Environmental Specialist Lead - Night Shift
About The Position
The Lead Environmental Specialist oversees day-to-day environmental operations, cross-functional coordination, and compliance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations at the International San Antonio Assembly Plant. The role supports environmental awareness and processes across plant departments, maintains a strong Safety, Health and Environmental culture, and contributes to sustaining ISO 14001 certification. The position leads site environmental programs and projects, conducts assessments and studies, facilitates training, and collaborates with International’s Corporate Environmental Team on North American initiatives. The specialist is accountable for compliance with applicable regulatory, plant, and corporate SHE plans, policies, procedures, and permits. The role establishes and communicates facility environmental goals, monitors environmental parameters, reports to agencies and leadership, and supports continuous improvement and sustainability efforts. It also engages with shop-floor employees to reduce environmental risks and conducts water and environmental quality testing outdoors.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of environmental health and safety experience; or a master's degree and at least 1 year of environmental health and safety experience; or at least 5 years of environmental health and safety experience.
- Candidates other than current employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States on an unrestricted basis; employment-related work sponsorship is not anticipated.
Nice To Haves
- Degree in Environmental Science or Environmental Engineering.
- Experience in the automotive industry or a manufacturing environment.
- Experience in auditing, compliance assurance, air quality, wastewater, chemical management, liquid storage, waste handling, and industrial safety compliance.
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, and PowerPoint.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent organizational and verbal and written communication skills.
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm for environmental initiatives and community.
- Experience in coatings operations and air permit management.
- CHMM, REP, or similar environmental certifications.
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional plant department leaders to maintain, achieve, and improve environmental awareness and processes.
- Create and maintain a strong Safety, Health and Environmental culture.
- Actively contribute to sustaining ISO 14001 certification.
- Facilitate environmental training classes.
- Lead site environmental programs and plan and execute projects; provide subject-matter expertise to projects and key risk areas.
- Perform environmental assessments and studies.
- Collaborate with International’s Corporate Environmental Team on North American initiatives and support common development efforts.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, plant, and corporate SHE plans, policies, procedures, and permits.
- Establish and communicate facility environmental goals and a clear roadmap for achieving them.
- Monitor air, water, waste, and other environmental parameters daily, weekly, or monthly, and report results to agencies, plant leadership, and corporate as necessary.
- Participate in continuous improvement activities and resource environmental services in alignment with Manufacturing 4.0 principles.
- Maintain and promote team relationships within the site cross-functional team.
- Engage with shop-floor employees to reduce environmental risks through process improvement, deviation tracking, incident investigations, cross-action planning, and follow-up.
- Conduct water and environmental quality testing in an outdoor environment.
- Execute and monitor the plant’s Waste/Recyclables Management Plan.
- Serve as the site liaison for local, state, and federal regulatory agencies on environmental matters.
- Ensure organizational sustainability goals are incorporated, executed, and monitored at site level.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
