively with operations personnel and external regulators
- Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to interface effectively with a variety of customers
Preferred Job Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in engineering, environmental science, engineering/science discipline, or other related field
- Working or fundamental knowledge of Tennessee solid waste regulations and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations
- Familiarity with the Y-12 National Security Complex or other DOE installations
Why Y-12?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Y-12, you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
This position may be categorized as a “designated position” identified by 10 C.F.R. Part 709, requiring successful completion of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation that may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
CNS is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
CNS is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.
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