US Environmental Compliance Manager

Haleon • St. Louis, MO

3d • $110,706 - $152,220

About The Position

The US Environmental Compliance Manager serves as Haleon’s Subject Matter Expert (SME) for environmental compliance within the United States, ensuring adherence to U.S. federal, state, and local environmental laws, permits, consents, licenses, and regulations, as well as Haleon internal environmental compliance and reporting processes, including pharmaceuticals in the environment (PiE) requirements. The purpose of the role is to provide critical environmental compliance services and governance processes that enable positive business performance and effective risk management across U.S.-based operations. As the US Environmental Compliance Manager, you will lead and integrate the environmental compliance risk management strategy for the U.S. region and set standards on how to manage environmental compliance risks. To be successful, the role holder will network with peers internally and externally and work collaboratively across Haleon to gauge the need for new, or changes to, existing systems and processes whether maintained in-house or outsourced. Continuing the theme of achieving more, while the primary focus is to enable the business to effectively manage its EHS risks, the successful candidate will be expected to collaborate with key Haleon organizations such as Sustainability, Legal, R&D Trusted Ingredients Team, and Procurement, and help support other priorities where needed. In our high performing culture, we expect each team member to have the talent and drive to regularly deliver beyond their core mandate for the benefit of the business, our operations and the EHS team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Life Sciences, or related field.
• 5 years of hands-on experience in managing and governing environmental compliance risks, including those associated with air emissions, wastewater, regulated waste management, and environmental impacts to soil, groundwater, or other media, in a manufacturing, R&D or other fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) environment.
• Proficient in interpretation and application of existing, revised, and new environmental compliance legislation.
• Knowledge of environmental sustainability initiatives for air, water, and waste and emerging environmental compliance issues.
• Strong customer focus with proven ability in identifying and understanding needs, ability to build relationships and develop solutions to complex problems in a manufacturing, R&D or other FMCG environment.
• Demonstrable understanding of internal and external influences to deliver successful and sustainable environmental compliance services in agile organizations, with good external business networks to benchmark potential effectiveness of alternatives for Haleon.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering or Life Sciences.
• At least 10 years of experience in environmental compliance management.
• Professional License or Certifications as a Geologist or Professional Engineer.
• Experience with soil / groundwater investigation and remediation.
• Awareness of emerging environmental regulatory compliance issues and concerns.
• Experience in other areas of EHS especially industrial hygiene, preferably within a manufacturing, R&D, or FMCG environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional environmental compliance expertise for U.S. operations, ensuring compliance with applicable U.S. environmental regulatory requirements.
• Ensure QSC and R&D sites in the United States have effective environmental compliance programs for external regulatory requirements and Haleon internal requirements to reduce the risk of non-compliance.
• Provide governance and oversight to ensure U.S. sites maintain compliance with environmental permits, consents, licenses, and regulations.
• Serve as a key technical interface for U.S. environmental regulatory matters, collaborating closely with Legal and other internal stakeholders as needed.

Benefits

• Generous 401(k) plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Time off programs
• 6 months paid parental leave
• Healthcare programs where the company pays for the majority of your medical coverage for you and your family
• Opportunity to receive a discretionary bonus based on the achievement of key business performance
• Other incentive/recognition programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level