Environmental Project Manager | Emergency Response & Remediation
About The Position
Environmental Project Managers manage a broad array of client and client-site projects, ensuring contractual requirements and work scopes are met and regulatory compliance is validated. They are responsible for health and safety across field projects performed by Republic Services and its subcontractors. The role reviews field tasks, develops safety procedures aligned with project scopes and regulatory standards, verifies subcontractor training and certifications, serves as the primary point of contact for escalating issues, reports daily activity, and helps ensure projects are safe, compliant, and profitable. Project Managers manage resources directly or through on-site technicians, leads, or foremen. The role also provides onsite customer service and regulatory support, helps customers identify waste-reduction and reuse options, prepares customer data and reports, monitors subcontractor services, supports technical systems and end users, and partners with sales to develop compliant solutions, identify new opportunities, and retain business.
Requirements
- Knowledge of complex environmental waste industry regulations.
- Knowledge of management principles and best practices, including analysis, evaluation, and research methods and strategies.
- Knowledge of current industrial safety practices and industrial hygiene.
- Knowledge of hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal operations.
- Analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Detail orientation and technical aptitude.
- Ability to work under pressure, exercise independent judgment, and select effective courses of action while controlling resources and expenditures.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Manage client and client-site project execution, ensuring contractual requirements and work scopes are met.
- Validate regulatory compliance and oversee health and safety for field projects performed by Republic Services and/or its subcontractors.
- Review field tasks and develop safety procedures consistent with project scopes and regulatory standards.
- Assess subcontractors’ training and certifications.
- Serve as the primary contact for escalating issues and report daily activity to support safe, compliant, and profitable project delivery.
- Manage resources directly or through on-site technicians, leads, or foremen.
- Perform onsite customer service, including regulatory inspections, participation in plant committees, waste characterization, shipping, waste profiling, and document preparation.
- Work with customers to establish reuse, reduction, recycling, and alternate treatment options and develop and implement programs.
- Provide customer data and reporting consistent with contract or purchase order specifications.
- Offer general guidance on RCRA, DOT, TSCA, and other applicable local, state, and federal regulations.
- Monitor subcontractor services for completeness and deficiencies.
- Assist with implementation of technical systems, software, or solutions.
- Provide training and end-user support.
- Work with the sales team to propose customer solutions compliant with applicable regulations.
- Work with the sales team to identify new opportunities and retain existing business.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage
- Dental plans
- Vision coverage
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts
- Short- and long-term disability
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee discount programs
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Annual incentive plan target of 15%
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
