Environmental Manager – St. Joseph, MO

SUMMARY: This position is responsible for implementing an environmental management system to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations at one location. Duties include: supervising the waste water supervisor and waste water operators, creating and implementing environmental programs, writing compliance plans, tracking key performance indicators for compliance, developing and submitting permit applications, implementation of waste minimization programs, ensuring on time reporting of all required compliance based reports, and communicating any non-compliant issues. The environmental programs include: Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Federal Insecticide Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, Oil Pollution Act; Safe Drinking Water Act, and other local, state, and federal environmental regulations. Other duties include: leading and influencing location management to ensure compliance, maintaining relationships with local, state, and federal regulators, and spill response oversight. Under the direction of the Area Environmental Manager, serve as an influencer, organizer, facilitator, analyst and problem-solver on environmental compliance with the goal of zero environmental exceedances.
REQUIREMENTS:
Education: Bachelor?s degree in natural science, environmental science or engineering required.
Experience: 4+ years of environmental experience; environmental management preferred.
Computer Skills: Proficient with Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, and Power Point. Must also have aptitude to apply basic computer skills for the operation of compliance databases such as Tyson?s environmental compliance automation tools (eCAT) and Incident Tracker system.
Communication Skills: Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate with all levels of Team Members; bilingual skills are a plus.
Special Skills: Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills; ability to drive concurrent projects to completion; comfortable influencing all levels of the organization; strong team and collaboration skills; demonstrates ability to think creatively and drive innovation; and Project Management concepts and techniques.
Supervisory Responsibility: This position supervises the Waste Water Supervisor / Operators.
Supervisor: Area Environmental Manager
Travel: 1-5 trips per year.To view a full job description and submit your resume for consideration, click APPLY TO THIS POSITION below and follow the prompts.