External - Posting Description Specialist, Waste (Ash) Compliance III - 518810 Organization: CAODepartment: WASTE PERMITS, COMP, AND MONITWork Location: Chattanooga, TN, Knoxville, TN, Nashville, TN, Memphis, TN, Muscle Shoals, AL, Huntsville, ALRelocation: No relocation benefits are offered for this position. Posting Open: 8/31/2026Posting Close: 9/5/2026 at 11:59 PM ESTSalary: Competitive Position Purpose :
Expert role to provide environmental permitting and compliance support to assigned clients. Provides environmental consultation in permitting and compliance support to assigned clients. Accountable for managing groundwater programmatic activities. Activities include facility landfill permitting and closure, programmatic oversight and governance, primary regulatory interface and relations, development of regulatory guidance, procedures, and quality improvement programs. Sponsors problem solving teams, develops reference indicators, develops policy position recommendations, strategic direction for long-term planning, and performance goals. Assists with SBU projects and budgetary responsibilities.
JOB DIMENSIONS :
Supervisory Responsibility - None.
Budget Responsibility - Assists with SBU projects and budgetary responsibilities.
PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Expert role providing advice in permitting and compliance support.
- This position plans, coordinates, and provides programmatic management of assigned organization/facilities environmental regulatory control program.
- Accountable for primary regulatory interface on compliance issues, negotiating permit requirements, and resolving significant regulatory issues related to facility operations, with authority to commit TVA to specific permit terms and conditions.
- Accountable for maintaining a thorough knowledge of the environmental compliance and permitting requirements for facility operations, and for developing guidance documents and compliance procedures.
- Accountable for developing quality improvement programs to achieve compliance goals, sponsoring and/or supporting quality action teams to address compliance problems, and performing facility reviews to identify and help address preventable/potential compliance problems.
- Responsible for providing consultation and technical support on the resolution of audit findings, regulatory noncompliance, and citizen inquiries related to facility operations.
- Responsible for environmental awareness programs that enhance facility employees' knowledge of environmental requirements, promote public support for client operations, and provide accurate and timely information related to facility operations.
- Responsible for program development and management of activities required to fulfill environmental requirements. This activity includes approval of contracted environmental services to meet clients' compliance activities and ensuring that services budgeted for are performed in a timely, competent, and cost-effective manner.
- Performs review of compliance projects, procedures, and reporting practices; conducts performance evaluations and develops reports defining environmental status with regard to legal liabilities and policy requirements. Develops and manages studies designed to benefit client operations or allow modifications of permit requirements and/or modifications in applying environmental regulations.
- Responsible for developing and maintaining regulatory relations that promote open discussions, effective communication, and positive relations between the regulatory community and clients' operating facilities.
- Develops recommendations for overall program improvement, policy positions, and strategic direction based on his/her knowledge of the regulatory community, public involvement, and facility capabilities.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS: Education - BS in Engineering (Civil) or Environmental Science (Geology preferred) discipline or equivalent education and experience.
Experience - Six or more years of professional experience in the field of environmental permitting and/or compliance. Electric utility operations experience preferred.
Certification/License, etc - None. (EIT or PE or PG preferred)
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities - Must have a thorough knowledge of utility engineering, geology, groundwater, and environmental laws and regulations affecting power utility operations, TVA's environmental policies and objectives, and scientific studies and research related to the environmental consequences of power utility operations. Must be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of disciplines and be proficient in negotiating complex issues. Must be able to evaluate the cost effectiveness of compliance alternatives and take decisive action in the planning and implementation of pollution control activities. Must have excellent interpersonal skills. Candidate may be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance based on position / access requirements and essential job functions.
