Environmental Manager

About First Quality

Founded over 35 years ago, First Quality is a family‑owned company that has grown from a small business in McElhattan, Pennsylvania into a group of companies, employing over 5,000 team members while maintaining family values and an entrepreneurial spirit. With corporate offices in New York and Pennsylvania and 8 manufacturing campuses across the U.S. and Canada, the First Quality group produces high‑quality personal care and household products for large retailers and healthcare organizations.

We are seeking an Environmental Manager for our First Quality Tissue Midwest, LLC facility located in Defiance, OH. This position will be responsible for organizing, managing, developing and maintaining compliance with FQTMW’s environmental programs.

• Be an active part of the site’s management team
• Maintain the site’s environmental management system
• Maintain site environmental policies, procedures and training programs, and update as needed
• Maintain all air quality control, waste disposal and wastewater treatment systems
• Act as primary interface with environmental regulatory agencies
• Prepare all reports for submission to regulatory agencies as necessary
• Ensure FQTMW is in compliance with local, state, and federal environmental rules and regulations
• Lead the investigation of environmental incidents and near misses with the objective of identifying and correcting root causes to prevent future incidents
• Establish and maintain positive relationships with environmental regulators and departments
• Represent FQTMW in community or industry environmental groups

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering/Science or related field
• Five years of environmental program leadership experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience with air, waste, wastewater treatment and stormwater operations and permitting
• Knowledge of all local, state and federal environmental rules and regulations
• Adherence to high moral principles and professional standards
• Effective written and oral communication skills
• Strong training skills
• First 3 months of training will take place in Anderson, South Carolina and Lock Haven, PA.

• Competitive base salary and bonus opportunities
• Paid time off (three‑week minimum)
• Medical, dental and vision starting day one
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid parental leave
• Child and family care assistance (dependent care FSA with employer match up to $2,500)
• Bundle of joy benefit (years of free diapers to all team members with a new baby)
• Tuition assistance
• Wellness program with savings of up to $4,000 per year on insurance premiums

First Quality is committed to protecting information under the care of First Quality Enterprises commensurate with leading industry standards and applicable regulations. As such, First Quality provides at least annual training regarding data privacy and security to employees who, as a result of their role specifications, may come in to contact with sensitive data.

First Quality is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or protected Veteran status.