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Environmental Scientist
Energy Northwest —Richland, WA
- $126,362 - $189,542 a year
- Full-time
- 8 years
- Mentoring
- Senior level
- Health savings account
- Paid holidays
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City of Richland, WA —Richland, WA
- $32.55 - $45.57 an hour
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- Driver's License
- 1 year
- AD&D insurance
- Paid holidays
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Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo) —Richland, WA
- $37.96 - $54.23 an hour
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- High school diploma or GED
- 1 year
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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TerraGraphics —Pasco, WA
- Full-time
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
- Office
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Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C) —Richland, WA
- $90,150 - $137,538 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Outlook
- Bachelor of Science
- Mid-level
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
Senior Regulatory Technical Specialist
Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure, LLC (H2C) —Richland, WA
- $145,150 - $214,288 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Excel
- Bachelor of Science
- Public speaking
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance

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Environmental Scientist

Energy Northwest -
Richland, WA

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Job Details

Full-time
$126,362 - $189,542 a year
5 days ago

Benefits

Health savings account
457(b)
Paid holidays
Loan repayment program
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Flexible spending account
Tuition reimbursement
Pension plan
Vision insurance
401(k) matching
Life insurance

Qualifications

Biology
Bachelor's degree in biological science
Regulatory inspections
Report preparation
Environmental permitting
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report writing
Program design
Groundwater
Environmental audits
Presentations for conferences or internal meetings
Environmental compliance
Routine inspections
Environmental Science
8 years
Schedule management
Bachelor's degree in engineering
Bachelor's degree in environmental science
Clean Air Act compliance
Environmental compliance audit
Environmental law compliance support experience
Mentoring
Project task coordination
Emergency response readiness
Internal compliance assessments
Chemistry
Coordinating with government agencies in an environmental science role
Regulatory compliance analysis
Air permitting
Senior level
Environmental safety protocols

Full Job Description

The Environmental Scientist (Principal) provides technical environmental and regulatory expertise to support Energy Northwest’s Environmental & Regulatory Program and the Extended Power Uprate (EPU) initiative. This position performs environmental impact evaluations, regulatory compliance analyses, permitting support, and field/operational reviews to ensure Energy Northwest activities meet all federal, state, and local environmental requirements. The role also develops and maintains regulatory approvals schedules—including SEPA/NEPA, water rights, air permitting, NPDES, and other non‑nuclear environmental obligations—and ensures these schedules are fully integrated and aligned with EPU project planning and execution timelines.

GENERAL SUMMARY

Develops, implements, and administers environmental programs to ensure the safety of Energy Northwest facilities and protect human health and the environment. Provides leadership and coordination in developing company policies, programs, and procedures for assigned environmental programs to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations. Works closely with all company organizations and levels of management to monitor, communicate, and report environmental information and performance, and to help resolve environmental problems and issues. At the principal level this requires the ability to perform highly complex tasks with a high level of independence.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Assigned owner for one or more environmental programs. Interface with state and federal regulatory agencies. Responsible for routine written and oral communications with those agencies including participation in audits, inspections, and assessments using skills and experience gained through application of standards and regulatory requirements. Provide technical advice and proactive counsel to management on a wide range of complex environmental regulatory issues, interpretation and verification of industry guidance, and regulatory requirements for application to plant specific issues. Provide verbal and written management presentations on industry and generating station issues, preparation and presentation of new permit applications and subsequent amendments, and participation in industry regulatory initiatives. May provide unconventional or advanced problem solving techniques. Routinely provide technical leadership on complex and/or extended programs and projects.
Coordinate with other Energy Northwest organizations to ensure environmental monitoring requirements (e.g., NPDES; REMP; Groundwater) are appropriately met and reported.
Develop plans for programs, projects, audits, testing and inspections; lead audits and inspections. Use engineering judgment in evaluating results for findings. Respond to inspection reports and requests for interpretation and verification of industry and Energy Northwest issues. Participate in industry working groups and other discipline related activities.
Perform regulatory analysis by monitoring changes in environmental regulations, and take actions to notify appropriate organizations and/or implement changes.
Monitor plant events (condition reports) for impact/compliance with regulatory requirements. Provide assistance in determining reportability and making necessary notifications.
Provide technical guidance routinely to other engineers; check and review technical products of others. Serve as a mentor.
Integrate design, regulatory, operating, maintenance, and administrative requirements into tasks. Perform tasks within schedule and budget. Ensure effective coordination of efforts with other departments and disciplines. Work with minimum supervision.

Must participate on the Emergency Response Organization (ERO) when designated.

Must support the biennial refueling outage.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Requires a Bachelor’s degree in an Environmental Science, Engineering, Chemistry, Biological Science, or related technical field from an accredited college or university and eight years of experience in an environmental related field.

Pay Range

$126,362.00 - $189,542.00 Annual

Midpoint:

$157,952.00

Typically, selected candidates are hired between the minimum and midpoint of the range, based on applicable experience and qualifications, market rate, internal equity, and budgetary allowances.

Offers will be negotiated based on each candidate's qualifications.

Incentive Compensation

This role may be eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan. Incentives are earned based on employee performance against defined metrics and company goals.

Benefits

Energy Northwest (EN) provides a phenomenal benefits package. Washington State also has no state income tax, and the Tri-Cities provides a cost-of-living lower than the national average.

EN offers substantial retirement benefits through three retirement programs including the Washington State Public Employees' Retirement System pension plan (PERS), a 401(k) savings plan with an employer match component, and a 457(b) savings plan. EN also offers multiple options for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverage. Other voluntary benefits may include flexible spending accounts (FSAs), tuition reimbursement, student loan repayment, childcare subsides, health reimbursement arrangement (HRA VEBA), health savings account (HSA), supplemental life insurances, credit monitoring/identity theft insurance, and more! Qualifying employees will typically start a personal time accrual rate of 160 hours per year and EN provides nine paid holidays throughout the Calander year; personal time accruals grow significantly at various service intervals.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate due to race, color, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability.

Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimantion is illegal

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