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Director Facility Closures

Job in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listing for: Clean Harbors
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-10-17
Job specializations:
  • Management
    Project & Program Management, Operations Management
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 140000 - 190000 USD Yearly USD 140000.00 190000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

The Director of Facility Closures is responsible for managing, directing, and overseeing technically complex projects involving site/facility closure, corrective action, and post closure care performed at/on Company owned (or leased) locations including providing technical support for project cost estimating and review, subcontractor selection and contracting/procurement, and managing individual environmental liability project reserves, providing 5-year zero-based reviews for each, and maintaining spending at or below the budgeted levels.

Clean Harbors
(NYSE: CLH) is North America’s leading provider of environmental and industrial services. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of Fortune 500 companies. Its customer base spans a number of industries, including chemical, energy and manufacturing, as well as numerous government agencies. These customers rely on Clean Harborsto deliver a broad range of services such as end-to-end hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services.

Through its Safety-Kleen subsidiary,Clean Harbors also is North America’s largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil and a leading provider of parts washers and environmental services to commercial, industrial and automotive customers. Founded in 1980 and based in Massachusetts,Clean Harbors operates inthe United States,Canada,Mexico,Puerto Ricoand India. For more information, visit  .

Clean Harbors offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including:

  • Competitive annual salary
  • Opportunities for growth, development and internal promotion
  • Health, Dental and Life Insurance
  • 401k, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off
  • Company paid certifications, licenses and training
Responsibilities
  • Ensuring that Health and Safety is the number one priority by complying with all safe work practices, policies, and processes and acting in a safe manner at all times.
  • Provide technical support for project cost estimating and review, and subcontractor selection and contracting/procurement.
  • Manage individual environmental liability project reserves, providing 5-year zero-based reviews for each, and maintaining spending at or below the budgeted levels.
  • Responsible for assuring that Purchase Orders and/or Executed Contracts are in effect prior to engaging outside subcontractors or incurring outside direct costs, including being directly responsible for holding outside consultants, subcontractors and other service providers accountable to negotiated commercial and contract terms and conditions.
  • Manage and track POs against invoices to support processing through Accounts Payable.
  • Direct participation in monthly spending reviews with the SVP of Environmental Liabilities, VP of Remediation & Disc Ops, and the Environmental Accounting Manager.
  • Support quarterly budget reviews with Senior Management by validating actual spending and providing accurate spending projections by individual project reserves.
  • Responsible for inputting spending and forecast data into the Liability Database.
  • Support internal and external audit requests as required and directed by senior management.
  • Participate in weekly calls with the SVP of Environmental Liabilities and VP of Remediation & Disc Ops to review individual project status.
  • Prepare and submit any/all Reserve Creation, Reserve Modification and/or Environmental Spending Authorization Forms as required and in advance of committing Company money and other resources.
  • Seek creative solutions such as innovative technologies which will expedite the work effort and will provide a favorable reduction in reserve spending, all while remaining in compliance with applicable regulations, when possible and practical.
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