Complex Environmental Manager

Your JobGeorgia-Pacific has an immediate opening for an Complex Environmental Manager at our Las Vegas, Nevada complex. The Complex Environmental Manager creates long-term value by ensuring risks are identified and mitigated while sustaining performance improvement and striving for environmental excellence. This is accomplished by providing environmental leadership and strategic direction to the facility leadership and team through the application of Principle Based Management® (PBM®) and adherence to our Guiding Principles.

The Complex Environmental Manager must be able to embrace and lead changes, possess strong interpersonal skills and efficiently balance multiple priorities. The position requires strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of audiences. The successful candidate must also lead by example, be self-motivated, possess strong analytical skills, exhibit sound decision-making, and have proficient organizational skills.

This position reports directly to the Complex Plant Manager and supports three operational plants on site.

What You Will Do

In Your Role

• Providing leadership and strategic direction to achieve the environmental vision through management commitment and employee ownership
• Lead and develop the site environmental team
• Ensuring that an Environmental Management System (EMS) is in place consistent with GP expectations and standards
• Developing and maintaining an evergreen POV of environmental risks, priorities, key issues, and plans
• Systematically driving site environmental program to be more effective, consistent, verifiable, and efficient (structured and principled vs rule based)
• Overseeing evaluating, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with Environmental laws, regulations and permits as it relates to the operation of the facility
• Providing a stable foundation and solid understanding of the Georgia-Pacific environmental performance standards and all federal and state regulations
• Manage various permits and programs such as Air Permitting, Drinking Water, Wastewater, Solid and Hazardous Waste, SPCC, EPCRA, Stormwater, as well as business licenses
• Ensuring the implementation of appropriate training systems to meet facility needs and regulations
• Facilitating and representing the facility during agency inspections
• Effectively interacting with internal/external environmental technical resources and Georgia-Pacific legal resources to seek the best knowledge
• Effectively collaborating with local and divisional management, public relations, technical subject matter experts and other capabilities on issues that affect the local community and external stakeholders
• Working with site personnel to identify environmental stewardship opportunities and lead environmental stewardship initiatives at the site
• Analyzing incident/compliance trend data and working with operating departments to build environmental capability and reduce risk

The Experience You Will Bring

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Biology, Chemistry, or related technical field
• Strong communication, analytical, project management, and problem-solving skills

What Will Put You Ahead

• 3+ years of experience managing environmental compliance programs in a manufacturing or industrial environment
• Experience in managing people and projects
• Working knowledge of air permitting, stormwater, wastewater, SPCC, waste management, and environmental reporting requirements
• Experience working directly with environmental regulatory agencies
• Professional environmental certification or advanced technical expertise

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day –to make everyday products even better.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).