Plant Environmental Superintendent Job Center North Dakota USA,Engineering

Location: Center

Position Summary

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.

Essential Responsibilities

Departmental Management 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.

Strategic Reliability

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.

Organizational Competencies

Safety
Integrity
Teamwork
Innovation
Reliability

Job Competencies

Comfort Around Higher Management
Conflict Management
Delegation
Motivation of others
Peer Relationships

Goals and Objectives

An employee filling this role is expected to meet changing and unique goals and objectives, as established by their supervisor, related to the broader area in which the employee is assigned.

Job Qualification Standards Education and Training

Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related Science discipline from an ABET-accredited university required.
Progress toward professional licensure preferred.
Must maintain a valid driver’s license.

Experience

Minimum of eight years’ experience in a utility or power plant setting
Experience in environmental permitting and compliance
Experience in regulatory analysis

Physical and Mental Demands

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the position. Reasonable…


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