Environmental Engineer

Job Overview

Join PPG and help lead the next generation of coatings innovation. As a global industry leader, PPG delivers advanced coating solutions that set the standard for performance, quality, and sustainability. Our success is powered by talented people who thrive in a culture of collaboration, innovation, and growth. We are hiring an Environmental Engineer for our Circleville, Ohio plant. As an Environmental Engineer, you will provide direction, and training to ensure a safe and healthful workplace for the PPG associates.

You will ensure compliance with applicable environmental, safety, and health laws and regulations. You will have close interaction with all levels of the manufacturing, corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS), technical and engineering organizations to provide a unified EHS message. You will sit onsite and report to the EHS manager.

• Ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local and PPG environmental regulations and policies.
• Clean Air Act (CAA) Title V Operating Permits, New Source Review, and Minor Source permits compliance; including emissions reporting and compliance documentation.
• CAA Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) standards, including the Miscellaneous Organic Chemicals (MON) MACT and the Miscellaneous Coatings Manufacturing (MCM) MACT standards reporting and compliance documentation.
• Manage the Clean Water Act (CWA) National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) water permits (Industrial and Stormwater).
• CWA Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan inspections and management.
• Resource Recovery and Conservation Act (RCRA) and state-level Waste Management Program (Hazardous, Non-Hazardous, Universal) for both Large and Small Quantity Generators; developing and maintaining emergency response and contingency plans.
• Compliance with ISO
  14001 requirements.
• Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know (EPCRA) Reporting consisting of SARA 312 (Tier II) and SARA 313 (Toxic Release Inventory).
• Participate in our facilities Emergency Response Teams (ERT).
• Develop leading indicators that improve sustainability metrics (energy, water, waste) and spill incidents.
• Provide leadership and coaching to motivate change.
• Must have a broad understanding of environmental, health and safety rules and regulations.
• Collaborate with all levels of the organization.

• B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science or a related field required.
• 5+ years of experience with CAA, CWA, and EPCRA permits and reporting.
• 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Must have a broad understanding of environmental, health and safety rules and regulations.

To perform this job, you must be able to perform each essential job responsibility satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

PPG offers comprehensive benefits such as Health, Dental, Life, Retirement Plan, Paid Vacation and Holidays, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Disability/Leave, family leave, and other Voluntary benefit offerings. Actual benefit offerings are confirmed at the time of hire.

PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

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