Job Summary
The Environmental Manager is responsible for leading environmental initiatives that minimize environmental impact, ensure compliance with applicable legislative and regulatory requirements, including RCRA compliance, and support sustainable business practices. This role develops, implements, and monitors environmental strategies, policies, and programs while conducting audits, assessments, and risk evaluations to identify opportunities for improvement and ensure effective corrective actions are implemented.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and implement environmental strategies and action plans to ensure sustainable development within the Environmental Management System
- Coordinate procedures for pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation and renewal energy.
- Ensure compliance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements, including hazardous waste management, storage, labeling, manifesting, recordkeeping, and applicable regulatory reporting.
- Develop, monitor and manage environmental strategy budgets.
- Prepare recommendations to upper management for implementation of new environmental systems, procedures or organizational changes and conduct operational effectiveness reviews to ensure environmental compliance.
Audit, analyze and report environmental performance.
- Conduct impact assessments to identify, assess, and reduce the Organization's environmental risks.
- Compile reports for management, internal staff, customer and regulatory bodies as required.
Gather, interpret and organize information on environmental policy, permits, requirements, government regulatory proposals, permit renewals, pending legislation and changing company direction and potential impact on third parties.
- Liaise with regulatory bodies such as State and Provincial Departments of Environmental Quality as required.
- Monitor changes in environmental legislation and best practice initiatives
Promote and raise awareness of the impact of emerging environmental issues, whether legislated or best practices, on corporate, ethical and social responsibility.
- Train staff on environmental risks and responsibilities ensuring they recognize and understand their role in improving the environmental performance of the Organization.
Qualifications
Education
Minimum Required:
- Post-secondary degree in environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or related field.
Preferred:
- University degree in Environmental Sciences.
- ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Certificate
Experience
Minimum Required:
- Minimum 5 years' experience in environmental management
Preferred:
- Experience in developing and implementing environmental programs and monitoring environmental performance based on the ISO 14001:2015 Standard,
- Experience in investigating environmental incidents; provide reporting and recommend/follow action(s) to completion.
- Experience with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) compliance, including hazardous waste management, storage, labeling, manifesting, recordkeeping, and regulatory reporting.
- Experience in the mitigation and minimization of Environmental Aspects and Impacts in product development and production processes.
- Experience leading or participating with Internal and External (Third Party) Environmental Surveillance Audits
Job Specific Skills
Minimum Required:
- Competency in reporting environmental performance.
- Proven ability to conduct internal and external audits to asses compliance of the Environmental Management System with focus on its potential impact with Community, State, Provincial and Federal Legislation
Preferred:
- Ability to conduct environmental and waste audits.
Working Conditions
The following working conditions are present or expected on a daily basis:
- Travel may be required.
- Ability to conduct presentations.
- Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.