American Water · 14 hours ago
Water Quality & Env Compliance Lead
Honolulu, HI
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$69K/yr - $115K/yr
4+ years expAmerican Water is a leading company in environmental management and compliance. They are seeking a Water Quality & Env Compliance Lead to oversee operations ensuring adherence to environmental regulations, provide technical guidance, and manage wastewater compliance activities across facilities.
ConsumerWaste ManagementWater
Responsibilities
Gives technical guidance to operations regarding wastewater, water quality, and environmental compliance related issues
Collaborates with plant and laboratory staff, ensuring communication across working groups, and appropriate sampling / procedures for testing are met
Recommends process improvements and procedures to maintain adherence to wastewater, water, and various environmental permits and regulations
Ensure wastewater treatment and disposal activity is in accordance with regulatory permit conditions
Ensure compliance with applicable wastewater and environmental regulatory permits
Assists local, State, and Federal regulatory agencies during inspections
Responds (on-call) to wastewater, water quality, and environmental compliance problems, taking appropriate corrective action including documentation to advise management
Assures that policies, programs, standards of performance and approved objectives related to wastewater, water quality, and environmental compliance are adhered to
Prepare, review, and submit necessary regulatory reports to governing bodies
Works with Operations staff on receipt of chemical supplies to ensure adequate supply along with monitoring equipment, chemical feeds, etc. to ensure standards are maintained
Supervises the training of plant operating staff and other personnel in chemical handling practices, permit requirements, and environmental initiatives
Supports wastewater activities related to the Environmental Management Program to ensure compliance with applicable regulations are continually met
Plan, prepare and control the portion of the financial plan related to area of responsibility
Conduct special projects
Qualification
Required
Bachelor Degree required
Minimum four (4) years' experience in wastewater, and/or water, and/or laboratory operations preferred
Valid driver's license is required
Knowledge of environmental compliance regulations required
Proficiency in Microsoft Office is required
Advanced knowledge of wastewater treatment practice is required
Must have advanced knowledge of wastewater, water and environmental regulations affecting the business
Must have strong familiarity with various wastewater treatment technologies and instrumentation used in the business
Ability to analyze complex situations and propose viable solutions
Experienced in data analysis, regulatory reporting, and interfacing and reporting to a variety of regulatory agencies
Must understand principles of water and wastewater treatment and be able to troubleshoot systems
Process, project, and program management skills; quantitative skills (e.g., analytical, technical, problem solving); effective people management (e.g., planning, organizing, controlling, and leading teams); written and verbal communications (e.g., fluency in report writing and presentations); interpersonal skills (e.g., persuasion, negotiation, listening, cooperation, tact, diplomacy, problem solving, internal consulting)
Preferred
Masters preferred
Previous experience managing teams is preferred
Benefits
401(k)
Defined Contribution Plan
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Medical
Prescription
Dental and vision coverage
Disability
Paid time off
Life insurance
Voluntary benefits
Health and wellness programs
Company
American Water
American Water is a waste water utility company.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (8)
2023 (14)
2022 (14)
2021 (15)
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$900.57MKey Investors
Water Research Foundation
2024-02-21Grant· $0.57M
2023-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $900M
2017-11-29Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
John Griffith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Susan N. Story
President & Chief Executive Officer
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