Environmental Manager
About The Position
The Environmental Manager leads environmental initiatives to minimize environmental impact, ensure compliance with applicable legislation and regulations—including RCRA requirements—and support sustainable business practices. The role develops, implements, and monitors environmental strategies, policies, and programs; conducts audits, assessments, and risk evaluations; and identifies improvement opportunities and ensures effective corrective actions are implemented. The position coordinates pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation, and renewable energy procedures. It manages environmental strategy budgets, reviews operational effectiveness, prepares recommendations for upper management, audits and reports environmental performance, assesses environmental risks, and compiles reports for management, staff, customers, and regulatory bodies. The role also monitors regulatory and best-practice developments, liaises with environmental regulatory bodies, promotes awareness of emerging issues, and trains staff on environmental risks and responsibilities. A post-secondary degree in environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or a related field is required. At least five years of environmental management experience is required. A university degree in Environmental Sciences and an ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Certificate are listed as preferred qualifications. Travel may be required; the position also involves presentations and desktop-computer use.
Requirements
- Post-secondary degree in environmental engineering, environmental sciences, or a related field.
- At least five years of experience in environmental management.
- Competency in reporting environmental performance.
- Proven ability to conduct internal and external audits to assess Environmental Management System compliance, including potential impacts involving community, state, provincial, and federal legislation.
Nice To Haves
- University degree in Environmental Sciences.
- ISO 14001 Lead Auditor Certificate.
- Experience developing and implementing environmental programs and monitoring environmental performance based on the ISO 14001:2015 Standard.
- Experience investigating environmental incidents, preparing reports, and recommending and following actions through to completion.
- Experience with RCRA compliance, including hazardous waste management, storage, labeling, manifesting, recordkeeping, and regulatory reporting.
- Experience mitigating and minimizing environmental aspects and impacts in product development and production processes.
- Experience leading or participating in internal and external (third-party) environmental surveillance audits.
- Ability to conduct environmental and waste audits.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement environmental strategies and action plans to support sustainable development within the Environmental Management System.
- Coordinate procedures for pollution control, waste management, recycling, environmental health, conservation, and renewable energy.
- Ensure compliance with RCRA requirements, including hazardous waste management, storage, labeling, manifesting, recordkeeping, and applicable regulatory reporting.
- Develop, monitor, and manage environmental strategy budgets.
- Recommend new environmental systems, procedures, or organizational changes to upper management and conduct operational effectiveness reviews to ensure environmental compliance.
- Audit, analyze, and report environmental performance.
- Conduct impact assessments to identify, assess, and reduce organizational environmental risks.
- Compile reports for management, internal staff, customers, and regulatory bodies as required.
- Gather, interpret, and organize information about environmental policies, permits, requirements, regulatory proposals, permit renewals, pending legislation, changing company direction, and potential impacts on third parties.
- Liaise with regulatory bodies, including State and Provincial Departments of Environmental Quality, as required.
- Monitor changes in environmental legislation and best-practice initiatives.
- Promote awareness of the corporate, ethical, and social responsibility impacts of emerging environmental issues, whether legislated or best-practice matters.
- Train staff on environmental risks and responsibilities so they understand their role in improving the organization's environmental performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
