Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager - CVPDC Apply Now
Department: Services Authority
Supervisor: Director of Solid Waste
Pay Grade: 111
FLSA Status: Exempt
General Statement of Job
The Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager performs duties ensuring the Region 2000 Services Authority facilities are in compliance with local, state and federal waste management regulations and that all Services Authority personnel are operating in a safe manner in accordance with federal, state and local safety and health regulations.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Directly supervise the Environmental Technician in accordance with the organization’s policies and applicable laws.
- Provide technical assistance to the Solid Waste Operations Manager and Landfill Operators.
- Consult with the Director of Solid Waste regarding environmental and safety issues as needed.
- Coordinate and perform groundwater and gas monitoring events at Service Authority facilities.
- Prepare annual Solid Waste Information and Assessment Program Reporting Table Form DEQ 50-25.
- Assist with preparation of annual recycling rate report.
- Coordinate, monitor and manage groundwater and gas remediation systems at Services Authority facilities.
- Maintain grounds surrounding these areas using various hand tools.
- Assist DEQ staff during facility inspections.
- Respond verbally and in writing to DEQ inspection reports.
- Perform inspections, evaluations, maintenance, and monitoring of facility stormwater systems using industry recognized best management practices.
- Prepare reports for the Director of Solid Waste as required.
- Perform waste audits/assessments and waste characterization studies upon request.
- Assist in preparation and analysis of the Services Authority's annual operating and capital budget.
- Receive and respond to member and customer concerns about operations and projects.
- Assist with review of plans and specifications for completeness, consistency and accuracy for various solid waste projects and capital improvement projects.
- Review the work of construction crews and contractors for compliance with plans and specifications. Provide technical assistance as needed.
- Review project budget and monthly Requests for Payments.
- Serve as project manager for assigned projects.
- Review ongoing work in field as needed.
- Monitor projects during construction, reviews shop drawings, checks for compliance to plans and reviews change orders.
- Develop and manage project budgets and reviews change order requests.
- Ensure facilities are operating in accordance with federal, state and local health and safety regulations.
- Develop and implement a safety training program.
- Maintain records for safety training and safety meetings.
- Resolve employee safety related complaints.
- Perform safety inspections of facilities and equipment identifying occupational and safety hazards and works with staff to mitigate these hazards.
- Review facility insurance coverage on an annual basis. Ensure expansions and new equipment purchases are covered upon acquisition.
- Maintain emergency lighting and alarm systems at all Services Authority facilities.
- Report, record, investigate and evaluates work related accidents.
- Visit project sites to gain knowledge of site conditions.
- Attend meetings as required.
- Perform other duties to provide direct or indirect service to the Services Authority members or customers as assigned.
- When unusual situations occur and /or a local official declares a State of Emergency, all Services Authority employees may be required to accept and perform special assignments as needed to ensure appropriate service delivery.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Services Authority staff, members and customers.
- Knowledge of the principles and practices, occupational hazards and safety requirements related to solid waste management.
- Knowledge of the theoretical principles and practices of environmental engineering.
- Ability to prepare program budgets.
- Ability to study service manuals and participates in technical training and certification programs to stay abreast of technological changes.
- Ability to study regulatory manuals and participates in Waste Management Facilities training courses.
- Comprehensive knowledge of local, state and federal waste management regulations and the ability to incorporate them into the operating standards.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas effectively, orally and in writing through the preparation of technical reports.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Services Authority staff, members, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts required in engineering calculations.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to use solid interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution skills, for work with citizens, developers, contractors, and other employees.
Education and Experience:
- Associate’s Degree from an accredited college with major study in civil engineering, environmental science, business or related field.
- Experience in recycling and/or other waste management programs; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Valid driver's license issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia and acceptable driving record based on Central Virginia Planning District Commission criteria;
- Certification as Class II Waste Facility Operator by the Commonwealth of Virginia within a year.
- Relevant background check must be completed and approved.
Physical Conditions and Work Environment:
Work is normally performed in office environment in a seated position, but there is some exposure to outdoors. Regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, push, reach, pull kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift up to 20 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Date Approved:
Date Amended: March 28, 2014
Date Amended: January 8, 2016
Environmental Technician - CVPDC Apply Now
Department: Services Authority
Supervisor: Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager
Pay Grade: 109
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
General Statement of Job
The Environmental Technician assists the Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager with duties ensuring the Region 2000 Services Authority facilities are in compliance with local, state and federal waste management regulations and that all Services Authority personnel are operating in a safe manner in accordance with federal, state and local safety and health regulations.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Provides technical assistance to the Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager and Landfill Operators.
- Consults with the Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager regarding environmental and safety issues as needed.
- Monitors the environmental management data base system.
- Performs landfill gas (LFG) boundary probe and extraction well monitoring.
- Reviews LFG and groundwater (GW) monitoring reports.
- Monitors and maintains the LFG and GW remediation systems.
