Director Environmental Health and Safety

11 hours ago


Houston, United States Calpine Full time
Description

Calpine Corporation is America's largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources with operations in competitive power markets. Its fleet of 76 power plants in operation and one under construction represents nearly 26,000 megawatts of generation capacity. Through wholesale power operations and its retail businesses, Calpine serves customers in 22 states, Canada and Mexico. Its clean, efficient, modern and flexible fleet uses advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.

The company was established on the premise that a strong commitment to the environment is inextricably linked to excellence in power generation and corporate responsibility. Since its founding in 1984, Calpine has led the power industry in its unwavering commitment to environmental stewardship. In addition, its renewable geothermal plants use steam generated deep below the earth's surface to produce clean, renewable electricity.

Job Summary (includes but is not limited to the following, other duties may be assigned)

Develops and implements policies, programs and practices to ensure that the organization complies with all federal, state and local laws, regulations and standards concerning the environment and health and safety of the workforce and surrounding community. Responsible for planning and directing all engineering activities to diagnose and rectify environmental problems involving the organization, its employees, and the public. The Director, EHS represents the organization at environmental and regulatory hearings and legislative meetings; oversees various engineering disciplines to preserve or improve air, soil, and water quality; ensures employee safety programs are developed and carried out and may be responsible for hazardous waste control and disposal activities including training, collection, disposal, and records maintenance and for conservation programs within the organization.

Job Scope and Span of Control

  • Manages Environmental Health and Safety function with an operational focus.
  • Manages activities of broad functional area through first level management and professionals, including full human resources, cost and budgetary accountability.

Decision Making & Impact

  • Decisions typically related to implementation of department strategy, intradepartmental coordination, and business outcomes.
  • Results have significant impact on costs and achievement of department objectives.
  • Identifies opportunities, which make a significant difference to the performance of multiple department functions and possibly organization-wide impact.
  • Makes decisions for large-scale projects, a closely related set of projects and/or initiatives involving multiple functional areas.

Work Complexity & Independent Judgment

  • Establishes operational objectives for multiple functions including work plans and delegating assignments to subordinate managers and senior professionals.
  • Works within broad guidelines; applies advanced technical knowledge of multiple functions to solve complex problems which may have long-term impact on the department.

Leadership

  • Manages EHS function within a department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and employees.
  • Responsible for performance reviews, promotional decisions, and pay actions for top professionals and management.

Education & Experience

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Engineering or Science, prefer Master's Degree.
  • Previous management experience.
  • Typically requires minimum of 10-15 years in area of specialization.

Additional Calpine Information

  • Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.
  • Calpine is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment and need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website or to apply for a position, please send an e-mail with your request to hrrecruitment@calpine.com. Determination on requests for reasonable accommodation are made on case-by-case basis.

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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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