Manager, Environmental

AES Huntington Beach CCGT - Environmental Manager

AES Southland is a subsidiary of the AES Corporation. It has five operating businesses across two physical locations in the City of Long Beach, CA, and the City of Huntington Beach, CA, respectively. The AES Alamitos site in Long Beach includes a conventional once-through cooling (OTC) natural gas-fired power plant, a combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant, and a battery energy storage facility. Meanwhile, the AES Huntington Beach site in the City of Huntington Beach has a conventional OTC natural gas-fired power plant and a CCGT power plant.

The AES Southland Environmental team is seeking a highly skilled Environmental Compliance Manager with expertise in California environmental laws and regulations for the Huntington Beach site. Reporting to the Southland Environmental Manager and collaborating closely with other members of the Southland Environmental Team, the Environmental Manager will play a pivotal role in ensuring that all environmental compliance obligations for AES Southland are met diligently and timely.

The incumbent will primarily manage the comprehensive environmental compliance program for the Huntington Beach CCGT plant. Additionally, the individual will provide environmental compliance support for the OTC plant in the same Huntington Beach site.

Responsibilities :

• Lead and manage the environmental compliance program for the AES Huntington Beach CCGT plant, ensuring compliance with all issued permits and applicable local, State, and Federal environmental laws.
• Work closely with the environmental staff at the Huntington Beach OTC facility to ensure sitewide compliance with all applicable shared environmental permits and requirements throughout the site.
• Ensure the facility-specific environmental compliance matrix, calendars, and all environmental permits are current and accurate, and that all facility systems and processes comply with permit conditions.
• Serve as a technical expert on environmental compliance at the site and deliver effective compliance instructions, guidance, support, and training to plant personnel.
• Provide environmental compliance support or leadership to various OpEx and CapEx projects across AES Southland, as needed.
• Report promptly on environmental deficiencies or excursions, actively lead or assist in investigations, and offer sound mitigation and corrective action recommendations and support.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual air quality, water quality, and waste compliance reports for various regulatory agencies, including, but not limited to, the State and Regional Water Quality Control Boards, South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD), California Air Resources Board (CARB), US EPA, local Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA), and the California Energy Commission.
• Prepare quarterly, annual, and ad-hoc internal environmental and sustainability reports for various departments within the company.
• Ensure efficient and timely execution of all required monitoring, sampling, analysis, testing, internal inspections, instrument calibrations, and recordkeeping per applicable permits and regulations.
• Support the implementation and continuous improvement of the AES Southland Environmental Management System.
• Participate in the company's internal and external environmental audits as required to drive continuous improvements in the company's environmental compliance performance.
• Assist in business planning, developing, and tracking the site-specific environmental budget.

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