Pendleton Environmental Professional I

Milliken and Company•Pendleton, SC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Engineer is based at Milliken’s Pendleton Plant in Pendleton, South Carolina, and reports to the location’s Engineering Services Manager. The role coordinates, implements, and executes environmental affairs for the plant, including wastewater treatment, air emissions, solid and hazardous waste, operator certification, asbestos management, spill response, audits, SARA, stormwater, PCB management, environmental records, and training. The engineer must understand regulations applicable to the facility and stay current on treatment and abatement technologies. The role also leads programs to minimize or eliminate waste streams to land, air, and water, and ensures associates, visitors, contractors, and truck drivers receive training appropriate to their job functions. The position monitors wastewater and air-emissions compliance, manages permits and regulatory reporting, maintains waste procedures and records, supports environmental audits and ISO 14001 certification, oversees spill-response and stormwater programs, and participates in site safety processes. It also manages direct reports and provides development opportunities.

Requirements

Four-year bachelor’s degree with relevant work experience; Environmental Science or a related field of study.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Ability to demonstrate initiative and ownership with little supervision.
Strong problem-solving capability.
Ability to communicate and interact at all levels.

Nice To Haves

Leadership experience.
Project management exposure.
Previous manufacturing experience.
Biological wastewater treatment license.
Technical aptitude.
Collaborative project experience.

Responsibilities

Monitor daily wastewater treatment operations for compliance with permit requirements.
Ensure sampling procedures are in place, including required parameter measurements and timely shipment of samples to certified laboratories.
Maintain knowledge of permits and regulations; maintain compliance data and prepare regulatory reports.
Work with the Corporate Environmental Engineer on permit renewals and construction applications.
Monitor compliance data, alert location management to adverse trends or permit excursions, and recommend corrective actions.
Ensure the facility has the required number of certified wastewater operators and that their certifications are maintained.
Coordinate with the Corporate Environmental Engineer and plant associates to obtain construction permits before processes affecting air emissions are installed or modified.
Maintain knowledge of air permit requirements and ensure procedures collect data needed to demonstrate compliance.
Ensure permit-required emissions tests are completed and reported; perform emissions calculations and prepare required regulatory reports.
Monitor air-emissions sources, report adverse trends or permit excursions to location management, and recommend corrective actions.
Ensure emissions-based fee calculations and submissions are accurate and fees are paid.
Ensure air-monitoring training is completed as required by the Title V permit and corporate procedures.
Maintain periodic solid-waste data and enter it into Enablon monthly.
Ensure procedures cover characterization, handling, and disposal of hazardous waste, non-hazardous chemical waste, used oil, and solid waste; maintain hazardous-waste manifests in environmental files.
Ensure associates receive training in proper solid-waste disposal and that trained personnel audit waste accumulation areas and maintain accumulation logs.
Maintain the facility’s ISO 14001 certification and lead external and internal audits as needed.
Ensure SARA Title III reports are submitted on or before deadlines and retained in environmental files.
Manage facility spill-response procedures and training.
Maintain stormwater pollution prevention plan compliance, including sampling and training as needed.
Participate in the location safety process and sponsor the Environmental and Emergency Procedures Subcommittee.
Report environmental incidents or concerns immediately to the Engineering Services Manager and Plant Manager.
Ensure environmental calendar items are completed on time.
Manage direct reports and provide development opportunities.
Lead programs to minimize or eliminate waste streams to land, air, and water.
Ensure associates, visitors, contractors, and truck drivers receive appropriate training.