NiSource Hiring Environmental Coordinator - Job Famil in Valparaiso Central Stores

The Sustainability Grid; Valparaiso (IN); Sur place; USD 65 000 - 85 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

NiSource in Valparaiso Central Stores is seeking an Environmental Coordinator to provide site and enterprise-wide environmental expertise, integrating science, regulatory requirements, and company policy to design and manage programs.

The role spans air, water, natural resources, permitting, remediation, sustainability, and risk management, requiring collaboration across teams and leadership to ensure compliant, proactive programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, natural science, or a related field plus 3+ years of environmental compliance experience or equivalent work experience within a utility.
• Learning agility and adaptability in a changing regulatory and operational environment.
• Valid driver’s license.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to interpret environmental laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, and corporate directives and summarize their operational impact.
• Ability to support the development, implementation, and administration of environmental programs, permits, procedures, and compliance activities.
• Ability to manage assigned projects and priorities, exercise professional judgment, and work independently with appropriate guidance.

Responsabilités

• Promote and support a safe working environment and public safety.
• Identify and communicate opportunities for environmental continuous improvement using established systems, processes, and procedures.
• Integrate business and regulatory needs, coordinate across organizational levels, and use change-management practices to support action planning.
• Provide clear, concise communication that keeps business partners and leaders informed of environmental performance and risk.
• Align operational needs and constraints with effective environmental risk minimization and mitigation strategies.
• Analyze and interpret environmental laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, and corporate directives; prepare summaries of their operational impact.
• Develop, enhance, and implement compliant, proactive environmental systems, programs, permits, and procedures.
• Prepare formal comments on proposed regulations and represent the company during regulatory interactions and inspections.
• Collaborate with diverse teams in policy, sustainability, compliance, permitting, remediation, and other environmental disciplines.
• Coordinate or perform required environmental activities to ensure programs and permits are implemented effectively and maintain compliance.

Connaissances

Environmental compliance

Regulatory interpretation

Communication

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Driver's license

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science/engineering/natural science or related field

Outils

Microsoft 365 (Excel, Word)

Maximo

GIS

CIS

Description du poste

NiSource Hiring Environmental Coordinator - Job Famil in Valparaiso Central Stores

NiSource is recruiting for Environmental Coordinator - Job Famil in Valparaiso Central Stores.

By The Sustainability Grid Desk

Location Valparaiso Central Stores

Type Full time

Experience 3+ years of

Deadline 2 November 2026

About the Company

The Opportunity

The Environmental Coordinator provides corporate-wide technical expertise and professional judgment by integrating environmental science, legal and regulatory requirements, operational activities, and company policy. This role analyzes, designs, implements, and manages environmental programs that support business units proactively and cost-effectively while aligning with company policy and objectives. Support may span air, water, natural resources, waste management, permitting, remediation, sustainability, compliance, and environmental risk management.

Essential Functions

What You'll Do

• Promote and support a safe working environment and public safety.
• Identify and communicate opportunities for environmental continuous improvement using established systems, processes, and procedures.
• Integrate business and regulatory needs, coordinate across organizational levels, and use change-management practices to support action planning.
• Provide clear, concise communication that keeps business partners and leaders informed of environmental performance and risk.
• Align operational needs and constraints with effective environmental risk minimization and mitigation strategies.
• Analyze and interpret environmental laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, and corporate directives; prepare summaries of their operational impact.
• Develop, enhance, and implement compliant, proactive environmental systems, programs, permits, and procedures.
• Prepare formal comments on proposed regulations and represent the company during regulatory interactions and inspections.
• Collaborate with diverse teams in policy, sustainability, compliance, permitting, remediation, and other environmental disciplines.
• Coordinate or perform required environmental activities to ensure programs and permits are implemented effectively and maintain compliance.

Requirements

Core Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, natural science, or a related field plus 3+ years of environmental compliance experience or equivalent work experience within a utility.
• Learning agility and adaptability in a changing regulatory and operational environment.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Environmental Coordinator 2 Requirements
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to interpret environmental laws, regulations, policies, guidelines, and corporate directives and summarize their operational impact.
• Ability to support the development, implementation, and administration of environmental programs, permits, procedures, and compliance activities.
• Ability to manage assigned projects and priorities, exercise professional judgment, and work independently with appropriate guidance.

Technical Expertise

• Working knowledge of air, water, natural resources, and waste management requirements.
• Knowledge of environmental regulations applicable to the energy industry and familiarity with electric generation and natural gas operations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel and Word.
• Familiarity with operations support systems such as Maximo, work management systems, GIS, and CIS.
• Demonstrated ability to determine when legal counsel, technical experts, or government officials should be engaged.

Professional Strengths

• Ability to analyze requirements, identify issues and opportunities, and communicate results clearly.
• Strong written, oral, analytical, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to work cooperatively, build consensus, and contribute effectively within diverse teams.
• Working knowledge of standard project management practices, including planning, scheduling, risk management, stakeholder coordination, and timely delivery of project objectives.
• Ability to collect and analyze environmental data, identify compliance issues or improvement opportunities, and communicate findings to business partners.
• Ability to coordinate with operations, environmental teams, consultants, and regulatory agencies to complete assigned work.
• Experience independently analyzing complex environmental requirements and leading work across diverse teams.
• Ability to develop and lead environmental programs, permitting strategies, regulatory responses, and risk-mitigation initiatives.

Not specified in the original listing.

Why This Role Matters

This role is a direct way to contribute to NiSource's environmental work through the responsibilities listed above.