Environmental Compliance Specialist

MarBorg Industries • Santa Barbara, CA

5h • $75,000 - $103,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Specialist is responsible for ensuring the workplace complies with all applicable EHS regulations by conducting audits, developing safety plans, training employees on proper procedures, and actively identifying and mitigating potential hazards to protect employees’ health and the environment. The individual will ensure the organization complies with all local, state, and federal regulations while fostering a culture of continuous improvement in Environmental Health and Safety (EHS).

Requirements

• Minimum of 4 years’ experience in an environmental, health and safety role in a related industry.
• Working knowledge of EHS regulations and compliance
• Knowledge of waste industry.
• Ability to conduct risk assessments and hazard analysis skills.
• Ability to interact with regulatory agencies.
• Solid understanding of federal, state, and local laws including regulations from DOT, RCRA, SPCC, SWPPP, SMARTS CUPA and CERS.
• Familiarity with investigating incidents and using root cause analysis techniques.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to actively listen, build and maintain effective working relationships with internal/external colleagues and stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize and successfully manage projects, programs, and timelines.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to travel to designated facilities as needed to perform job.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Demonstrate attention to detail, organization, and deliverables, including driving projects to completion in accordance with establish timelines.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Environmental Science, Occupational Safety, or a related field.
• Minimum of 4 years or more in an environmental, health and safety role in related industry.
• Comprehensive understanding of OSHA, EPA, RCRA, SPCC, SWPPP, SMARTS CUPA and CERS and other relevant regulations.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry put instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Valid driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of waste industry preferred.
• Bilingual preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Risk & Safety Manager to promote a culture of safety and environmental stewardship across all departments in alignment with the MarBorg standard, by conducting routine safety and environmental inspections for all locations to identify potential hazards and ensure compliance.
• Serve as a key EHS resource for management and employees by driving safety and environmental initiatives, conducting inspections in all work areas, identifying potential hazards, and fostering a proactive culture of risk prevention and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee environmental, health, and safety compliance activities, including exposure assessments, routine inspections, hazard recognition, incident management, risk evaluation, and implementation of corrective actions.
• Act as primary contact for all regulatory inspections and maintain all necessary permits and documentation for safety and operational compliance.
• Work in collaboration with Risk & Safety Manager on investigations of workplace accidents, near misses, determining root causes, recommends corrective actions, behavior training solutions.
• Prepare and report weekly to Senior Management highlighting environmental compliance, audit findings, operational risks, and progress towards completing open items and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Makes recommendations for improvements for overall safety & training which will mitigate overall risk.
• Collaborate with Safety Manager to support DOT compliance for drivers, including training records driver qualification files, with all applicable DOT/FMCSA regulations including the FMCSA Clearinghouse.
• Assist with the administration of DOT-compliant random drug and alcohol testing program.
• Maintain and ensure all required documentation, reports, and records related to compliance are accurate, complete, and maintained by company and regulatory requirements.
• Maintain and ensure compliance with all relevant local, state, and federal environmental regulations and permit requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership by creating an environment that fosters teamwork, values diversity, and which supports and respects all team and company staff-members, internal and external customers, and vendors.
• Maintains a feeling of pride in work; strives to achieve all goals.
• Supports the MarBorg Mission.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level