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Westinghouse Electric Company · 1 day ago

Lead Environmental Specialist

Westinghouse Electric Company is seeking a Lead Environmental Health & Safety Specialist to develop policies that identify and reduce hazardous conditions. The role involves investigating environmental incidents, partnering with various stakeholders, and managing large projects or processes to ensure regulatory compliance.

Electrical DistributionEnergyNuclear
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H1B Sponsor Likelynote
Hiring Manager
Amy Letts
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Responsibilities

Bring all environmental issues to regulatory compliance and conformance to the EHS Management System
Report on performance of the environmental group to the Sr EHS Manager for review and as the basis for improvement
Report and shares site company and industry environmental data, metrics, best practices and lessons learned relevant to environmental management and communicates to local and global EHS
Ensure that all required environmental compliance monitoring data is collected, maintained, and transmitted in a timely manner
Lead environmental incident investigations or reviews and ensure adequacy of environmental training
Prepare site to implement environmental and emergency processes in the event of an environmental/emergency incident
Facilitate environmental audits, assessments and identifies, implements, and/or partners with sites
Manage all aspects of environmental contractors

Qualification

Environmental Management SystemClean Air Act complianceClean Water Act complianceISO 14001 certificationHazardous waste managementGroundwater monitoringEmergency Planning ActProject managementCommunication skillsTeam collaboration

Required

Bachelor's degree in environmental, engineering, safety or related degrees
5+ Years of Experience
Clean Air Act, Title V, RMP regulations
ISO 14001, Environmental Management System
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, solid and hazardous waste management and minimization, corrective action/legacy management plan
Naturally occurring radioactive materials licensing and remediation
Groundwater plume monitoring and corrective action
Clean Water Act, wastewater management, permitting and minimization, surface impoundments
Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, TRI
Work with state and federal regulatory officials and manage consent decrees and special agreements
Spill Prevention, Countermeasures and Controls program
Stormwater Management

Company

Westinghouse Electric Company

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Westinghouse Electric Company provides innovative and secure nuclear technology solutions.

H1B Sponsorship

Westinghouse Electric Company has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (1)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (2)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.62B
Key Investors
US Department of EnergyExport Development CanadaUK Government
2025-12-08Grant
2024-12-09Debt Financing· $1.45B
2023-07-27Grant· $13.43M

Leadership Team

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Dan Sumner
Interim Chief Executive Officer
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Margaret Cosentino
Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs
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