- Participates in and/or performs in-house and regulatory compliance facility inspections.
- Assists with inspections, evaluations, maintenance, and monitoring of facility stormwater systems using industry recognized best management practices.
- Assists with preparing reports for the Director of Solid Waste as required.
- Assists the Environmental Compliance and Safety Manager to ensure facilities are operating in accordance with federal, state and local health and safety regulations.
- Performs site maintenance as needed on the storm water systems, LFG monitoring wells and access points, and GW monitoring wells and access points.
- Monitors and maintains odor remediation measures and misting equipment.
- Monitors and maintains LFG collection system, compressor, flare stations and related parts.
- Performs landfill surveying and mapping using GPS & surveying equipment.
- Assists with maintenance of emergency lighting and alarm systems at all Services Authority facilities.
- Attends meetings as required.
- Perform other duties to provide direct or indirect service to the Services Authority members or customers as assigned.
- When unusual situations occur and /or a local official declares a State of Emergency, all Services Authority employees may be required to accept and perform special assignments as needed to ensure appropriate service delivery.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with Services Authority staff, members and customers.
- Ability to learn the principles and practices, occupational hazards and safety requirements related to solid waste management.
- Ability to learn the theoretical principles and practices of environmental engineering.
- Ability to study service manuals and participates in technical training and certification programs to stay abreast of technological changes.
- Ability to study regulatory manuals and participates in Waste Management Facilities training courses.
- Ability to learn local, state and federal waste management regulations and the ability to incorporate them into the operating standards.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas effectively, orally and in writing through the preparation of technical reports.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
- Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from Services Authority staff, members, customers, and the general public.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to use solid interpersonal skills, including conflict resolution skills, for work with citizens, developers, contractors, and other employees.
Education and Experience:
- Requires graduation from high school or completion of GED equivalent.
- Five (5) years of landfill experience.
- Qualify for insurance under the Authority’s Insurance Policy; successfully pass drug screening, background check and references.
- Successful completion of the following classes with certificate:
- Landfill Gas Well Monitoring class
- Landfill Heavy Equipment Safety Training class
- Landfill Operator Training Course
- Waste Screening Class
- Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan training class.
- Approved supervisor training course.
- Class I (Basic) Waste Management Facility Operator (WMFO) Training Course or eight (8) years of landfill operator experience.
- Class II Waste Management Facility Operator Training Course.
- Other classes and licenses as required by the County or State.
- Successfully keep up recertification points for WMFO state license.
- Basic computer skills including knowledge of job specific computer applications, intermediate Microsoft office skills.
- Experience in recycling and/or other waste management programs; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Valid driver's license issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia and acceptable driving record based on Local Government Council criteria; CDL license with tanker and related endorsements; obtain a CDL physical card.
- Certification as Class II Waste Facility Operator by the Commonwealth of Virginia within a year.
- Relevant background check must be completed and approved.
Physical Conditions and Work Environment:
The work is performed mainly outdoors where the job requires exposure to the weather conditions and hazardous conditions. The noise level of the working environment is loud. Work involves a high degree of physical strain. Regularly required to talk or hear. The employee may be required to sit. The employee is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; and stoop, push, reach, pull kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds over rough terrain and work in all weather conditions. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Date Drafted: January 11, 2016
Date Approved: April 27, 2016
Date Amended:
Office Manager - CVPDC Apply Now
Department: CVPDC
Supervisor: Executive Director
Pay Grade: 107
FLSA Status: Non-exempt
General Statement of Job
The CVPDC Office Manager serves as the executive assistant to a variety of boards and commissions. In this role the Office Manager prepares and circulates agendas, records and drafts minutes and correspondence and assists staff with special projects. Boards include:
- the Central Virginia Planning District Commission
- the Central Virginia MPO
- the Central Virginia Workforce Development Board
- the Region 2000 Services Authority
The CVPDC Office Manager is responsible to add content to websites and social media platforms. Working with the Commission’s public information firm, the Office Manager will lead the development of publications, and mailings for special events involving both writing and collecting material from various PDC Divisions for publication.
The CVPDC Office Manager keeps the central office operating smoothly. This involves scheduling and arranging meetings, ordering office supplies and postage.
The position greets visitors in-person and by telephone, provides support to staff as needed.
The Office Manager works under the direct supervision of the CVPDC Executive Director.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
Essential Functions:
- Provide direct support to the Directors who work with the CVPDC committees, including agenda development and packet distribution; maintaining mailing lists; preparing and indexing minutes; scheduling; publishing and posting notices of meetings and public hearings; and organizing and setting up for special events, including facilities, caterers.
- Report on the activities of the CVPDC by creating and collecting content for newsletters and periodic reports. Posts updates and photos to websites and social media.
- Manages activities to keep the office running smoothly such as purchasing supplies and postage, coordinating meetings, and coordinating with IT and public relations vendors.
