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ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
The mission of the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) is to develop and deliver environmental products and services for all Brookhaven stakeholders, including federal, state and local regulators, the public, the U.S. Department of Energy, and internal customers.EPD carries out many functions that protect the environment and ensures Lab compliance with environmental laws and regulations. The Groundwater Protection Group (GPG) is an important element of EPD and is responsible for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) cleanup at BNL.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
EPDhas an opening for a project manager in the GPG.The GPGmanages a CERCLAcleanup program for DOE as the lead organization in a tri-party Federal Facilities Agreement (FFA) with USEPA and NYSDEC. Work activities include contaminant characterization, monitoring, reporting, remediation, surveillance and maintenance, and stakeholder communications.An important aspect of this role is managing the completion of high-quality reports and other correspondence. Additionalresponsibilities includecommunications with regulators and other stakeholders, tracking and maintaining project schedules and budgets, technical document reviews and supporting numerous projects and actions undertaken by the GPG.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Implementing the reporting elements for GPG and meeting the schedule requirements of the FFA. Includes overseeing the development and timely submission of GPG reportsincluding, but not limited to, the Annual Groundwater Status Report, CERCLA Five-Year Review, Annual Schedules and Land Use and Institutional Controls (LUIC) Reports, Quarterly Groundwater Treatment System Operations Report, Monthly Discharge Monitoring Report, petitions for shutdown/closure of groundwater treatment systems, and other progress and status reports.
Managing the LUIC program for formerly remediated areas across the site, including routine inspections, maintaining LUIC mapping website fact sheets, and preparing the annual regulatory status summary report.
Communicating work status and progress to stakeholders including BNL management, DOE, regulatory agencies and public. This includes weekly and monthly status reports and coordinating monthly calls with BNL, DOE, and regulators.
Collaborating with GPG Manager and team to plan, develop and execute various technical requests and initiatives. Developing work plans/scopes, contract and budget management, project management, and execution.
Participating in technical reviews of various GPG and contracted work products.
Working with GPG QA Chemist, database programmer, and field sampling team to coordinate and implement groundwater and remediation system monitoring programs including scheduling, sample collection, contract lab analysis, and data management.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Minimum of BS degree in an environmental,engineering or similardiscipline with a minimum of 7years' experience managing environmental/groundwater cleanup projects.
Experienceworking on CERCLA/NYSDEC projects and strong working knowledge of CERCLA/NYSDEC requirements and processes.
Experience in work plan development, implementing field investigations, data collection, analysis, and interpretation, and report writing.
Experience interfacing with regulatory agencies including USEPA, NYSDEC,and SCDHS.
Strong customer focus and ability to work as part of a team.
Strong technical and business writing skills.
Experience and skill managing projects and budgets.
Detailoriented and organized. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Positive outlook towards safety andcan demonstrate a strong safety work ethic.
Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Skills in presenting technical information to various stakeholders and audiences.
Experience interpreting and mapping groundwater data.
Knowledge of groundwater modeling and hydrogeologic concepts.
Interfacing with analytical laboratories andunderstanding of analytical methodologies.
Familiarity with environmental databases, Graphic Information Systems (GIS) or other environmental mapping software. Experience using Microsoft Office products for developing reports, tables, presentations, and use of SharePoint.
Project managementtrainingand experience includingplanning, estimating, schedule and resources.
Environmental, Health & Safety Requirements:
40 Hour OSHSA Hazwoper Training (Preferred)
Additional Information:
This is an on-site position
Brookhaven Laboratory is committed to providing fair, equitable and competitive compensation. The full salary range for this position is $111300 - $130000 / year. Salary offers will be commensurate with the final candidate's qualification, education and experience and considered with the internal peer group.
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Brookhaven National Laboratory (www.bnl.gov) delivers discovery science and transformative technology to power and secure the nation's future. Brookhaven Lab is a multidisciplinary laboratory with seven Nobel Prize-winning discoveries, 37 R&D 100 Awards, and more than 70 years of pioneering research. The Lab is primarily supported by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science. Brookhaven Science Associates (BSA) operates and manages the Laboratory for DOE. BSA is a partnership between Battelle and The Research Foundation for the State University of New York on behalf of Stony Brook University. BSA salutes our veterans and active military members with careers that leverage the skills and unique experience they gained while serving our country, learn more at BNL | Opportunities for Veterans at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
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