Sr Engineer - Environmental Air Quality

WBS, a subsidiary of WEC Energy Group, is seeking a Sr Engineer - Environmental Air Quality in our Milwaukee, Wisconsin location. This position offers a hybrid (office/remote) work arrangement, requiring some time in our Milwaukee Office. 

The position also requires occasional travel throughout southeast Wisconsin.  One must be available to work outside of normal business hours as needed (i.e. weekends and nights).

Job Summary

The Environmental Engineer is the Subject Matter Expert for all compliance activities related to generating facilities and other combined reporting for the generating fleet. This position tracks Federal and State air quality regulations.

 

The Environment Engineer must be able to interface with all levels of management and represented personnel and be able to communicate effectively with internal and external customers, consultants and regulators. This position requires a sound overall knowledge of local, state and federal environmental regulations, and the utility industry.

 

Job Responsibilities

• Manage activities and company’s position to support local, state and federal legislative and regulatory initiatives.
• Provide environmental support on medium to large projects. Develop scope, overall technical design and project estimates, issue resolution and resource management.
• Identify, implement, and maintain key performance and process metrics to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of the environmental processes, procedures, and contractors.
• Lead the design, decision making and recommendation in environmental program design discussions.
• Compliance activities for our facilities involve:
  • Semiannual and annual compliance reporting
  • Annual compliance certification
  • Annual emission inventory reporting
  • Quarterly excess emission reporting
  • Compliance testing
  • Operating permit and revisions
  • Construction permits
  • DNR audits
  • Annual NSR reporting for major projects
  • Monthly records verification for all permit related records
  • Maintain and update the various compliance plans, including the Malfunction Prevention and Abatement Plan, Fugitive Dust Control Plan, Compliance Assurance Monitoring Plan
• Analyze and, if required, permit new projects as needed.
• Support to facility day-to-day compliance and guidance.
• Member of Emergency Incident Response Team.

 

This is a job family posting (Senior/Principal Engineer) and experience will be the determining factor.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering
• 5-7+ years of relevant engineering experience

Preferred Qualifications

• A strong technical understanding of government regulations, environmental science, or related field is preferred.
• Excellent computer skills, with working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, are essential.
• Previous experience with air permitting is a plus.

End Date: 01/14/2024 

We reserve the right to modify the application deadline or discontinue accepting applications for any position if deemed necessary.

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