The Colton Power Project comprises two distinct facilities, Drews and Century, situated in Colton, California. Each of these facilities is a 40 MW simple cycle gas turbine power plant, equipped with four GE 1)B 1 gas turbines. Notably, both facilities are centrally managed and operated from the Tracy Power Project, demonstrating an efficient and coordinated approach to power generation and management. Opportunity Summary The EH&S Specialist role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the... more details
The Colton Power Project comprises two distinct facilities, Drews and Century, situated in Colton, California. Each of these facilities is a 40 MW simple cycle gas turbine power plant, equipped with four GE 1)B1 gas turbines. Notably, both facilities are centrally managed and operated from the Tracy Power Project, demonstrating an efficient and coordinated approach to power generation and management.
Opportunity Summary
The EH&S Specialist role presents a unique opportunity to contribute to the success of the Colton Power Project, a part of the San Joaquin Energy Project, while also providing essential support to all other facilities operated by the project. The key responsibilities of this position are focused on implementing and maintaining environmental and safety activities for the Colton Power Project and providing support in these areas for plant management. The ideal candidate will have multi-media environmental compliance and safety experience, making them well-suited to address the diverse and complex challenges associated with maintaining a safe and environmentally responsible operational environment across the entire project.
The EH&S Specialist will occasionally provide backup support to four other facilities located in California and operated by San Joaquin Energy Project. These facilities include the Tracy Power Project, Henrietta Peaker Plant, Hanford Peaker Plant, and the Malaga Plant.
Here's a look at some of the things you'll be doing within each focus area:
Environmental
- Coordinate, oversee and implement daily environmental programs, policies and procedures to ensure compliance with federal, state, local and site permit and regulatory requirements.
- Continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) reporting – in accordance with Title V permit requirements enforceable by CA and U.S. EPA; responsible for compiling monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports. This involves monitoring, record-keeping, interpreting data and submitting reports on-time.
- Contribute substantially to the development of and provide ongoing administration for key facility-specific environmental plans. Responsibilities include ensuring all plans are or have been developed in accordance with applicable regulatory or other requirements; that all obligations embedded within the plans, regardless of individual responsibility, are being tracked and completed in a timely manner; and that required or prudent plan updates are effectively managed to completion.
- Development and continued management of various plans, include a Laboratory QA/QC Manual and Chemical Hygiene Plan, a Continuous Emission Monitoring System (CEMS) QA/QC Manual and Monitoring Plan, a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasures Plan, a Title V Permit Compliance Process, a Waste Management Plan, a Water Management Plan, and a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan.
- Provide support to the Owner for interface with local environmental regulators to include preparing for and coordinating inspections, responding to information requests, supporting strategies for and negotiations of permit modifications and renewals, and preparing routing compliance reports and communications
- Maintain various facets of the Company’s Environmental Management System (EMS) including but not limited to the EHS filing system, tracking compliance and performance metrics in the online corporate tracking system, and develop and conduct environmental training programs for the facility staff
Spill prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan – maintain facility procedure to address the following:
- Operating procedures to prevent substance spills onto the ground (oil, chemicals)
- Control measures to prevent a spill from reaching navigable waters
- Countermeasures to contain, clean up, and mitigate the effects of an oil spill
- Discharge prevention measures including procedures for routine handling of products
Safety
- Facilitate and administer the employee and contractor safety programs
- Provide safety training topics to employees in daily meetings, conduct regular site safety meetings, and lead safety training for site contractors and visitors
- Conduct routine site walk-downs to perform housekeeping inspections, identify potential hazards, and conduct one-on-one contact sessions with workers to discuss safety issues
- Maintain safety data sheets (SDSs) and interpret for safe handling and disposal of chemicals
- Respond to Incidents including, but not limited to, injuries, incidents and near misses; write a report that explains what happened, identify the cause and recommend corrective action; follow-up as necessary to ensure that corrective action is taken
- Provide management/oversight for the LOTO, Confined Space, Emergency Response Programs and other plant/corporate policies and procedures
- Act as liaison between plant and regulatory agencies
- Provide safety and compliance guidance to employees and contractors during plant equipment outages
- Monitor and implement new and changing OSHA regulations
Other Responsibilities
- Generate all required Department of Energy Reports
- Generate all required FERC Reports
- Generate all required MISO Reporting
- Generate corporate monthly operations data
- Assume administrative and staff support duties as assigned
NAES Safe
Safety is a core value of NAES and as a condition of employment, all employees are expected to be mentally alert and work safely at all times. Additionally, employees are required to adhere to all safety warnings and posted safety signs whenever on company property. Furthermore, employees must follow all NAES safety rules and procedures. Effectiveness in carrying out this responsibility is part of the evaluation of each employee’s performance.
Working Relationships
The EH&S Specialist reports to the Plant Manager and maintains a close working relationship with NAES corporate NERC and Environmental Support Services groups as well as Client corporate contacts.
Physical Requirements and Working Conditions
Physical requirements include standing for extended periods of time, stair and ladder climbing and lifting up to 50 pounds. Protective equipment must be worn in the performance of some duties (e.g., hard hats, safety glasses, air masks, ear protection, chemical suits, etc.). Work with hazardous materials may be required. There are extensive smoking restrictions in and around the facility.
Fitness for Duty
All employees will participate in the Fitness for Duty Program. This program includes a post-offer physical examination and drug screening and post-employment random drug screening.
Work Schedule
Regular scheduled work days are Monday to Friday during regular dayshift hours. Position may require extended working hours and varied shifts at times with the possibility of weekend and holiday work, as required by schedules, workload, and plant conditions.
Compensation
The initial compensation range available for this position is $83,600 - $117,100.
Job Qualifications
Education, Licenses/Certificates
- Associate degree or equivalent technical training knowledge and experience desired.
- Certification for DOT HazMat desired.
- Experience in environmental compliance for operating facilities is desired. This experience will preferably come from a power plant or power-related industry in order to understand plant operations so that opportunities to reduce both environmental and safety risks and costs can be aggressively sought and proposed.
- Experience using continuous emissions monitoring (CEMS) software desired.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge and/or experience with South Coast AQMD regulatory compliance is highly desired.
- General knowledge of major environmental legislation involving air, water, hazardous materials and waste management with at least one specialized area of knowledge at the regulatory requirement level.
- General knowledge of applicable safety statutes and regulations and familiarity with the principles associated with maintaining a strong safety program. Working knowledge of OSHA, ANSI, DOT, NFPA and NEC regulations desired.
- General knowledge of power plant operations is desired, including the interrelationship of environmental impacts and compliance with operation and maintenance functions.
- Excellent writing and analytical skills and an ability to present facts, conclusions and recommendations in written communications, both in formal and informal formats.
- Strong oral communication skills are essential.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and a record of building consensus among internal and external parties.
- Ability to perform and manage multiple varied tasks in an industrial environment and to identify and analyze potentially complex compliance risks promptly.
- Must possess and maintain a valid Drivers License at all times.
About NAES
NAES Corporation is the leading provider of operations, maintenance, and engineering services for energy facilities. We have established ourselves as a reliable partner for clients in North America and internationally, offering services across power generation, oil and gas, and renewable energy sectors. Additionally, our growing family of companies enables us to address the entire life cycle of power generation and other industrial plants.
NAES is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is the practice of NAES to seek employees of the highest quality and to select individuals on the basis of merit and competence, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status or affiliation protected under USERRA, or any other basis of discrimination prohibited by applicable local, state and federal law.