Senior Scientist (Environmental Compliance)

Mission Support and Test Services, LLC (MSTS) manages and operates the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) for the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).  Our MISSION is to help ensure the security of the United States and its allies by providing high-hazard experimentation and incident response capabilities through operations, engineering, education, field, and integration services and by acting as environmental stewards to the Site’s Cold War legacy.  Our VISION is to be the user site of choice for large-scale, high-hazard, national security experimentation, with premier facilities and capabilities below ground, on the ground, and in the air. (See NNSS.gov for our unique capabilities.) Our 2,750+ professional, craft, and support employees are called upon to innovate, collaborate, and deliver on some of the more difficult nuclear security challenges facing the world today.   

• MSTS offers our full-time employees highly competitive salaries and benefits packages including medical, dental, and vision; both a pension and a 401k; paid time off and 96 hours of paid holidays; relocation (if located more than 75 miles from work location); tuition assistance and reimbursement; and more.  
• MSTS is a limited liability company consisting of Honeywell International Inc. (Honeywell), Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (Jacobs), and HII Nuclear Inc.

The Senior Scientist will assure regulatory compliance and provide other environmental support at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and other Nevada locations operated by MSTS. Support the national security and other missions at the NNSS by reviewing planning and operational documents and providing input to ensure environmental requirements are incorporated, and environmental impact is minimized. Manage environmental programs as assigned by the manager with emphasis in the Clean Air Act (CAA), State of Nevada Chemical Accident Prevention Program (CAPP), Refrigerants (40 CFR 82), and other areas as assigned by the Environmental Compliance Manager. 

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for the CAA and CAPP.
• Conduct field inspections of facilities to ascertain regulatory compliance, primarily with air quality and issued permits, but also waste generation, wastewater, drinking water, chemical management, and other environmental regulations, as assigned.
• Conduct management assessments of environmental programs to verify compliance and identify environmental deficiencies, and track them to resolution and closure.
• Assist in regulatory inspections for Air Quality Permits and CAPP.
• Maintain compliance with local, state, and federal permits and regulatory requirements in assigned areas, prepare routine and non-routine reports, prepare permit modification and renewals, other regulatory actions such as Insignificant Activity Determination and early construction start requests, and develop sampling and monitoring schedules.
• Conduct Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Method 9 visible emission observations.
• Assist operators of permitted emission units with regulatory requirements. 
• Review work plans for air quality and other environmental compliance issues.
• Maintain and update as necessary company documents related to assigned areas.
• Devise imaginative, thorough, and practical solutions requiring evaluation of standards and processes.
• Coordinate execution of assigned projects.
• Develop processes, procedures, work instructions.
• Provide environmental technical support for procurements.
• Coordinate work with other project team members.
• Perform other duties assigned by Management.

• Bachelor’s in calculus-based technical (STEM) field plus at least 5 years relevant experience. Skill building experience must demonstrate either deeper technical specialization or additional cross-disciplinary knowledge. Graduate research experience may be recognized.
• Experience with Nevada State Regulations preferred.
• Experience with the Clean Air Act.
• Experience with Nevada’s Chemical Accident Prevention Program.
• Experience with Nevada’s Clark County Air Quality regulations.
• Good attention to detail in planning and performing work, and documenting decisions in a scientifically-defensible manner.
• Must have good planning and organizational skills, initiative and use of independent judgement.
• Working knowledge of office software programs such as the Microsoft Office suite.
• Must possess excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Must be able to function in a team environment and build teaming relationships with all levels and types of employees.
• Knowledge of technical vocabularies and terminology common to the assignment.
• Work involves indoor and outdoor work in construction