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　　The Environmental Coordinator is an experienced professional that focuses on the interpretation of federal, state, and local environmental requirements, applies compliance procedures, and consults with Transmission and Distribution (T&D) and plant personnel to resolve compliance issues, including but not limited to spill cleanup/emergency response, permit exceedances, and air quality issues. This role is responsible for coordinating emergency response efforts, ensuring remediation activities are satisfactory, collection and analysis of surface water and ground water samples, interpreting data from laboratory analyses, and preparing and submitting all regulatory reports for their assigned work location(s). This position is also responsible for performing compliance inspections as required by regulatory permits and communicating any deficiencies to the appropriate personnel for resolution.

　　Key Responsibilities

　　Champions a corporate culture that emphasizes transparency, integrity, safety, environmental responsibility, employee development, diversity and inclusion, customer service, and operational excellence.

　　Develop a sound working knowledge of environmental program requirements and regulations in multiple disciplines.

　　Maintain, modify, and renew existing and acquire new environmental permits and program procedures, including but not limited to Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES), Title V operating, and state solid waste permits by tracking permit renewal deadlines, monitoring changes in facility operations, and reviewing proposed projects that warrant permit modifications.

　　Manage facility outfall sampling, analysis preparation and interpret results to forecast compliance.

　　Prepare and submit all required environmental reports for the assigned work location(s), including but not limited to quarterly, semiannual, and annual Title V compliance reports, monthly discharge monitoring reports, annual emissions inventory reports, and annual toxic release inventories.

　　Establish strong working relationship with T&D and facility personnel to ensure open lines of communication are maintained between management and environmental personnel and maintain an equitable balance between environmental regulatory requirements and the business needs of the company.

　　Assist facility personnel in resolving environmental compliance issues and respond to emergency issues and events 24 hours a day, if applicable at work location.

　　Provide site-specific environmental training and reference materials for facility personnel.

　　Assist with developing and updating environmental procedures as needed, and integrate new environmental regulatory requirements into operational plans

　　Communicate any environmental issues to management as soon as possible and provide monthly status updates on general facility compliance to departmental and facility management in order to ensure continued compliance with state and federal environmental regulations and completion of assigned tasks.

　　Resolve all environmental regulatory issues/deficiencies which may arise, including but not limited to air emissions, permitted water discharges, and waste permit requirements with minimal assistance.

　　Ensure the integrity and operational availability all of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) at Cleco’s generation facilities, if applicable at work location.

　　Assist in the management of emergency response efforts, from an environmental compliance perspective, following severe weather events within Cleco service territory and/or an environmental release event at Cleco generation facilities by assisting with the selection and coordination of spill response contractors and waste disposal management.

　　Other duties as assigned.

　　Qualifications

　　Required Education, Skills & Experience

　　Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, or related field

　　3-5+ years of related experience

　　Step progression levels based on skill proficiency and scope of job.

　　Strong business acumen pertaining to the Utility industry

　　Strong knowledge of leading practices for their practice area

　　Strong planning and project management skills

　　Willingness and ability to learn new technologies on the job

　　Proficient at functioning effectively within a team environment, present ideas and opinions in a respective and collegial manner

　　Key Competencies

　　BEHAVIORAL

　　Balances stakeholders

　　Builds effective teams

　　Business insight

　　Communicates effectively

　　Courage

　　Demonstrates self-awareness

　　Drives Results

　　Drives Vision and Purpose

　　Ensures Accountability

　　Instills trust

　　Nimble learning

　　Plans and Aligns

　　Safety

　　Strategic mindset

　　TECHNICAL

　　Analytical skills

　　Compliance oriented

　　Policy and Regulation interpretation and application

　　Computer skills

　　Presentation creation

　　May perform other duties as assigned.

　　Salary dependent on experience, skills, education, and training.

　　Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC is a regional energy holding company that conducts its business operations through two subsidiaries, Cleco Power and Cleco Cajun. Headquartered in Pineville, Louisiana, and in business since 1935, the company has almost 1,500 employees.

　　Cleco Power

　　Cleco Power is a regulated electric public utility that owns 10 generating units with a rated capacity of 3,360 megawatts, 1,335 miles of transmission lines and 12,152 miles of distribution lines. Cleco Power uses multiple generating sources and multiple fuels to serve approximately 290,000 customers in 24 of Louisiana's parishes through its retail business and supplies wholesale power in Louisiana and Mississippi. Parishes served include Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Catahoula, DeSoto, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Red River, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Vermilion, Vernon and Washington.

　　Cleco Cajun

　　Cleco Cajun is an unregulated utility company that owns 14 generating units with a rated capacity of 3,379 MWs and wholesale contracts serving nine Louisiana cooperatives, three wholesale municipal customers and one electric utility.