Environmental Project Manager

MPS Group, Inc.,is seeking an Environmental
Project Manager to
join our team at
Chicago Assembly Plant
located in
Chicago, IL
. This individual will supervise and plan activities of onsite personnel. The individual will serve as liaison between client and vendors in relation to service issues and maintains pre-established standards for safety and environmental compliance.

• Comply with MPS Group’s management system policies and procedures.
• Manage client and vendor financial obligations, including invoicing, reporting, record keeping, and contract management, while coordinating logistics for the transportation of hazardous, universal, and non-hazardous waste from client sites, including characterizing, profiling, scheduling, manifesting, and physically loading waste (bulk and drummed).
• Promote a culture of safety by ensuring site personnel receive proper training to perform assigned duties and comply with safety, environmental, federal, state, and local regulations.
• Proactively work with clients to establish reuse, reduction, and recycling options that help achieve waste targets.
• Track production, waste, and budget variances, routinely communicating status with clients and the Regional Manager.
• Read and interpret analytical data used to characterize waste streams.
• Identify out-of-scope and episodic projects, collaborating with the Regional Manager and clients to quote projects and profile materials before providing service.
• Maintain environmental compliance by conducting regulatory and client-specific inspections and audits applicable to the facility.
• Manage the contract according to the current budget and seek internal and external cost savings.
• Supervise personnel necessary to fulfill contract requirements.
• Complete all other assignments made by MPS management and clients.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) in engineering or related science field, or minimum of six years related experience.
• Previous experience in the hazardous and solid waste industry.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Must be able to pass a drug test.
• Must have a valid driver's license.

• Current 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) with Annual Refresher (desired); will provided upon hire.
• Current Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA, desired); will provided upon hire.
• Current Department of Transportation (DOT, desired); will provided upon hire .