Environmental Compliance Specialist

About the Role

Herndon Solutions Group (HSG) is seeking an Environmental Compliance Specialist I to serve as the on-site, multimedia environmental compliance resource at the NASA Glenn Research Center Neil A. Armstrong Test Facility (GRC-ATF) in Erie County, Ohio. The Specialist administers day-to-day compliance coordination across hazardous and regulated waste, petroleum, oil, and lubricant (POL) and tanks, spill preparedness and response, stormwater, and wastewater.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary on-site compliance coordinator for GRC-ATF across waste, POL/tank, spill, stormwater, and wastewater programs, maintaining awareness of permits, plans, inspections, monitoring, records, deliverables, and corrective actions.
• Evaluate facility operations, projects, material and waste storage, tanks, outfalls, wastewater discharges, construction activities, and spill conditions for potential multi-media environmental requirements, and route issues to the appropriate functional lead.
• Conduct and document hazardous waste accumulation area, universal waste, used oil, POL/tank, stormwater, wastewater, construction, and other assigned compliance inspections; identify deficiencies and recommend corrective actions.
• Support regulated and controlled waste activities at ATF, including generator coordination, waste determinations, profiles, accumulation-area management, shipment documentation, sampling coordination, and cradle-to-grave records.
• Support Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC), POL, and tank program requirements, including inspections, inventory validation, spill response guide updates, alarm and event documentation, closure or maintenance support, and corrective-action tracking.
• Maintain ATF spill readiness and provide initial technical coordination for spill assessment, containment strategy, sampling, waste management, documentation, internal and external reporting determinations, and post-event follow-up within delegated authority.
• Support stormwater permit implementation through site surveillance, wet- and dry-weather inspections, outfall screening, construction and post-construction best management practice (BMP) inspections, sampling coordination, documentation, and recommended updates to stormwater pollution prevention and management plans.
• Support wastewater compliance through permit-condition awareness, sampling and analytical coordination, discharge monitoring data review, inspection support, equipment checks, reporting inputs, and investigation of abnormal or potentially noncompliant conditions.
• Coordinate with laboratories and functional-area leads on field sampling plans, chain of custody, data quality, analytical results, and follow-up actions.
• Prepare or support ATF compliance reports, inspection records, permit data, corrective-action responses, environmental status updates, and audit documentation across assigned media.
• Analyze cross-media findings and operational changes to identify cumulative compliance risks, conflicting requirements, recurring issues, and opportunities for integrated corrective action.
• Support environmental audits, regulatory inspections, investigations, emergency drills, project reviews, meetings, and field activities, providing accurate ATF records and site knowledge.
• Coordinate closely with the Hazardous Waste Specialists at Lewis Field and the applicable waste, POL, stormwater, wastewater, and spill functional leads to ensure consistent practices across both GRC locations.
• Independently evaluate multi-media compliance conditions, determine which requirements, functional leads, records, or corrective actions are implicated, and prioritize findings based on regulatory, environmental, safety, mission, and schedule consequences.
• Own ATF issue coordination and tracking through closure, recognizing matters that require Government approval, regulator contact, or specialist review.

Qualifications & Skills

• Ability to work independently with a high level of initiative and attention to detail.
• Consistent character and do not yield to pressure to compromise or cut corners.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively.
• Openness to new ideas and innovations, and adaptability to new environments/situations.
• Faith in own ideas and ability to be successful.
• Hold yourself to the highest standard and work to inspire your team to produce quality work.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 0-2 years of experience collecting information and/or following procedures to collect samples.
• RCRA Hazardous Waste Management training and required refreshers.
• DOT Hazardous Materials Ground Shipper training and required refreshers.
• OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER training and required refreshers.
• Applicable NASA SATERN and site-specific environmental, safety, spill response, stormwater, POL, and waste-management training.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to obtain and maintain required NASA facility access.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, chemistry, biology, geology, occupational safety, or a related discipline.
• Three or more years of multi-media environmental compliance experience at an industrial, research, aerospace, government, or similarly regulated facility.
• Experience with Ohio EPA requirements, NPDES permits, SPCC requirements, RCRA generator standards, construction stormwater controls, and environmental data and reporting systems.
• Ohio BUSTR Class A/B or Class C operator training, stormwater inspection credentials, or other applicable media-specific qualifications.

Working Conditions

• Primarily an on-site position with routine support at another GRC location.
• Supports GRC core business hours.
• Ability to work independently at GRC-ATF, including remote site locations.
• Work may be performed in office, laboratory, industrial, warehouse, utility, construction, outdoor, and active facility environments.
• Ability to lift, carry, or move 30 pounds or more; climb stairs; bend, stoop, twist, and reach; and stand or walk for two hours or more at one time.
• Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and work in varying weather and site conditions.
• Conducts field inspections and sampling and provides limited hands-on support.
• May participate in assigned emergency readiness and response coverage, including after-hours support.