Environmental Manager

The Environmental Manager is responsible for ensuring the location meets its environmental permit compliance responsibilities, manages the plant's pollution control scrubber and waste water operations, ensures boiler operations are compliant with state and company policy, and improves the facility's environmental performance within the community.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

• Maintains staff and location in compliance with all Company, State or Federal OSHA Safety Policies and Practices.
• Provides supervision to production operators in reference to Safe Boiler operations, Wastewater treatment, and Air Treatment equipment.
• Leads, trains, and implements Standard Operating Procedures for plant environmental and utility systems, including air pollution control, steam generation, wastewater pretreatment, lagoon operations, and Land Application System.
• Develops, assigns, and implements CIP schedules of scrubbers and associated equipment taking production activities into account.
• Collects and analyzes daily environmental data to make operating recommendations to plant management to ensure performance of pollution control and treatment equipment.
• Prepares state and federal environmental permit related submittals for General Manager.
• Ensures facility is operating withing the Company's environmental policies.
• Comfortable and competent working and leading staff in a fast paced environment.
• Working off shift (night, weekend, or holiday) hours for extended periods as plant production need dictates.
• Forecasts needs, sources through competitive bids, and maintains appropriate spare parts inventory.
• Proficient and is able to provide or source technical guidance in waste water lagoons, VOC scrubbers, and land application system. (i.e. recognizing and troubleshooting lagoon operations, Air treatment condensers and scrubbers (Water Shell/ Tube and Air/ Air, Packed Bed Scrubbers, Venturi's and RTO scrubbers)
• Evaluates and decides using technical specifications provided on equipment data sheets to base performance decisions.
• Responsible for training new personnel on Company safety procedures and safe operating standards in accordance with OSHA.
• Other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED
• Wastewater Operator Certification (GA) or ability to obtain require certification.
• Prior supervisory or management experience.
• Knowledge of environmental systems, equipment, and operating procedures.
• Proficiency with CMMS and Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organizational, leadership, and communication skills.