Environmental Compliance and Waste Certification Scientist

Pantex is seeking an Environmental Compliance and Waste Certification Scientist in Amarillo, TX. The role involves supporting Waste Operations, ensuring compliance with environmental regulations, and mentoring team members. Candidates should have significant experience in environmental compliance, waste management, and strong skills in Microsoft Office. The position offers career advancement, work-life balance, and the opportunity to contribute to national security missions. A bachelor's degree and relevant experience are required.
Location: Amarillo, TX
Job Title: Environmental Compliance and Waste Certification Scientist
Career Level From: Specialist

Carrer Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Environmental Compliance (51074509)
Job Specialty: Environmental Science

What You'll Do
• The Pantex Plant is the nation’s primary nuclear weapons manufacturing facility. The site is seeking a highly qualified applicant to join an accomplished and award-winning Environmental Compliance Department. This position will provide significant support to the Waste Operations Department and the majority of day-to-day responsibilities will be those associated with Waste Operations activities. Candidates must have substantial environmental compliance related training, experience, and technical leadership in the specific areas of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act compliance and permitting, waste transportation regulations, NNSA weapons programs, mixed waste management, and development of broad-spectrum compliance strategies for large industrial sites.
• Apply substantial experience with interpretation of environmental regulations and waste acceptance criteria to inspect, oversee, and document waste shipments to treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
• Cross train, conduct walk downs, and complete compliance assessments with other environmental professionals in the field and across the industrial areas to ensure strict compliance with waste management, staging, and shipping requirements.
• Employ significant professional experience, education, and specialized training across multiple environmental science disciplines to lead or support other subject matter experts; mentor associate or mid-career level team members; communicate with senior and executive management to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements; and ensure monitoring, analysis, and recording of environmental data by technical and sampling organizations meet data quality objectives.
• Demonstrate a high level of proficiency in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and other Microsoft Office software to support excellence in written and verbal stakeholder communications.
• Develop metrics, prepare reports, and conduct evaluations and assessments, from basic to complex, to quantify and interpret the Plant’s progress towards organizational goals.
• Support other environmental programs including Natural Resource Management, Regulated Petroleum Storage Tank Compliance, Water/Wastewater Compliance, Air Quality Compliance, and National Environmental Quality Act Compliance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Can Expect
• Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
• Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
• Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
• Career advancement and professional development programs
• Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

Minimum Job Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 4 years of relevant experience. Typical experience ranging from 7 to 10 years.
• Master’s degree with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. Typical experience ranging from 7 to 10 years.
• PhD: No experience required
• Staff with high school diplomas may be considered on an exceptional basis if they have more years of relevant experience. Typically, each year of college education is equal to two years of experience.

Preferred Job Requirements
• Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in an environmental, science, or engineering related discipline with at least four years of relevant experience. Relevant experience includes environmental permitting, environmental monitoring, interpretation of waste management and transportation regulations, management of radioactive waste, and/or waste characterization. Typical environmental compliance related experience ranges from 7 to 10 years.
• Candidates must possess a Bachelor's degree in an environmental, science, or engineering related discipline with at least four years of relevant experience. Relevant experience includes environmental permitting, environmental monitoring, interpretation of waste management and transportation regulations, management of radioactive waste, and/or waste characterization. Typical environmental compliance related experience ranges from 7 to 10 years.
• A Master of Science degree in an environmental, science, or engineering related discipline with a minimum three years of specialized environmental experience, including with substantial experience with NNSA weapons programs, environmental permitting, environmental monitoring, and interpretation of waste management and transportation regulations. Typical environmental compliance related experience ranges from 10 to 15 years.
• Specialized work experience should include acting as a technical lead:
• Waste characterization and profiling and development or implementation of waste management strategies.
• Synchronizing radiation safety practices, radiologic monitoring, nuclear material management, and radioactive waste management.
• Leading the development, implementation, and reporting of compliance data, and leading permit calculations/ applications/ negotiations.
• Organizing, planning, and implementing waste management shipping documentation.
• Coordinating effective oral and written communication with various stakeholder groups, including regulatory agencies, upper management, DOE oversight, and the general public.

Why Pantex?

You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.

Notes

The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.

If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.

Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.

Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.

Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.

Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.