GENCO Environmental Specialist

Position: GENCO Environmental Specialist I
Location: Pardeeville

Bring YOUR energy to Alliant Energy!

At Alliant Energy, our purpose is to serve customers and build stronger communities. We are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. When our employees say "I am energy", it means they take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We want you to be safe, happy and healthy.

That's why we prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement and paid time off.

Launch your environmental career with Alliant Energy as an Environmental Specialist I, where you’ll play a hands-on role ensuring regulatory compliance and driving environmental performance at a generation facility. This opportunity offers exposure to key programs such as landfill inspections, waste management, air and water permitting (Title V, NPDES), and RCRA compliance. This opportunity is ideal for early-career professionals with environmental or engineering backgrounds.

Relocation assistance is available to support your move into this opportunity.

Job Summary Generation Environmental Specialist I provides coordination of environmental programs and training activities to meet business goals and regulatory compliance. Provides support in the communication of environmental initiatives and risk impacts. Reviews environmental metrics, providing performance information for the development of additional environmental plans. Administers facility documentation processes, assists in compliance program development, and assesses compliance with environmental regulations.

What you will do Supports environmental programs for the assigned facility to meet applicable corporate policies, business goals, and regulatory compliance. Supports the communication of environmental initiatives and risk impacts to facility personnel through audio, audiovisual, printed material, and other communication media.

Coordinates, provides, and/or conducts environmental training and education. Organizes the selection of environmental information to assist various audiences in accepting, understanding, and applying knowledge to their respective activities, duties, and responsibilities. The audiences may include employees, supervisors, managers, technical staff, and contractors.

Provides technical support for environmental management system program modifications and the implementation of improvements to the system. Recommends improvements in plant activities including the integration of new environmental management programs to enhance performance.

Works with local authorities to review and assess emergency response procedures and capabilities.

Coordinates with facility Safety Specialists and other facility Environmental Specialists to proactively address environmental issues and concerns.

Works in conjunction with internal customers to analyze improvements to environmental work flow, policies, and procedures.

Tracks, analyzes, and interprets environmental performance measures. Provides periodic updates and reports to facility management and implements performance plans utilizing data gathered.

Supports the facility environmental filing system and all relevant records to keep the facility in compliance with permitting, monitoring, and record keeping requirements of environmental rules and regulations.

Responsible for completing, submitting, and filing Clean Air Act Title V operating permits and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits, and coordinating compliance with the Resources Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).Assesses facility compliance with environmental rules and regulations, and ensures existing policies, practices, procedures, and quality assurance/quality control plans are being followed. Conducts onsite investigations and provides analysis on outcome of investigations.

Participates in various environmental inspections and compliance audits. Investigates environmental incidents and assists facility management in implementation of improvement plans.

Engages in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s…