Environmental Specialist I

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Date: Jun 3, 2025

Location(s): Juno Beach, FL, US, 33408

Company: NextEra Energy

Requisition ID:  88070 

Florida Power & Light Company is the largest electric utility in the U.S., delivering clean, affordable, and reliable electricity to approximately 12 million Floridians. With one of the nation’s cleanest power generation fleets and top-tier reliability, we are setting new standards in the energy industry. Ready to make an impact? Join our exceptional team today and help shape the future of energy!

 

Position Specific Description

Employee in this job is responsible for providing technical and operational support on issues relating to environmental compliance, specifically waste management. The specialist will be expected to be knowledgeable in waste and chemical regulations (including RCRA, EPCRA, TRI, DOT Hazmat, TSCA, California Hazardous Waste, CERCLA/SARA, and SPCC) and be able to provide technical support (advice, interpretive guidance, and other assistance as required) to customers to ensure cost-effective conformance to all waste & chemical permit and regulatory requirements.  

Job Overview

Employees in this position provide environmental compliance and permitting technical support for the company Power Delivery business unit which includes transmission and distribution operations in Florida, and transmission operations in 24 states and Canada.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

  • Provides environmental permitting and compliance technical support to business unit to ensure compliance with all laws and regulations
  • Coordinates environmental consultants’ and contractors’ scopes of work
  • Identifies and mitigates environmental risks
  • Supports root cause analysis of environmental events
  • Coordinates environmental due diligence for business unit construction and maintenance jobs
  • Coordinates oversight of environmental compliance during construction
  • Supports environmental permitting on business unit construction and maintenance jobs
  • Translates regulations and permit conditions into meaningful instructions for business unit employees
  • Provides project management support
  • Communicates effectively about environmental permitting and issues
  • Provides recommended solutions to environmental challenges to minimize environmental impact
  • Develops environmental processes, procedures and environmental awareness training
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • High School Grad / GED
  • Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience
  • Experience: 2+ years

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's Degree

 

NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more.

 

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Environmental/Chemistry/Rad Protection
Organization:  Florida Power & Light Company 
Relocation Provided:  No

 

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. 

 

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

 

NextEra Energy 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.

 

NextEra Energy does not accept any unsolicited resumes or referrals from any third-party recruiting firms or agencies. Please see our policy for more information.

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