Associate Business Analyst - Environmental Services

About The Opportunity

This is an open position with First Energy Service Company, a subsidiary of First Energy Corp. [SC00] The position location can be flexible within the First Energy Service territory, but preferred in Akron, Ohio.

First Energy Corp. is looking to fill one (1) Assistant Analyst Position. This position will work within the Environmental Department in support of First Energy operations. The selected candidate will be tasked with facilitating compliance with company document storage and retention requirements of all environmental documents. This position will also be required to help with the departmental procurement needs for contracted support services and rate recovery.

• Demonstrate a solid commitment to all aspects of safety.
• Build relationships and credibility across the organization.
• Preparing, publishing, and/or distributing reports/updates as needed.
• Supporting systems and process improvements for the First Energy Environmental Department.
• Providing a consistent level of service, continuous support and proactive involvement with leadership and peers.
• Supporting the Environmental Department in reaching goals and meeting deadlines.
• Good communication skills and judgement, producing a variety of correspondence, reports, and presentations.
• Demonstrate sound internal and/or external customer service, meet customer needs by providing sound service and responsiveness, increase understanding of customer expectations and improve job skills.
• Coordinate and act as a Subject Matter Expert for the storage and retention of Environmental documents. Provide retrieval and training support as needed. This responsibility will generally encompass 50-75% of this job.
• Develop processes and training for record retention for environmental.
• Support Check Request / No PO payments through SAP.
• Identify opportunities to utilize blanket POs to limit administrative burden for repetitive items.
• Support annual RAC filing requirements and quarterly reporting.
• All other duties as assigned.

• Two-year degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Engineering or a related discipline preferred, with a minimum 0-2 years related work experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 2 years of direct, related experience will be considered.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and experience with third party customers or stakeholders.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions in selecting the most appropriate path to resolution.
• Fluency with File Net metadata development, bulk transfers, and document retrieval.
• Familiarity with and ability to recognize and organize appropriately classify documents into categories to determine retention requirements.
• Experience with the creation of Coupa requisitions and troubleshooting problems.
• Experience with Permitting and Compliance related to the energy sector with a focus on energy delivery.
• Experience with Environmental Remediation and spill clean-up.
• Experience with Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure Plans.
• Familiarity with Ash and Coal Combustion Bi-products regulatory requirements.
• Familiarity with Avetta.

At First Energy, employees are key to our success. We depend on their talents to meet the challenges of our changing business environment. We are committed to rewarding individual and team efforts through our total rewards philosophy which includes competitive pay plus incentive compensation, a company-sponsored pension plan, 401(k) savings plan with matching employer contribution, a choice of medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and life insurance programs, as well as skills development training with tuition reimbursement.

Please visit our website at  to learn more about all of our employee rewards programs. First Energy proudly supports workforce diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability. No recruiters or agencies without a previously signed contract.

Unable to sponsor or transfer H-1 B visas at this time.

Safety is a core value for First Energy and is essential to all of our business activities. We ensure employees have the tools, information, and processes to perform their duties in a manner that assures safety for themselves, their co-workers, our customers and the public. Our goals are to provide a safe work environment, to maintain an accident-free, injury-free workplace, and to promote and maintain public safety.

To meet these goals, we dedicate ourselves to achieving world-class safety standards.

First Energy Human Resources Team