Environmental Manager

Columbia River Nitrogen•Deer Island, OR

17d

About The Position

The Environmental Manager will be responsible for ensuring organizational compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, maintaining and updating environmental permits, overseeing environmental monitoring programs, managing waste streams, leading environmental audits, and developing and maintaining an Environmental Management System (EMS). This role also involves overseeing day-to-day laboratory activities to ensure compliance, quality, efficiency, and safety, including maintaining SOPs, QA/QC protocols, and documentation. The manager will serve as the primary point of contact for environmental compliance, conduct training, investigate incidents, and maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS). Additionally, the role requires leadership and staff management, including supervising technical staff, providing coaching and development opportunities, and fostering a culture of scientific excellence and safety. Project and program management responsibilities include leading environmental projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams, preparing technical reports, and managing budgets.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in environmental engineering (preferred), chemical/civil engineering, environmental science or related disciplines such as chemistry or physics required.
Create/edit calculations in excel up to and including 2nd year engineering calculus.
Minimum of fifteen years’ technical experience desired, including work with environmental regulators, environmental regulations, working in/around laboratories and manipulating large volumes of data.
Demonstrated experience in quality systems (e.g., QA/QC, lab accreditation).
Knowledge of environmental Federal, State and Local, requirements, including DEQ, DOT, EPA, OHA and OAR.
Ability to interact, discuss issues and explain math equations, with regulatory compliance officials.
Advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Office Suite, EHS Reporting System, CMMS, and DataParc/ParcView.
Candidate will be accessing/collecting/reviewing data, and creating/editing/reviewing large complex linked excel workbooks.
Proficiency with maintaining lab analytical results and environmental reporting tools.

Nice To Haves

Certifications/Training (or ability to obtain): Hazardous Waste, DOT Ground Shipping, Smoke School Opacity and OHA Small Potable Water System preferred.
Professional certifications/licenses (e.g., PE, CHMM, CEM, PMP)
Experience with ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 17025 or ISO 18001 programs.
Heavy Manufacturing, Chemical industry experience.
Knowledge of industrial laboratories, including both environmental and process. Ability to review the work (e.g., Sampling, Analytical), discuss gaps/improvements and assist with corrective action.

Responsibilities

Ensure organizational compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations (e.g., EPA, OSHA, DEQ).
Maintain and update environmental permits (air, water rights, wastewater).
Oversee environmental monitoring programs including inspections, sampling, testing, and reporting.
Manage waste streams including hazardous, universal and other regulated waste (e.g., asbestos).
Lead environmental audits, inspections, and corrective action processes.
Develop and maintain an Environmental Management System (EMS).
Prepare required regulatory reports and track environmental performance metrics.
Oversee day‑to‑day laboratory activities to ensure compliance, quality, efficiency, and safety.
Maintain and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), QA/QC protocols, and documentation.
Ensure laboratory instruments are calibrated, maintained, and function properly.
Manage sample workflow, data analysis, and reporting timelines.
Oversee procurement and inventory of chemicals, reagents, and lab supplies.
Implement and monitor laboratory accreditation requirements, as needed.
Serve as the primary point of contact for environmental compliance.
Conduct training on environmental compliance topics (e.g., spill response, waste/recycle management), and lab safety (e.g., hazardous materials handling)
Investigate incidents, near misses, and non‑compliance/conformance issues and implement preventive measures.
Maintain Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and ensure safety protocols are up to date.
Displays leadership and professionalism in the workplace.
Supervise laboratory technicians, analysts, interns, and environmental staff.
Provide coaching, performance evaluations, and professional development opportunities.
Develop staffing plans and support recruitment for technical positions.
Foster a culture of scientific excellence, safety, and continuous improvement.
Lead environmental projects, laboratory upgrades, and process improvement initiatives.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams including operations, engineering, maintenance and quality.
Prepare technical reports, environmental analyses, and executive summaries for leadership.
Manage budgets for environmental programs and laboratory operations.
Lead the commitment to the pursuit of achieving Zero Harm.
Lead in environmental compliance with communication and actions, ensuring adherence to applicable Environmental regulations (Federal, State and Local).
Manage the Environmental Group, which includes environmental and laboratory staff, i.e., Environmental Coordinator, Laboratory Supervisor and Laboratory Technician(s).
Advise company management on strategies that will require significant capital investment or increases in operating costs in order to meet compliance (e.g., new equipment, chemicals/processes, demolition).
Follow and report back to staff leadership regarding new rulemaking that can impact the site, including: DEQ CPP EITE, EPA CWA FRP, and EPA RMP.
Ensure new or renewed Permits/Licenses/Registrations on a timely basis (e.g., NPDES, Water Right, Air, Food, Fertilizer).
Ensure the submittal of agency requested items (as appropriate), including responses to notice of deficiency/violation, surveys, and additional information.
Ensure the review and update of Environmental Plans (e.g, CHP, GHG Monitoring, Industrial Water Reuse, NPDES, PPP, Potable Water, Radiation Safety, Release Reporting, RMP, SPCC, UIC, Waste Management) and Laboratory Procedures.
Ensures Project Management completed as needed, including the release reporting program (e.g., keeping the call duty list active) groundwater well systems (e.g., potable, process, extraction), annual N2O Acid Plant Stack Testing and wharf maintenance in-water work.
Ensure required environmental and process samples/data are being collected/analyzed/downloaded, calculations are made, are reviewed for QA/QC, routed internally for comments, conduct final review and ensure they are appropriately submitted.
Ensure reports are submitted to government agencies prior to due dates.
Ensures environmental inspections and collection of remote monitoring data, are documented and any gaps are communicated appropriately for corrective action.
Ensures/Supports submittal of technical reports/forms/manifests, including Air, Asbestos, CWC UDOC, Fertilizer, Food, GHG, Hazardous Waste, NPDES netDMR, OHA-Water Quality, Refrigeration, SARA 311/312 FireMarshal, SARA 313 TRI, SSI, TSCA CDR and Water Usage.
Ensures training for operating personnel in order to meet site environmental and safety needs.
Ensure site staff are maintaining necessary training/certifications/licenses, including Opacity/Smoke School, Small Potable Water, DOT Ground Shipping, Hazardous Waste and DEQ-ERA lab proficiency.
Work with plant staff to evaluate abnormal plant conditions, corrective actions and how to improve in the future.
Work with vendors/consultants on environmental projects and reporting, including 3rd party audit(s) and the minimization of hazardous waste.
Research questions from plant staff, obtain the proper expertise as needed, and provide appropriate response.
Ability to prioritize routine work and requests (e.g., compliance vs conformance, important/urgent vs non-important/non-urgent.)