Senior EHS Consultant

Duke Energy; Wilmington (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Duke Energy is seeking a senior EHS professional to lead environmental, health and safety initiatives across regional gas plant sites, including Sutton, HF Lee, Wayne County and Wetherspoon. The role requires developing advanced programs, interpreting regulations, and partnering with facilities to ensure compliance while mitigating risks.

Travel 25-50% and field/site visits are expected; relocation not specified.

Qualifications

• Advanced EHS program knowledge and ability to advise management and customers.
• Ability to interpret regulations and develop compliant procedures across facilities.
• Experience developing and maintaining safety and environmental programs.
• Strong collaboration and communication to influence across organization.

Responsibilities

• Knowledgeable of the organization, procedures and assigned customers and analyzes and understands advanced-level information, past practices and business objectives to make appropriate recommendations to management/assigned customers.
• Monitors the practices of assigned organizational EHS area to facilitate compliance with company and regulatory policies and requirements to mitigate risks.
• Researches, develops, and evaluates advanced-level programs, policies or activities within the discipline they are assigned with moderate impact or complexity.
• Provides advanced level information/consultation to management/assigned customers on existing EHS programs and policies.
• Develops positive working relationships with peers, customers, employees and management to effectively complete work activities.

Skills

Interpersonal abilities

Influencing and listening skills

Collaboration across levels

Education

Bachelor's Degree Engineering

Bachelor's Degree Health and Safety

Bachelor's Degree Science

Bachelor's Degree other related degree

HS Diploma / GED with 10 years experience

Job description

Build an exciting, rewarding career with us - help us make a difference for millions of people every day. Consider joining the Duke Energy team, where you'll find a friendly work environment, opportunities for growth and development, recognition for your work, and competitive pay and benefits.

This is the career/senior level of the EHS Consulting classification hierarchy. Employees at this level manage work in environmental, health, and / or safety areas of specialization, with minimal supervision. Incumbents are expected to develop advanced skills and to have the ability to work independently, with guidance limited to unusual or complex projects or issues. They are fully competent in use of concepts and procedures. They identify problems, develop solutions and take actions to resolve.

This is a regional role covering Gas Plants: Sutton, HF Lee, Wayne County and Wetherspoon.

STAR Sites: Cape Fear and HF Lee.

Responsibilities

• Knowledgeable of the organization, procedures and assigned customers and analyzes and understands advanced-level information, past practices and business objectives to make appropriate recommendations to management/assigned customers.
• Monitors the practices of assigned organizational EHS area to facilitate compliance with company and/or regulatory policies and requirements in which to mitigate risks. Examples include providing advanced-leveled regulatory-required and internal environmental or safety reports, advanced-leveled support assigned environmental or safety training programs, advanced-leveled support with the development and maintenance of procedures and programs to assist facilities in complying with environmental or safety laws and regulations, and to ensure that Duke Energy work procedures address compliance guidance and helping track regulatory changes, legislative activities and industry standards
• Researches, develops, and/or evaluates advanced-level programs, policies or activities within the discipline they are assigned which have moderate impact or level of complexity; solves a range of moderate problems and develops solutions using standard-moderate procedures.
• Provides some advanced level of information/consultation to management/assigned customers on existing EHS programs and policies. Examples include serving as an career expert for higher-level technical programs and compliance issues and supports company's environmental or safety goals, strategies, programs and processes. The incumbent develops and maintains procedures and programs to assist facilities in complying with environmental or safety laws and regulations. Ensures that Duke Energy work procedures address compliance guidance. Assists with tracking advanced-level regulatory changes, advance-level legislative activities and advance-level industry standards and assists with identifying needed changes to facility's compliance programs. Works with federal, state and local regulatory authorities to interpret regulations and laws. Supports Duke Energy on various internal/external industry committees andteams
• Develops positive working relationships with peers, customers, employees and management to effectively complete work activities.

Basic/Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree Engineering
• Bachelors Degree Health and Safety
• Bachelors Degree Science
• Bachelors Degree other related degree
• 6 years related experience
• In Lieu of bachelor's degree and 6 years related experience, HS Diploma / GED and 10 years of related work experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree Engineering
• Masters Degree Health and Safety
• Masters Degree Science
• Masters Degree other related degree
• The ideal candidates will bring outstanding interpersonal abilities, including strong influencing and listening skills that foster effective collaboration across all levels of the organization.
• 5 plus years work experience in power generation or transmission/distribution operations is preferred.
• Knowledge of electrical safety practices
• A collaborative spirit is key, as is the ability to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds to reach common goals

Working Conditions

• Onsite Mobility Classification - Work will be performed at a company facility.
• Office environment with exposure to PC terminal and keyboard
• Outside work during all seasons.
• Occasional overtime, weekend, outage and callout work.
• Field, work site, facility visitation required.
• Vehicle travel involved to field location, typical travel safety factors

Travel Requirements

25-50%

Relocation Assistance Provided (as applicable) Yes

Represented/Union Position No

Visa Sponsored Position This is not a Visa Sponsored Position. This role requires the ability to work lawfully in the U.S. without employment-based immigration sponsorship, now or in the future.