Environmental Specialist

Thornley Corporate Solutions • Concord, NC

12d • Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Specialist will be the environmental go-to for a complex, highly engineered manufacturing operation. This is a hands-on role, embedded on-site in Concord, where you will lead environmental programs, compliance, and reporting across the plant. You will also support health & safety as a secondary component of the job and act as an internal advisor to maintenance, engineering, and operations on environmental risk, permitting, and practical compliance. This role will help reshape how the site thinks about environmental performance as part of overall EHS. This is not a consulting role; we need someone who has worked in manufacturing, not only with manufacturers as a consultant.

Requirements

• Solid track record in an industrial / manufacturing environment (plant, factory, production)
• Hands-on experience with environmental compliance (air, water, waste, hazardous materials, etc.)
• Hands-on experience with environmental aspects of EHS programs (permitting, reporting, audits, inspections, corrective actions)
• Experience working cross-functionally with operations, maintenance, engineering, and/or production teams
• Evidence that you have implemented or significantly driven environmental initiatives, not just maintained a program someone else built
• Background in safety is needed, but as a secondary skillset
• Participation in safety programs, inspections, incident investigations, and training
• Understanding of OSHA requirements in a manufacturing context
• Comfortable in a plant environment and talking to maintenance, engineers, and operators on the floor
• Ability to explain environmental concepts in clear, practical language

Nice To Haves

• ISO14001 experience

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the environmental agenda for the Concord site
• Ensure day-to-day compliance with relevant environmental regulations and internal standards
• Prepare and maintain required environmental documentation, reporting, and records
• Lead or support environmental audits and follow-up on corrective and preventive actions
• Partner with maintenance, engineering, and operations on environmental risk assessments for projects and changes, environmental controls on equipment, processes, and materials, and practical solutions that work on the plant floor
• Contribute to EHS training, communications, and culture-building activities, especially where environmental topics are involved
• Support broader safety programs (inspections, incident investigations, etc.) as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed