American Water · 18 hours ago
Senior, Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Program Manager
Scranton, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
4+ years expAmerican Water is seeking a Senior Water Quality & Environmental Compliance Program Manager to manage the day-to-day operations ensuring compliance with environmental regulations. The role involves providing technical direction on water quality and regulatory compliance issues, overseeing plant procedures, and addressing customer inquiries.
ConsumerWaste ManagementWater
Responsibilities
Oversees plant and laboratory procedures for testing and sampling to ensure Company and regulatory requirements are met. Gives technical guidance to operations in dealing with water quality related issues
Recommends treatment and procedures for maintaining approved Water Quality
Ensure wastewater treatment and disposal activity is in accordance with regulatory permit conditions
Ensure compliance with applicable environmental regulatory permits. Assists local, State, and Federal regulatory agencies during inspections
Responds (on-call) to Water Quality and environmental compliance problems, taking appropriate corrective action including documentation to advise management
Ensures that customer complaints or inquiries are properly addressed to attempt to resolve any issues
Assures that policies, programs, standards of performance and approved objectives related to water quality and environmental compliance are adhered to
Supports water quality activities related to the Environmental Management Program to ensure compliance with applicable regulations are continually met
Conduct special projects and prepare reports
Qualification
Required
Advanced knowledge of wastewater treatment practice is required
Must have advanced knowledge of water quality and environmental regulations affecting the business
Must have strong familiarity with various water treatment technologies and instrumentation used in the business
Ability to analyze complex situations and propose viable solutions
Regulatory knowledge of proper lab analytical testing methods
Must understand principles of water and wastewater treatment and be able to troubleshoot systems
Strong project management skills (e.g. planning, organizing, directing, monitoring and reporting on project activities)
A strong sense of organization and schedule, ability to self-direct and prioritize many often-non-sequential tasks on multiple concurrent projects
Detail-Oriented: Conduct thorough analyses and evaluations and implement timely decisions and recommendations
Independent Worker: Manage time across multiple projects and deadlines
Collaborative: Seek input and coordinate with staff
Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills
Technical Proficiency: Good working knowledge of computer programs, databases, and software
Organizational Skills: Demonstrated organizational and administrative abilities
Analytical Skills: Good analytical and problem-solving skills
Minimum four (4) years experience in wastewater, and/or laboratory operations
Bachelor or equivalent in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science or related discipline
Valid driver license
Preferred
DEP license preferred
Company
American Water
American Water is a waste water utility company.
5001-10000 employees
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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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