Environmental Engineer

Global Cellulose Fibers•Columbus, MS

94d•$91,000 - $111,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Engineer supports the Columbus Mill’s environmental compliance assurance programs and promotes continued environmental performance. Reporting to the Environmental Manager, the role supports, develops, and administers facility environmental processes, programs, and leadership, while helping ensure compliance with local, state, and federal requirements and laws. The Columbus Mill is an integrated pulp manufacturing facility producing bleached softwood pulp, with processes covering wood handling, pulping, and power and recovery boilers. The Environmental Engineer is part of the EHS department and works with mill operations, maintenance, engineering, management, regulators, contractors, and community members. The position includes a weekend duty rotation and 24-hour team coverage during annual outages. The role promotes and supports safety excellence, manages assigned environmental programs, coordinates compliance audits, reporting, testing, training, permitting reviews, and outage activities, and helps develop and improve environmental management procedures and operating systems. The engineer may fill in for the Environmental Manager when needed and acts as the owner’s representative for contractors providing EHS services.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree in environmental engineering, chemical engineering, environmental sciences, or a related technical field, or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment.
Committed to safety excellence.
Able to learn quickly, adapt in a dynamic environment, and cope effectively with change.
Motivated to self-start, drive results, and perform well in a team setting.
Agile work ethic.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
High initiative and motivation, with a desire to learn and continue developing knowledge and skills.
Able to work independently and excel with minimum supervision.
Strong oral and written communication skills.

Nice To Haves

Two to five years of experience in environmental compliance.
Knowledge and experience applying environmental regulations in practice.
Plant Applications and PI Process Book experience.
Strong computer skills, including proficiency with Microsoft Office applications; experience with PI Process Book, Proficy Plant Apps, and DAS.
Experience in the pulp and paper industry.
Leadership skills and experience, such as through prior jobs or internships, projects, or extracurricular activities.

Responsibilities

Promote safety excellence by leading by example and intervening when needed to correct unsafe behaviors.
Provide visible and active leadership to deliver strong safety results.
Complete safety audits to check that internal and external resources follow safe work practices.
Report and communicate safety and performance measurements against objectives.
Represent the mill with state regulatory agencies and community members.
Participate in environmental compliance audits and help close resulting action items.
Prepare, review, and update environmental reports.
Provide day-to-day regulatory guidance to mill operations, maintenance, and management personnel.
Manage assigned environmental programs, such as air, wastewater, solid waste, and chemicals.
Maintain strong working relationships with EHS colleagues, business-unit personnel, and operating and maintenance leaders.
Coordinate with operating departments on regulatory concerns and support, including environmental compliance training for salaried and hourly employees as needed.
Work with mill engineering and operations to evaluate capital projects for potential permitting needs.
Serve on a weekend duty rotation and work with the team to provide 24-hour coverage during annual outages.
Coordinate environmental activities during routine and annual outages.
Coordinate regulatory compliance testing activities.
Fill in for the Environmental Manager when needed.
Act as the owner’s representative for contractors providing services within the EHS department.
Participate in and lead development of Environmental Management System procedures for water, waste, and air management.
Use and improve systems for managing daily activities, including developing standard operating procedures.
Initiate and facilitate problem solving.
Understand and promote Manufacturing Excellence tools and processes, and participate in or lead departmental improvement initiatives.
Drive improvement projects, audit systems, and achieve results.
Facilitate implementation of new procedures and controls required by changes to facilities, products, or corporate policies and procedures.