Position OverviewThe Lead Environmental Specialist will oversee the day-to-day operations, cross-functional coordination, and compliance with the environmental regulations at local, state and federal level.
Responsibilities
- Partner with cross-functional department leaders in the plant to help maintain, achieve, and improve the environmental awareness and processes in the area.
- Create and maintain a strong Safety, Health and Environmental culture.
- Actively contribute to sustain ISO 14001 Certification
- Facilitate Environmental training classes
- Lead site environmental programs, plans and execute projects. Provide subject matter expertise to projects and key risk areas
- Perform environmental assessments and studies
- Collaborate with International’s Corporate Environmental Team on North America initiatives and support common development efforts
- Accountable for compliance with all applicable regulatory, plant and corporate SHE related plans, policies, procedures and permits
- Ensure environmental goals for the facility are established, communicated and a clear roadmap is established to achieve them
- Perform daily/weekly/monthly monitoring air, water, waste and other environmental parameters and report to agencies, plant leadership and corporate as necessary
- Participate in continuous improvement activities and resourcing environmental services in alignment with Manufacturing 4.0 principals
- Maintain and promote team relationships within the site cross-functional team
- Engage with shop floor employees to reduce environmental risks through process improvement, deviation tracking, incident investigations, cross action planning and follow-up.
- Conduct water and environmental quality testing in an outdoor environment
- Execution and monitoring of Plant's Waste/Recyclables Management Plan
- Site liaison for local, state and federal regulatory agencies associated with environmental matters
- Ensure organizational sustainability goals are fully incorporated, executed and monitored at site level
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and at least 2 years of environmental health and safety experience
OR
- Master's degree and at least 1 year of environmental health and safety experience
OR
- At least 5 years of environmental health and safety experience
Additional Requirements
- Qualified candidates, excluding current employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. We do not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)
Desired Skills
- Environmental Science/Engineering degree
- Experience in automotive industry or manufacturing environment
- Experience in auditing, compliance assurance, air quality, wastewater, chemical management, liquid storage, waste handling and industrial safety compliance
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint)
- Strong Project management skills
- Excellent organizational and communication skills, verbal and written
- Positive attitude and enthusiasm for environmental initiatives and community
- Experience in coatings operations and air permit management
- CHMM, REP or similar environmental certifications
Benefits and Compensation
This position offers competitive market-based compensation, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employee wellbeing. You can learn more about the benefits offered for this position by visiting https://careers.international.com/#benefits.The expected salary offered for this position will fall within the stated range, with the final offer based on the candidates' applicable skills, knowledge, and experience.
