Senior Counsel, Environmental, Health, and Safety

WM•Houston, TX

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Legal Counsel – Environmental, Health and Safety provides specialized proactive and strategic legal services related to the Company and its business in environmental, health, safety and other regulatory matters. Responsible for providing counsel and legal support on environmental matters including assistance, interpretative guidance, and managing enforcement cases and environmental litigation. Areas of practice will include CERCLA (Superfund), solid waste regulations including RCRA, air regulations, and water matters with a focus on both federal and state programs. This position will also entail analysis of federal and state regulatory developments, permitting of landfills, special projects coordination, contracts negotiation, legal research, advising clients and providing preventive law counseling. Interaction with agencies and outside counsel will be required. Geographic scope of role includes, but is not limited to, the eastern U.S. Atlantic states.

Requirements

Must live and work in the U.S.
Juris Doctorate (accredited).
Eight years of relevant work experience (in addition to education).
State Bar Licensure
Substantial litigation experience
Substantial environmental law experience
Familiarity and a high-level of expertise in matters involving CERCLA, RCRA, CAA and CWA, and state analog regulations

Nice To Haves

Seven or more years of previous Environmental, Health and Safety experience
Experience with federal or state regulatory affairs
Familiarity in matters involving OSHA and DOT is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provides legal and business advice/strategies regarding environmental, health, safety and other regulatory matters.
Provides legal advice on environmental and safety enforcement matters.
Manages the litigation risks of the Company within assigned cases and when called upon for specialized knowledge and expertise on cases assigned to others.
Maintains both a detailed and a broad level of industry and Company knowledge as it pertains to current legal activities and potential issues.
Advises management on recent changes in environmental, health and safety laws and regulations that affect the Company, and executes the implementation of improvements for the Company based on this knowledge.
Obtains and manages the services of outside legal consultants/attorneys as required to complement available internal legal resources, in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
Other minor duties as needed.