Hazardous Waste, PCB and Spill Response Program Manager

Seattle City Light, a department of the City of Seattle, is one of the nation’s largest municipally owned utilities in terms of the number of customers served. Over the years we have worked very hard to keep Seattle's electricity affordable, reliable, and environmentally sound. Today, City Light is a recognized national leader in energy efficiency and environmental stewardship.

City Light is seeking a regulatory expert who will be responsible for guiding the utility’s environmental compliance as program manager in the areas of Dangerous Waste Management, and Emergency Response to Hazardous Substances Releases including PCBs. This includes developing and leading utility wide compliance strategies and recommending policies to upper management; developing best environmental practices and explicit procedures for utility workers implementing these procedures as part of their ongoing work;

developing and updating formal guidance documents and plans (Emergency Response to the Release of Hazardous Substances Plan, Moderate Risk Waste Facility Operations Manual, and the PCB Manual). The position is also responsible for ensuring records required under applicable federal, state and local environmental regulations are accurately created and properly maintained by employees in other business units, and for assembling required annual and occasional formal reports as required under various environmental regulations.

This position also develops and oversees contracts with environmental consultants and disposal vendors; and advises on construction and maintenance projects regarding environmental aspects of managing PCBs, dangerous wastes, and spill prevention. Key duties also include developing and maintaining relationships with municipal, state, and federal partners and regulators.

This position will report to the Environmental Management and Compliance Manager.

• Maintain expert knowledge of current federal, state and local regulatory requirements and best management practices for emergency response to hazardous substances releases, dangerous waste management, and PCB use and disposal. Provide expertise to management and field staff regarding regulatory requirements under several environmental statutes including TSCA, Washington State regulations for dangerous wastes (WAC 173-303) and emergency response to releases of hazardous substances (WAC 296-824), as they apply to the utility’s work and activities.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with Federal, State, and Local regulatory agency personnel.
• As Program Manager for Dangerous Waste Management, Co-Program Manager for Emergency Response to Hazardous Material Incidents, identifies potential gaps and proactive opportunities to enhance City Light’s environmental compliance and protection in these areas.
• Work with field staff and managers in other parts of the utility (including field operations, engineering, and IT) to identify, develop, and maintain effective and efficient tools (including databases, policies, best management practices, written procedures and guidance documents) that support and enhance the utility’s compliance in the assigned program areas.
• Develop and ensure successful implementation of an ongoing employee training plan to ensure all affected employees understand their job-specific roles, responsibilities, and required procedures for hazardous substances releases, PCB use and disposal, and dangerous waste management.
• Ensure formal procedures are being followed and required records are being consistently and accurately kept by designated staff in business units in Seattle and SCL facilities across the state that manage various aspects of emergency response to hazardous substances releases, dangerous waste management, and PCB use and disposal.
• Develop utility wide environmental documents and reports as required by regulation or by utility management or internal policy for the assigned program areas.
• Oversee the utility’s emergency response to the release of hazardous substances program, including establishing and ensuring maintenance of the incident command system and use of proper field methods, completing required…