Area Environmental Manager

Republic Services•Berwyn, PA

12d

About The Position

The Area Environmental Manager (AEM) oversees landfill budgeting and capital expenditure (capex) for an assigned area, manages the Area’s Environmental Managers, Environmental Specialists, and Environmental Technicians, and ensures landfill compliance with applicable regulations. The role has financial responsibility for construction and cell development, closure and post-closure, engineering, operations, and cost tracking. It also provides high-level oversight and support for landfill construction projects and drives operational, environmental, and financial planning and improvement across the Area. The AEM regularly supervises Environmental Managers, including hiring, training, mentoring, development, scheduling, direction, and performance management. The position works with Area leadership, corporate personnel, regulatory agencies, consultants, investors, vendors, and other stakeholders. It also supports acquisition reviews and carries out public relations and due-diligence activities. Republic Services is an environmental services company providing recycling, waste, special waste, hazardous waste, and field services. The company describes its sustainability commitments as advancing circularity and supporting decarbonization, including efforts to beneficially reuse more landfill biogas by 2030.

Requirements

At least 6 years of progressive responsibility in the waste or excavation/civil construction industry, including management.
At least 6 years of experience in landfill engineering or environmental compliance in air, water, and solid waste.
At least 2 years of management, supervisory, or leadership experience.
Thorough knowledge of environmental regulations relating to air, water, solid waste, and material recovery/recycling.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Effective interpersonal communication across organizational levels and with external customers, vendors, and government agency representatives.
Strong project management skills.
Strong analytical skills and a focus on adding value to the Company.
Ability to interact professionally with, influence, and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to gain support for ideas, proposals, projects, and solutions and accomplish goals.
Ability to manage performance by setting clear goals and expectations, tracking progress, ensuring feedback, and promptly addressing performance problems and issues.
Ability to champion and manage change by supporting innovation, initiating, sponsoring, and implementing organizational change, and helping others manage change.
Proactive approach, including anticipating implications and consequences and taking appropriate action to prepare for contingencies.

Responsibilities

Lead Environmental Managers in preparing landfill construction and ongoing operational budgets, and maintain financial responsibility for Area construction and cell development, closure and post-closure, engineering, operations, and cost tracking.
Manage the Engineering Budget Model (EBM) schedule and process.
Work with Area leadership to achieve Area-specific capex goals and initiatives.
Coordinate the monthly Environmental Manager forecasting process and provide capex summaries.
Oversee Area landfill cell and site construction projects at a high level, supporting Environmental Managers with capacity calculations, scheduling and timelines, and resource and material coordination.
Conduct site visits to evaluate best practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and make recommendations.
Oversee Environmental Managers’ completion of permit applications and designs, including regulatory interface, site expansions, modifications or changes to operating plan applications, and related data.
Lead cross-functional strategic teams in gathering, analyzing, and evaluating operational, environmental, and financial data.
Perform root cause analysis to facilitate problem solving and continuous improvement.
Develop staffing profiles and staffing and scheduling models.
Participate in reviews of targeted acquisitions, including Phase I assessments and property surveys, coordination, engineering review of design and operations, and pro forma modeling assistance.
Perform ongoing public relations and due-diligence activities through communication with corporate office personnel, regulatory agency representatives, third-party consultants, and investors.
Supervise Environmental Managers, including hiring, training, mentoring, developing, scheduling, directing, managing performance, reviewing work, and being accountable for their performance.
Attend regulatory- and association-sponsored informational and policy meetings.
Ensure continued compliance by coordinating air and water monitoring and environmental data review and reporting.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.