Environmental Compliance and Wastewater Specialist

Overview

Minerals Technologies Inc. is a global, technology-driven specialty minerals company that develops, produces, and markets a wide range of minerals and mineral-based products and services.

Our products are an essential part of everyday life for millions of people around the world. They are used in consumer goods in paper and packaging, food and pharmaceuticals, household and personal care, pet care, automotives, and many more, as well as in industrial settings like steelmaking, metalcasting, construction, infrastructure, and wastewater remediation.

We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MTX, headquartered in New York City, and have over 150 locations worldwide, with ~4,000 employees in 34 countries and 12 R&D centers.

We put people at the center of everything we do -- working safely, communicating openly, and managing our resources and businesses responsibly.

Health & Beauty Solutions (HBS), part of Minerals Technologies’ Consumer & Specialties business, provides innovative skin care solutions for the personal care industry. Our Lafayette, Louisiana facility manufactures specialty ingredients and finished formulations used in skin care applications, including anti-aging, anti-acne, and sun care products.

The Lafayette facility is an FDA-registered cGMP manufacturing site specializing in polymers, specialty ingredients, and finished formulations. A key part of the business is our patented Microsponge® technology, which uses porous microparticles to deliver active ingredients in ways designed to provide sustained release while reducing skin irritation.

Our Personal Care business is focused on developing innovative solutions for skin care and active-ingredient delivery, including technologies that support reduced irritation, sustained delivery to the skin, improved stability, and improved performance of skin treatment formulations.

Location: Lafayette, Louisiana

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay, commensurate with experience
• Health/Dental/Vision plans
• 401k company match
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability & Long-Term Disability
• Educational Assistance
• Employee Assistance Plan

Responsibilities

About the Role

We are seeking an Environmental Compliance and Wastewater Specialist to join our Lafayette team. This is a hands-on technical position that combines the day-to-day operation of our industrial wastewater treatment system with important environmental compliance responsibilities.

You will work closely with the Site EHS Manager and plant operations to help ensure our wastewater systems operate safely and reliably while supporting environmental programs involving wastewater and stormwater, waste management, environmental sampling, regulatory reporting, air compliance, and environmental recordkeeping.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced wastewater professional who wants to expand into environmental compliance, or an environmental professional who brings strong hands-on industrial wastewater experience.

 What You Will Do

• Operate and monitor the industrial wastewater treatment system in accordance with site procedures and applicable permit requirements.
• Monitor flows, tanks, chemical feed systems, pH, sludge generation, and treatment performance, including jar testing and other process checks.
• Coordinate sludge handling, dewatering, disposal, routine operator inspections, and maintenance or repair needs.
• Collect wastewater, stormwater, and other environmental samples; perform field testing; maintain chain-of-custody documentation; and coordinate laboratory services.
• Review laboratory results and promptly escalate potential permit exceedances, equipment failures, spills, releases, or abnormal operating conditions.
• Administer assigned hazardous, non-hazardous, universal, and special waste activities under the direction of the Site EHS Manager.
• Maintain waste profiles, manifests, inspection records, vendor documentation, environmental records, compliance calendars, and corrective-action tracking.
• Support assigned air-compliance activities, including visible-emissions observations and VOC/LDAR monitoring when properly trained and qualified.

Qualifications

What We Are Looking For

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum of three years of hands-on industrial wastewater treatment experience.
• Demonstrated experience monitoring and adjusting physical and chemical wastewater treatment processes.
• Experience collecting environmental samples and maintaining chain-of-custody, operating, inspection, and compliance records.
• Working knowledge of industrial wastewater, stormwater, waste management, and environmental recordkeeping requirements.
• Ability to interpret permit requirements, laboratory results, operating data, and written technical or regulatory requirements.
• Experience coordinating laboratory services, waste vendors, contractors, equipment maintenance, or related services.
• Comfort using standard computer applications and electronic environmental data systems.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, sound judgment, and the ability to work independently while escalating compliance concerns appropriately.

Preferred Qualifications

• Associate degree or technical education in environmental technology, wastewater treatment, chemistry, industrial technology, or a related field.
• Wastewater operator certification appropriate to the facility, or the ability to obtain certification if required by the applicable permit or regulation.
• Experience supporting industrial wastewater and stormwater discharge permits and DMR/NetDMR reporting.
• Hazardous-waste and DOT hazardous-material training appropriate to assigned responsibilities.
• Method 9 visible-emissions training or certification when applicable.
• Experience supporting Tier II, TRI, hazardous-waste, solid-waste, air, VOC, or LDAR compliance activities.

Work Environment

This is a plant-based position with work performed in indoor and outdoor industrial environments. The role may involve exposure to wastewater, sludge, treatment chemicals, odors, noise, moving equipment, uneven surfaces, and variable weather. The employee must be able to access treatment and sampling locations, use stairs and ladders, wear required personal protective equipment, and satisfy site requirements associated with respirator use when applicable. The role may also require support for off-shift, weekend, emergency, call-in, or on-call wastewater and environmental activities when operationally required.

Why This Role Matters

This role directly supports reliable wastewater treatment and day-to-day environmental compliance at the Lafayette plant. It is a strong fit for an experienced wastewater operator who also has environmental compliance experience, or an environmental professional with substantial hands-on industrial wastewater experience.

Continuous Improvement

The position actively participates in MTI continuous improvement processes, including 5S, standard work, daily management, root-cause problem solving, and process improvement, with a focus on wastewater reliability, environmental compliance, treatment efficiency, waste reduction, vendor performance, and cost control.

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