- Manage the lobby area for the CVPDC, greeting and directing all visitors and managing agency communications.
- Assist Finance Division with necessary bank and reconciliation services.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Ability to interact in a positive manner with the public, Board and committee members. Excellent people skills, both with customers and with staff. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the public, community groups, staff, and appointed and elected officials.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and produce accurate work.
- Strong writing and communication skills. Knowledge of Joomla Content Management System helpful.
- Intermediate level computer skills with knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook; requires ability to use small office equipment, including copy machines, postage meters, or multi-line telephone systems.
- Ability and willingness to work under pressure, within time restraints, using judgment, discretion and initiative.
- Ability to organize work with minimal supervision and execute multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to work as part of a team and to adapt work habits and procedures as necessary to accommodate the organization.
- Ability to accept, receive, and/or collect payments.
- Occasional travel within the Lynchburg region necessary.
Education and Experience:
- Requires graduation from high school or completion of GED equivalent; AND course work in business management or related field required; Associate’s degree preferred.
- Knowledge of local government helpful.
- Minimum two years of experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
Physical Conditions and Work Environment:
Work is normally performed in an office environment in a seated position with tasks such as operating a computer and other equipment. Incumbent gathers, sorts and processes documents; is regularly required to talk and hear; is occasionally required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel and crouch, and to lift or move objects of up to 30 pounds; and requires close vision and ability to adjust focus.
Occasional work after 5 p.m. supporting meetings.
Date Approved:
Date Amended: September 12, 2019
Transportation Planner - CVPDC Apply Now
Plan the future of beautiful, dynamic, growing central Virginia! Some of the nation’s best-known cultural features mark the landscape of central Virginia including the Appalachian Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway, and Appomattox Court House National Historical Park. They surround the Lynchburg metropolitan area, a full-service urban area with a vibrant downtown, quiet neighborhoods, good schools, quality healthcare, and low crime rates. The region’s six institutions of higher learning and charming villages are nestled in the Blue Ridge’s foothills and the banks of scenic, accessible rivers.
Long a railroad town, Lynchburg’s passenger rail station offers three daily departures to Washington, DC, just three hours to the northeast. The region is within an hour’s drive of the University of Virginia and within two hours of Virginia Tech and the state capital. Urban bus transit serves the metro area, as do on- and off-road bicycling networks. Downtown arteries are undergoing transformation to complete streets, making the office convenient and accessible to neighborhoods of all types.
CVPDC planners perform professional work in areas of transportation planning and administration; community development; and economic, land-use, and environmental planning. CVPDC offers an ideal environment for motivated and creative individuals to develop and expand their professional skills. The workplace flexibility of a small office provides opportunities for our planners to work in various CVPDC service areas, which include rural development, physical planning and project management, economic development, comprehensive planning, and grant administration for the region and its ten member local governments.
The Transportation Planner will play prominent roles in significant ongoing CVPDC initiatives. Central Virginia’s Safety Action Plan and Lynchburg Multimodal Plan are well underway. The CVTPO Long-Range Transportation Plan will commence in 2025. Meanwhile, US DOT has chosen Central Virginia to participate in its Thriving Communities program, which will yield the region’s first transit-oriented development plan. The successful candidate will maintain the Central Virginia Transportation Improvements Program, contribute to the Unified Planning Work Program, liaise with state and federal partners, engage with local planners, and cultivate public participation.
Candidates with any level of experience, including internships, working with a metropolitan planning organization or other regional agency are encouraged to apply. The preferred candidate will be offered a title of Planner II or Senior Planner with a starting salary between $53,458 and $74,405; however, candidates at all levels of experience and qualifications are invited to apply.
More information can be found on our website, CVPDC.org. Excellent benefits include the Virginia Retirement System and an additional 457 retirement plan. Employee benefits may be reviewed at: https://www.cvpdc.org/employee-resources.html.
To be considered, please send a Letter of Interest and a Resume to Human Resources, Central Virginia Planning District Commission, 828 Main Street, 12th Floor, Lynchburg, VA 24504 or to hr@cvpdc.org.
Position open until filled. CVPDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Landfill Equipment Operator - Region 2000 Services Authority - $2,000 Sign-on Bonus
Region 2000 Services Authority seeks a Landfill Equipment Operator to perform routine manual duties following well-defined procedures including providing services to customers disposing their waste and trash and operating various other types of equipment under routine supervision. Problems encountered are simple to general in nature. Region 2000 is offering competitive pay in addition to a sign-on bonus of $2,000 and an annual bonus based on pay and performance. EOE, VRS covered employer. Starting pay range: $25.22/hour.
Apply
To be considered fill out the CVPDC Application, and include a Resume to Human Resources, Central Virginia Planning District Commission, 828 Main Street, 12th Floor, Lynchburg, VA 24504 or hr@cvpdc.org.
Position opened until filled. CVPDC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Landfill Equipment Operator Job Statement, Duties and Responsibilities
