Environmental Manager

Job Description

Job Summary:

Develops, implements, and maintains procedures and programs to minimize environmental risks and ensures compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, policies, and guidelines by performing the below mentioned duties at the McWane Ductile New Jersey facility. Successful performance of these job duties is imperative to the success of the Company's goals and objectives.

Pay Rate between: $110,000-$150,000

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include those listed below. Other duties may be assigned. This position is a full-time (minimum 40 hours per week) on-site position.  This is a salaried exempt position expected to work the hours necessary to fulfill job responsibilities, generally 40+ hours per week, depending on business needs.

• Plans, directs, and manages the Environmental Department to continuously improve performance, achieve goals and objectives, while delivering efficient and cost-effective operations.
• Takes “hands-on” responsibility for ensuring compliance of the facility with forward-looking proactive compliance.
• Works with Plant Manager, Engineering/ Maintenance Manager, Electrical Manager and Vice President/General Manager toward environmental compliance of all production systems.
• Prepares Permit to Install/Permit to Operate (PTI/PTO) air permit applications, Title V air permit renewal applications, New Source Review (NSR) and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) reviews.
• · Obtains PTI/PTO and Title V air permit modifications as needed.
• · Maintains facility wide air emissions inventories.
• · Ensures compliance with air permit recordkeeping, monitoring and reporting, including daily data collection, monthly air emissions recordkeeping, daily visual assessments (Method 22 and Method 9, as necessary), annual emissions reporting, annual Title V certifications, quarterly and semi-annual compliance reports, semi-annual reports for Subpart ZZZZZ and annual Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reports, as well as required preventative maintenance.
• Assesses operational changes to determine impacts to the facility’s air program.
• Evaluates air pollution control systems in conjunction with Maintenance/ Engineering Manager and Electrical Manager.
• Manages emissions testing of permitted units as necessary.
• Develops, implements, and maintains required air plans including Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Plan, Start Up, Shutdown and Malfunction (SSM) Plan and GHG Monitoring Plan.
• Develops, implements, and maintains all other required plans including Contingency Plan, Source Reduction and Waste Elimination Plan (SRWMP), Post Closure plans, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), and Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan (SPCC), as well as a Department of Transportation (DOT) Security Plan, as necessary.
• Provides all permitting and compliance solutions.
• Assists in public outreach including donation requests, educating the community on facility environmental aspects and resolving community complaints received internally.
• Prepares and implements Environmental Work Instructions (EWIs) in accordance with McWane Corporate Environmental Procedures, initiates and implements daily self-audit checklists.
• Serves as the facility’s contact for all communications with federal regulatory agencies.
• Responds to regulator’s Notice of Violations (NOVs); responds to corrective and preventive actions (CA/PAs); contacts regulatory agencies when deemed necessary; prepares and submits effective incident reports and manages cost effective interface with environmental attorneys as necessary.
• Ensures compliance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) recordkeeping, monitoring and reporting including weekly waste storage area inspections, characterization of all generated waste, ensuring proper disposal of all waste streams and preparing biennial hazardous waste report.
• Prepares and maintains National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit renewal application and modifies permit as necessary.
• Prepares all reports required by NPDES permit.
• Oversees water data collection, monitoring and sampling, including biweekly process water discharge, quarterly storm water discharge and visual assessments, quarterly extraction well discharge, and annual leachate pump discharge.
• Ensures Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) is in compliance with NPDES Permit by ensuring adequate staff, resources, supplies, programs, and procedures are maintained; works closely with water treatment chemical suppliers and other vendors to maximize efficiency of water treatment systems.
• Manages cooling water treatment program including periodic inspections and maintenance program.
• Prepares all reports required by Town of Phillipsburg and NJDEP Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) permit.
• Reviews facility water balances.
• Ensure facility water management systems are in compliance with storm water regulations and other applicable water quality regulations.
• Contracts semi-annual groundwater monitoring and reporting.
• Contracts maintenance of the solid and hazardous waste bunkers.
• Ensures condition and operation of solid and hazardous waste bunkers are compliant with regulations and site plans including quarterly bunker inspections maintenance, weed and rodent control, annual leachate sampling and reporting and providing McWane with annual financial assurance documentation.
• Ensures Cority Suite software package and EHS Insight software package, as well as the Environmental Management System (EMS) and documents scanned to SharePoint, are utilized, and maintained in accordance with corporate mandates.
• Works with vendors to ensure all work is completed in compliance with Contractor Control Procedures.
• Conducts audits of waste disposal facilities and testing laboratories as necessary.
• Trains employees on programs and procedures.
• Reviews all Safety Data Sheets (SDS), Acquisition Requests (ARs) and facility changes utilizing the Management of Change (MOC) process.
• Participates in production meetings, goal setting, continuous improvement events, quality, and safety meetings, as necessary.
• Negotiates with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies.
• Facilitates and participates in annual compliance and internal audits.
• Prepares Emergency Response and Community Right to Know Act (EPCRA) reports, including Tier II (Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) 312 and Toxic Release Inventory (SARA 313) reports as well as communications under SARA 311.
• Works closely with Group Environmental Compliance Directors (GECDs) as needed to comply with corporate needs and requirements.
• Fosters positive work relationships.
• Observes and enforces all Company, housekeeping, safety and plant policies and procedures.
• Has strong written, oral, communication and facilitation skills.
• Hires, trains, and mentors’ subordinates.
• Motivates and encourages teamwork among departments to ensure objectives are met.
• Creates and maintains a culture of continuous improvement.
• Addresses errors, problems, and complaints within scope of authority.
• Exercises final authority for the full range of personnel management matters.
• Keeps VP/GM and other managers informed of problems and important matters that impact them as they arise.

Qualifications

The qualifications/position requirements identified below list the skill level, ability, and knowledge required to successfully perform the essential duties of the position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Ability to perform all essential job duties satisfactorily.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities required to effectively perform the position.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Environmental Science, or a related field required.
• 8-10 years of industry-related experience required.
• 3 or more years of supervisory experience in an industrial manufacturing environment required.
• An equivalent combination of related post-graduate education and/or experience may be considered.

Computer Skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Windows operating systems.
• Advanced working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Experience with:
• Word processing
• Email systems
• Database management
• Spreadsheet applications

Certificates, Licenses, and Registrations

• None required.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, bend, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts, high or precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, extreme heat or cold, wet and/or humid conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals, and risk of electrical shock and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Additional Information

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.

McWane Ductile is a Drug and Alcohol-Free work environment. Successful candidates must pass a pre-employment background check, drug screening and physical.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
McWane is a Federal VEVRAA contractor, and an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing equal employment opportunity in all employment practices. McWane will not discriminate against any applicant for employment because of their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, disability, veteran or service member status, marital status, citizenship status (In IL - sex, including same sex, ancestry, order of protection status, physical or mental disability, military status, pregnancy, unfavorable discharge status, genetic information), (In IA - gender identity), (In CA- gender identity or expression, and genetic information) or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.