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If you’re looking for a rewarding career helping improve our environment and protect our natural resources, we encourage you to join our team!\nAbout Essential Utilities\nEssential Utilities, Inc. delivers safe, clean, reliable services that improve quality of life for individuals, families, and entire communities.\nOperating as the Aqua (water and wastewater services) and the Peoples and Delta (natural gas) brands, Essential serves approximately 5.5 million people across 10 states. We are committed to sustainable growth, operational excellence, a superior customer experience, and premier employer status - including a competitive and comprehensive benefits package as well as a commitment to career growth opportunities.\nWe are advocates for the communities we serve and are dedicated stewards of natural lands, protecting more than 7,600 acres of forests and other habitats throughout our footprint.\nOur company is one of the most significant publicly traded water, wastewater service and natural gas providers in the U.S.\nThe Environmental Compliance Specialist performs a variety of tasks to support Aqua’s compliance functions. Activities include collecting and maintaining data to fulfill regulatory requirements, performing environmental compliance reviews and inspections and documenting results of compliance testing. Manages, coordinates and administers permits in accordance with compliance initiatives and regulatory requirements.\nDUTIES:\nCoordinates and oversees Aqua’s environmental programs including water and wastewater sampling programs, pretreatment, and grease control programs. This task includes preparing and maintaining all sampling plans, issuance and tracking of sampling work orders, drafting permit applications and contracted laboratory budgets, and analyzation of compliance data.\nSchedules sampling for water and/or wastewater systems and assists operators and managers with sampling issues.\nOrganizes and tracks compliance data for inclusion in reports including field data. Conducts data analysis, summarizes findings and prepares reports on various environmental programs. Makes recommendations to department leadership when issues or questions of non-compliance arise.\nRecords and monitors test results in the company compliance database and/or spreadsheets. Documents and tracks activities to ensure compliance with departmental and regulatory standards policies, and procedures.\nIdentifies gaps in documentation or potential areas of non-compliance and recommends solutions. Prepare and submit necessary paperwork for reduced monitoring of any contaminant that allows reductions from the base monitoring frequency.\nReviews inspection reports and regulatory correspondence, meeting with operators and managers as needed to gather details and discuss results. Partners with engineers and management to draft responses.\nAssist operations with regulatory compliance inspections.\nResponds to inspection reports and other correspondence from regulatory agencies. Researches and provides pertinent information to department leadership in response to state violations. Builds and maintains strong working relationships with state and federal environmental regulatory staff.\nReviews and analyzes new and proposed environmental regulations. Informs management of potential impact of the regulations and assists management with written comments on the regulations as needed. Provides regulatory updates to Facility Operators on any new sampling requirements and provides updates of laboratory results to operations.\nCoordinates, drafts, and issues any public notices. Partners with management, engineering and communications staff as needed on communications.\nMay facilitate training of new Facility Operators on compliance matters. \nServes as a company representative to discuss water quality issues with customers who contact Aqua. \nAssists in the resolution or response to compliance violations.\nPerforms other related activities as assigned, e.g, MOR and DMR review and troubleshooting in CMMS, prepares CCR reports, LCR notices, and performs regulatory certifications for each system as required by rule.\nREQUIREMENTS:\nAssociate's degree required, Bachelor's degree preferred\nAbility to travel up to 5%\nUnderstanding of environmental regulations\n2+ years relevant experience\nPrior experience in water utilities a plus\nExceptional attention to detail\nExceptional customer service skills\nKnowledge and experience with data management and calculations using lab data management software (i.e. SAMS)\nProficient in MS Office\nAqua, an Essential Utilities company is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. 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