Environmental Manager

Waste Connections•Papillion, NE

2d•$105,000 - $120,000

About The Position

Waste Connections is looking for an Environmental Manager to manage environmental and engineering programs and our special waste streams. This is an excellent opportunity with a growing company! This position will be based in Bellevue, NE and require travel to various sites throughout our division. Total Compensation $105,000-120,000 annually Responsibilities include: Understanding local, state, and federal regulations to proactively ensure landfill compliance and protect facility personnel. Supporting our customers and sales team in identifying and optimizing waste handling solutions and advancing environmental sustainability initiatives. Review and understand all landfill-associated permits Provide environmental compliance and sustainability leadership and direction to Region Engineers and Landfill Managers to ensure site compliance. Lead and perform landfill, transfer station, material recycling facility, and hauling site environmental audits. Coordinate and support the development of environmental monitoring reports, compliance reports, and plans. Plans may include SPCC, SWPPP, GHG, groundwater monitoring, compliance reports, Corrective Action Reports, Etc.). Ensure deadlines are met. Acting on behalf of the company in meetings with regulatory authorities. Support various engineering construction and permitting projects. Updating team members on new or changing policies. Developing site knowledge through training on various environmental-compliance related items. The ideal candidate will have: Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision while exercising sound judgement to solve environmental compliance and regulatory challenges. Demonstrated ability to interpret documents such as safety rules, contracts, federal, state and local regulations, engineering design and operating plans, maintenance and procedural manuals. Excellent technical report writing skills. A high level of critical thinking to define problems, collect and interpret data, and draw conclusions. Ability to predict and manage future compliance needs and adapt to changing regulatory environments. Excellent communication skills to build and maintain strong relationships with sales team, operations team, outside consultants and vendors, and customers. Desire to be a leader in the company’s special waste market and to learn and grow all business sectors across the company. An understanding of landfill design and operations. Experience in landfill permitting and preparing environmental permitting documents. A focus on safety and safe work. Willingness to be available when needed. Minimum requirements: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or a related field science or engineering field 3 or more years of practical environmental experience. The ability to travel up to 50% of the time. Direct work experience in two or more of the following areas: environmental chemistry and waste characterization solid waste engineering environmental site assessments and remediation environmental auditing Successful candidates are those seeking a mix of field service, remote office if desired, and business office work in an environment of operational excellence and accountability. As leaders we serve the field as part of a regional team. We offer competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and unlimited opportunities to “Connect with Your Future.” Waste Connections is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability or protected veteran status. Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in mostly exclusive and secondary markets. Our goal is to create an environment where self-directed, empowered employees strive to consistently fulfill our constituent commitments and seek to create positive impacts through interactions with customers, communities, and fellow employees. OUR PEOPLE MEAN EVERYTHING TO US Waste Connections is always working to protect the health of the communities we serve, and we are grateful for the hard work and dedication that you bring to your job every day. Working here means you are a safety-minded individual who is making important contributions on a daily basis that will make a positive impact on those around you. We appreciate that you are a person of integrity who takes pride in the work you do. Our Opportunities BUILD TALENT FROM WITHIN People who want to gain valuable professional experience will find that Waste Connections is a fantastic place to work. You’ll enjoy the opportunity for beneficial training and professional development opportunities that can help enhance your skills and lead the way to a more promising future. LET’S REALIZE YOUR GOALS TOGETHER Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities are all around you. At Waste Connections, you’ll thrive if you are friendly, dedicated, and prefer a work hard/play hard culture that is focused on maintaining our reputation as the premier waste services company in the markets we serve. Bring your passion to succeed and you’ll quickly discover that great opportunities and people are all around you. We operate a highly decentralized structure, so we look for energetic individuals who can demonstrate individual initiative and creativity and prefer a work hard/play hard team environment and culture. At Waste Connections, diversity and inclusion are essential to our success. We hire and empower great, capable people from a wide variety of backgrounds and lead with our values. For more than 20 years, we have maintained a culture of safety, integrity and service to build a great place to work. Our culture is built on taking care of each other and the communities we serve.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision while exercising sound judgement to solve environmental compliance and regulatory challenges.
Demonstrated ability to interpret documents such as safety rules, contracts, federal, state and local regulations, engineering design and operating plans, maintenance and procedural manuals.
Excellent technical report writing skills.
A high level of critical thinking to define problems, collect and interpret data, and draw conclusions.
Ability to predict and manage future compliance needs and adapt to changing regulatory environments.
Excellent communication skills to build and maintain strong relationships with sales team, operations team, outside consultants and vendors, and customers.
A focus on safety and safe work.
Willingness to be available when needed.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or a related field science or engineering field
3 or more years of practical environmental experience.
The ability to travel up to 50% of the time.
Direct work experience in two or more of the following areas: environmental chemistry and waste characterization solid waste engineering environmental site assessments and remediation environmental auditing

Nice To Haves

Desire to be a leader in the company’s special waste market and to learn and grow all business sectors across the company.
An understanding of landfill design and operations.
Experience in landfill permitting and preparing environmental permitting documents.

Responsibilities

Understanding local, state, and federal regulations to proactively ensure landfill compliance and protect facility personnel.
Supporting our customers and sales team in identifying and optimizing waste handling solutions and advancing environmental sustainability initiatives.
Review and understand all landfill-associated permits
Provide environmental compliance and sustainability leadership and direction to Region Engineers and Landfill Managers to ensure site compliance.
Lead and perform landfill, transfer station, material recycling facility, and hauling site environmental audits.
Coordinate and support the development of environmental monitoring reports, compliance reports, and plans. Plans may include SPCC, SWPPP, GHG, groundwater monitoring, compliance reports, Corrective Action Reports, Etc.).
Ensure deadlines are met.
Acting on behalf of the company in meetings with regulatory authorities.
Support various engineering construction and permitting projects.
Updating team members on new or changing policies.
Developing site knowledge through training on various environmental-compliance related items.