Positions Supervised: The California site EHS Managers report directly to this position. Chemical Technicians have a direct line to the site EHS Managers. Direct / Indirect work with each site's Plant Leadership Team including the General Manager, Production Manager, Finance Manager, Quality Manager and Facilities Manager.
POSITION PURPOSE
Provide environmental compliance leadership and technical support to the California sites, direct and develop the site EHS Managers, and support the application of best-in-class environmental processes, procedures, programs, permits, tools, training and standards across the organization, with secondary support for site health and safety programs.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Ensures environmental standard practices are defined, implemented and driven daily through plant management in order to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal environmental rules and regulations, including air, water, waste and chemical management requirements, while maintaining company standards and supporting site health and safety practices.
Lead the organization in developing a continual improvement in the environmental compliance culture at the workplace, beginning with hazardous waste, storm water, air permit and chemical management training and working through the implementation of an overall environmental management system methodology such as ISO 14001 or similar; supports basic OSHA training and behavioral based safety systems such as STOP. This includes office, administrative, material handling, transportation and all shop floor activities.
Ensure plant level environmental compliance including permit condition and monitoring tracking, department level release and near-miss reporting, frequent communication, on-site environmental audits, and a robust training, certification and learning system including a compliance and regulatory tracking program to keep accurate records and ensure advanced warning of training and certification renewals.
Work with EHS Leads and consultants to compile, review for accuracy and submit ALL environmental regulatory and compliance reports for the California sites, including air emissions inventories, hazardous waste and wastewater reports, storm water documentation and CUPA/Hazardous Materials Business Plan submittals, as well as required health and safety reporting.
Educate, drive and measure site performance to ensure full compliance with all hazardous material handling, storage and waste management regulations as a part of daily operations.
Complete environmental compliance audits and on-going site visits to constantly identify regulatory exposures, release potential and hazards and evaluate the compliance and loss producing potential of a given system, operation, or process and implement sustainable and measureable solutions that ensure full compliance of all locations within the region.
Implement a consistent environmental reporting and metrics system and analyze emissions, discharge, waste generation, permit deviation and environmental incident data - together with injury/illness data - for targeted activities to drive a zero release, zero incident culture.
Audit internal programs to determine the effectiveness and progress to best-in-class standards.
Ensure a process and resources are in place with metrics to conduct routine inspections of secondary containment, storm water controls and outfalls, air emission control equipment, tanks, hazardous waste and universal waste accumulation areas, aboveground storage and spill response supplies, as well as emergency lighting, fire extinguishers, ventilation, eyewash stations and PPE availability at the location as necessary to maintain best-in-class environmental procedures.
Ensure consistent reporting, cost analysis scheduling and manifesting hazardous waste shipments.
Ensure a process and resources are in place to continuously update the SDS library
Apply strong working knowledge of South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) policies, rules and practices, including permitting, source testing, recordkeeping and annual emissions reporting obligations at the California sites.
Apply strong working knowledge of the requirements of the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD), Certified Unified Program Agencies (CUPA), the California Air Resources Board (CARB), CalEPA, Cal/OSHA and the State Water Resources Control Board, and ensure site programs, permits and reporting remain in full compliance with each.
Other duties as assigned.
Education/Certification: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
Required Knowledge: Federal, State and local environmental regulations - air, water, hazardous waste and chemical management - with working knowledge of applicable occupational safety regulations, including SCAQMD, LACSD, CUPA, CARB, CalEPA, Cal/OSHA and State Water Resources Control Board requirements
Experience Required:Prefer at least 5 years of related work experience
