Environmental

Job Description

Position Purpose:  
Responsible for providing and administering environmental, health, and safety programs and related policies and procedures affecting the company’s existing and/or proposed environmental health and safety issues. Acts in a liaison capacity with EH & S and H&S personnel regarding interpretation of all policies and procedures, pertaining to technical support and guidance on industrial hygiene, reactive and explosive, OSHA, substance abuse testing, accident prevention, etc throughout the California Branch. Provides and assists in the training of emergency response techniques, safety management, risk assessment, etc. to maintain appropriate safety standards throughout the company.

Primary Duties/responsibilities: 

• Manages branch level implementation of all environmental policies and programs.
• Manages branch level implementation of all health, safety, and transportation policies, programs, and systems (e.g., hazard communication, emergency response, lock/tagout, confined space, medical program, driver qualifications, vehicle condition reports, random drug testing, industrial hygiene, PPE, PSM)
• Establishes and ensures implementation of a system for maintaining required facility EH&S documentation, permits and plans. 
• Manages the resolution of EH&S compliance issues.
• Communicates potential non-compliance issues or practices to appropriate managers within the branch, and as needed, to the Region/Corporate EMD. Sets up and tracks issues to resolution on a timely basis.
• Ensures conduct of branch EH&S self-audits and other assessments as required by company policy or Federal, State or local regulations.
• Reviews equipment process, and equipment process modifications for safety and regulatory compliance.
• Plans and ensures conduct of regular EH&S meetings for the division.
• Assists  in review of accidents to determine root causes and determinations of appropriate corrective and preventive actions, and track accident trends.
• Maintains liaison with regulatory agencies and prepares formal responses to draft permits, NOD’s, NOV’s and other agency requests for information in coordination with regional, corporate, staff, operations, and general manager.
• Review and provide a summary of all pending regulations to management staff prior to the effective dates. Prepare and initiate implementation plans for new regulations.
•  Implement and administer programs pertaining to OSHA, medical surveillance, substance abuse testing to avoid potential liabilities and maintain a viable workforce at all VES-TS locations.
• Coordinate worker’s compensation, accident, and injury management programs with facility personnel to determine adverse trends and develop meaningful productive standards resulting in safe and effective operations.
• Implement industrial hygiene, safety, regulatory and transportation programs as well as modifying existing plans to meet the needs of the facility(s).
• Acts as chairperson on improvement team pertaining to all environmental, health, and safety programs. Makes appropriate recommendations on either a national level or modifications to facilitate the needs at various levels within VES-TS locations.
• Provides guidance to all levels of management regarding utilization of appropriate practices in conjunction with regulatory requirements and changes, if necessary.
• Provides training in environmental, site remediation, reactive chemical operations, emergency response, etc. as needed or requested by local operation sites.
• Provides appropriate research and investigation to support the development of existing and/or potential new environmental, transportation, health and safety policies as determined by management or required by federal, state, or local governmental agencies.
• Approximately 10% travel required.  

Qualifications

Education / Experience / Background: 

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science or a related technical discipline.
• 5 to 8 of experience in the environmental regulatory or compliance field, with specific experience in hazardous waste treatment, storage and disposal.
• Minimum of 3 years in a problem-solving capacity required

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities: 

• Strong to expert knowledge of the Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (RCRA). Working knowledge of other federal and state-equivalent environmental regulations, such as, but not limited to Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Clean Water Act (CWA), and Clean Air Act (CAA).
• Extensive knowledge in health, safety, environment, transportation methodologies
• Must possess strong communication skills and communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with employees, peers, management and external contacts.
• Computer proficient
• Strong team player
• Time management: the ability to organize and manage multiple deadlines
• Strong customer orientation
• Strong supervisory and leadership skills
• Ability to create & prepare reports as necessary

Required Certification / Licenses / Training: 

• Valid driver's license
• 40-hour HAZWOPER
• 30-hour OSHA general industry standard training