Senior Environmental & Safety Specialist

Owens Corning•Aiken, SC

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Specialist – Environmental Focus is a critical member of the plant team who provides technical leadership and oversight to ensure environmental compliance and drive continuous improvement in environmental performance across the Aiken, SC and Blythewood, SC facilities. This role partners with plant leadership to build ownership, accountability, and a culture of environmental stewardship. This position reports to the Aiken EHS Leader.

Requirements

5-8 years of experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Engineering, or related field or equivalent experience
Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs
Ability to interpret and apply environmental regulations
Root cause analysis and corrective action development
Data analysis for compliance trending and reporting
Change management in operational environments
Cross-functional leadership with operations and maintenance
Think Strategically
Inspire and energize others
Leadership presence – forward thinking leadership abilities including the ability to motivate, lead by example, and encourage teamwork and effective communication.
Past work with Government agencies is beneficial
Experience with Access and Process Explore/IP-21 preferred
Aptitude for data analysis and information management

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental or Engineering related disciplines strongly preferred
Site specific permitting knowledge / experience is a plus
Title V air permit
Stormwater management
Waste water permitting
Class II landfill
SPCC
SARA 311/313
Gound water monitoring
RCRA/DOT
Environmental Management Systems

Responsibilities

Adhere to Safety and Environmental Responsibilities & Drive a Safer Together Culture.
Ensure a safe, clean, and environmentally compliant work environment for employees, contractors, and visitors in which working Safer Together is the first priority
Partner with the EHS team to conduct environmental incident investigations, as well as make recommendations to ensure regulatory inspection readiness
Lead Environmental Initiatives and processes to drive towards zero non-conformities and NOV’s.
Set and accomplish critical environmental metrics to ensure continuous improvement.
Drive and sustain environmental excellence through use of the Environmental Management System.
Authority to stop work or escalate conditions that pose environmental compliance risk.
Drive and maintain compliance with Environmental operating permits, such as US EPA Title V air permits, Municipal Wastewater permits, State or local Storm Water permits, Class II Landfill permits, SARA 311/ 313, Groundwater Compliance, and SPCC
Develop and maintain environmental monitoring and recordkeeping to satisfy requirements of the plant’s operating permits
Manage all aspects of the plant’s Hazardous waste, Solid waste, and Universal waste within Federal, State and Local guidelines
Provide regulatory guidance to facility leadership team and operating personnel
Review or change policies and procedures to comply with changes to Environmental regulations and standards
Facilitate required Environmental testing of air, water and water sources
Work with Division resources to facilitate Corporate Sustainability reporting, Green House Gas (GHG) reporting, Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT), and other current or pending regulatory requirements
Interact with outside consultants/contractors on regulatory compliance. Track and approve consultant/contractors’ terms of service, budgets and spending.
Provide leadership required ensuring operations and, maintenance personnel are aware of and held accountable for environmental compliance.
Interact with agency personnel to facilitate site compliance inspections, inquiries and corrective actions.
Maintain chemical approval process
Develop and implement environmental programs such as air and water compliance, above-ground storage tanks, spill prevention and control, hazardous waste and materials management, solid waste recycling, and employee training
Update compliance action item tracking tools and templates for existing and newly issued or updated permits. Track all items to on-time completion.
Lead Environmental initiatives and processes to drive towards zero non-conformities and/or Notice of Violation (NOV’s)
Assess product, process and operational changes to determine environmental impact
Drive and sustain environmental excellence through use of the Environmental Management System
Utilize process and engineering knowledge to identify and lead process improvements to reduce environmental impact and/or improve sustainability goals
Enroll as the plant liaison on environmental issues affecting community and industrial neighbors
Maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, drive compliance behaviors through leadership engagement and accountability systems, and fully engage employees in the sound environmental process management process
Guide the Natural Leadership Team (NLT) in developing risk-ranked strategic plans, prioritize and advocate capital/resource requests, and advise the leadership team on all aspects of environmental requirements and responsibilities
Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of all critical Environmental processes, programs, and procedures
Sets and accomplishes critical environmental metrics regularly to ensure continuous improvement in the processes that lead to a 100% engaged culture on the floor
Grow and develop the plant EHS advocates