HPN - Environmental Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

POSITION: Environmental Specialist

REPORTS TO : Environmental Manager

LOCATION: White Plains, New York

AIRPORT: Westchester County Airport

SUMMARY

Under the general supervision of the Environmental Manager, the Environmental Specialist coordinates and monitors the airport’s environmental performance and requirements under the Airport Environmental Management System (AEMS), which is certified to the ISO 14001:2015 standard. The ideal candidate will have good customer service skills and have experience working with the public.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following, and other duties as may be assigned:

· Responsible for the performance of essential duties to ensure continued compliance with internal and external environmental mandates and obligations.

· Assist in the development of environmental programs, initiatives, and the continued improvement of our environmental management practices.

• Monitor and ensure compliance with the Westchester County Airport Environmental Policy in our overall commitment to ensure the continual improvement to our AEMS.
• Assist with AEMS facility audits, inspections, and training.
• Monitor and coordinate activities involving open spill sites, spill response, and working with our environmental consultant to attain final spill closure. Review all spill reports and clean-up events to ensure compliance with procedures, and to determine if any further work may be required for final spill closure.
• Monitor airport SPDES permit and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Permits, conduct monthly outfalls sampling, prepare monthly Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMR’s) for submission to the regulatory agencies, and perform facility Best Management Practices (BMP’s) and general housekeeping inspections.
• Oversee the Airport Recycling Program (Source Separation Law), and Pest Management Plan.
• Monitor aircraft deicing activities to ensure the operational integrity of spent deicing fluid collection systems and pre-treatment permit compliance. Coordinate the system removal and disposal of spent deicing with our trucking contractor, and ensure notification procedural compliance.
• Responsible for the oversite of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, universal waste, and conducting weekly inspections of airport maintenance satellite and main collection waste areas. Coordinate waste disposal and ensure proper material manifests and reporting requirements.
• Perform field maintenance tasks and inspections as directed by the Environmental Manager and enter results into the AEMS access/GIS data base and maintain information in the data base.
• Support the daily operations of the Environmental Department and the AEMS, assume operational responsibility in the absence of the Airport Environmental Manager.

· Act as a liaison with various airport tenants, contractors, aircraft operators, County departments, and environmental regulatory agencies.

· Act as an airside/landside escort for contractors, vendors and/or consultants for fieldwork.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working knowledge of the following:

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), including specifically Hazardous Waste/Non-Hazardous Waste/Universal Waste storage, accumulation and manifesting requirements, along with reporting requirements
• Petroleum Bulk Storage (PBS) codes, inspection requirements, Underground Storage Tank (UST), Above Ground Storage Tank (AST) inspections, and SPCC Plan requirements
• Storm Water Management and NYDEC SPDES permits
• Air quality requirements, including permitting and ozone depleting substances
• Hazard Communications and Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know.
• Storm water inspections and requirements
• ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system compliance

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences or related field, with two years of experience. Additional technical training is preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Ability to read and write in the English language, comprehend complex instructions, short correspondence and memos. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and other software applications. Ability to update information in data bases.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, and percentages.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several variables in standardized situations.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Must possess a valid Drivers’ License as a condition of employment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle to feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear; and smell. The employee is occasional required to sit. The employee must be capable of lifting or moving 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN RETURN:

· Full-Time Salary Position

· Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits

· 401K with company match

· Access to opportunities to expand your skill set and share your knowledge with others across the organization

· Company culture of promotions from within, with a start-up atmosphere allowing for varied career development

Avports is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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