Water and Waste Engineer

Water And Waste Engineer

The Engineer, EHSS Water/Waste is responsible for ensuring that the sites in the Shared Services Organization (Ottawa and Bay St. Louis) maintain compliance with water and waste regulations. The position has several essential functions and responsibilities.

Provide site leadership for assigned regulatory programs in Water, Waste, Land, & Hazardous Materials. Familiar with Wastewater Treatment Processes, Potable water requirements, Boilerhouse Treatment Processes, Hazardous & Non-Hazardous Waste Management, SARA 311/312 Tier II, SARA 313 TRI, CDR and Responsible Care 14001. Act as point of contact for Environmental compliance issues within manufacturing operations for assigned areas/medias. Preparation and submission of Regulatory Permit applications (NPDES), monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reporting for wastewater.

Additional reporting requirements are:
Tier II inventory report, RCRA annual report, TRI reports, antimony report, and USGS Well inventory report. Need to be hazardous waste certified annually. Manage all waste from working with waste shipments, signing manifests, weekly inspections at the Ottawa site. Completion of the annual Hazardous Waste report for both sites. Collect potable water samples and send to certified lab. Submit analytical analysis to state agency.

Work with area operations and sustainability leader to meet environmental requirements and improve operating metrics by reducing emissions and/or energy consumption. Implement programs that achieve both regulatory requirements and operational flexibility. Manage and lead RC 14001 and Operation Clean Sweep programs. Key interfaces include working with Regional EHSS, Operations and Maintenance leaders and technicians, project engineers, process control engineers, EHSS Tech's and Technology representatives, along with routine exposure to site level management.

Individual will also interact with other sites around the business to translate best practices. The individual will interact with Federal & State agencies.

A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in a chemical or industrial setting or a BS degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or Chemical Engineering. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to transfer relevant information efficiently and effectively using Microsoft Office applications and other IT applications. Ability to collect relevant data, history trends, process information, and study results to evaluate issues.

Provide technical direction and execution of critical environmental programs.

Experience with process programs including TRI, Tier II, EPCRA, RC 14001, NPDES, BMP, RCRA, Hazardous Materials, DOT/FRA, EPA, CERCLA, TSCA, CWA, Potable water and other standards related to various Federal and State agencies. Organizational skills to balance priorities between immediate work and longer-term strategical efforts.

Physical Requirements:

Walk for extended distances, climb stairs & ladders, leaning/kneeling to view equipment.