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425472BR

Company:

NextEra Energy

Job Code:

Environmental Health and Safety

Job Description:

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Position Specific Description

A Senior Environmental Specialist provides advanced environmental support including due diligence, permitting, regulatory interpretation and compliance, and interface with federal, state, and regional agencies. This position in the Environmental Licensing and Permitting Section of the Corporate Environmental Services Department. Remote, regionally appropriate locations may be considered. Specifically, this position will:

Support new and existing corporate development opportunities for NextEra Energy Resources and other NextEra Energy affiliates in the Central Region with potential focus in CO or TX/OK.

Manage multiple, multifaceted environmental issues, licensing and permitting processes, legislative development, and related activities to provide management support to NextEra Energy, Inc. departments.

Support environmental due diligence, siting, and acquiring federal, state, regional, and local environmental approvals/permits for energy development, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and divestitures of assets, including but not limited to, wind, solar, battery storage, gas, hydrogen, and transmission.

Serve as the subject matter expert resolving complex environmental matters and providing specialized expertise and technical support to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations, and permit conditions.

Demonstrate strong experience in permitting (e.g., NEPA, utility siting, endangered species, waters of the U.S.), risk diligence and mitigation, project management with ability to lead projects and consultants with limited direction, leadership, and communication.

Maintain current knowledge of pertinent national, state, local, and company level environmental policies and regulations.

Effectively interface with internal and external customers, subject matter experts, and other stakeholders.

Travel as required to support corporate development, and regional and departmental functions.

Essential Job Functions:

Environmental due diligence, siting, permitting/approvals

Strategic management, oversight, and knowledge of aquatic, biological, and cultural resource consultants, studies, and technical reports

Provide guidance on alternatives to minimize environmental impacts

Provide specialized expertise to ensure cost effective environmental solutions that maximize operational flexibility, maximize environmental benefits for costs incurred, and contribute to improved system reliability and customer satisfaction

Project management: planning, budget, and schedule

Assess and communicate environmental risk

Translate regulatory authorities into actionable tasks

Negotiate with federal, state, and local regulatory agencies

Develop and manage vendor contracts / purchase orders / invoices

Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders

Assist with development of strategy and communicate environmental requirements to management

Review, monitor, and comment on emerging environmental legislation and regulations

Travel and work extended hour, when applicable

Other job-related duties as assigned

Job Overview

Employees in this job are responsible for providing expert environmental support for new and existing facilities including due diligence, permitting, regulatory compliance, regulatory interpretation and development, and interface with Federal, State, and Regional agencies.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Supports the company's compliance with environmental requirements

• Performs comprehensive environmental due diligence reviews

• Assists with facility compliance audits

• Conducts environmental licensing and permitting activities

• Supports environmental aspects of company operations, such as, compliance, reporting, monitoring, remediation, and environmental permitting functions

• Monitors and analyzes environmental policies and regulations that affect the company and its customers

• Provides the necessary support to staff to resolve environmental matters

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Position Title:

Environmental Services Sr Specialist - Central Region - Houston, TX

Job Category:

Operations

Minimum Education Required:

Bachelors

City*:

Houston

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree

• Experience: 4+ years

Preferred Qualifications

• None

State*:

Texas