Environmental Waste Coordinator

Fantastic challenges. Amazing opportunities.GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet.

With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.


Job Summary
Coordinate hazardous waste, non-hazardous industrial waste, universal waste, used oil, recyclable materials, organics, and general solid waste programs for a vertically integrated acrylic and glass aerospace transparency manufacturing facility.
Ensure waste streams are properly identified, segregated, labeled, accumulated, recycled, shipped, documented, and closed out in accordance with California DTSC/Title 22, federal RCRA concepts, Orange County CUPA expectations, City of Garden Grove commercial recycling/organics requirements, and applicable Department of Transportation shipping practices.
Support operational continuity, customer audit readiness, and environmental stewardship by preventing improper disposal, minimizing landfill waste, reducing waste-generation cost, improving source segregation, and controlling waste risks associated with MMA/monomer handling, solvent bonding, coatings, acrylic scrap, glass waste, contaminated absorbents, filters, sludge, wastewater treatment residuals, maintenance wastes, and packaging.

Job Responsibilities

• Waste Generation, Segregation, and Accumulation Control
• Perform routine inspections of satellite accumulation areas, central accumulation areas, universal waste areas, used-oil areas, recycling points, scrap staging, trash/organics areas, and outdoor waste storage locations.
• Verify containers are compatible with contents, closed when required, in good condition, properly labeled, dated where applicable, protected from stormwater, and not overfilled or mixed improperly.
• Coordinate timely pickup, consolidation, movement, and shipment of hazardous waste, universal waste, used oil, non-hazardous industrial waste, scrap acrylic, glass, packaging, pallets, cardboard, metals, e-waste, batteries, lamps, filters, absorbents, and maintenance waste.
• Escalate any leak, damaged container, unknown waste, unlabeled container, incompatible storage, storm drain exposure, or missed pickup that could create a compliance, safety, or production risk.
• Hazardous Waste and California Compliance Execution
• Support waste determinations using SDSs, process knowledge, generator knowledge, analytical data, and EH&S/Environmental Manager direction.
• Maintain hazardous waste profiles, manifests, electronic manifest records, land disposal restriction documentation, inspection logs, training records, contingency information, and vendor certificates.
• Support California DTSC/Title 22 and RCRA-based generator requirements including generator category awareness, EPA r support, accumulation time awareness, and cradle-to-grave documentation.
• Prepare for and support Orange County Health Care Agency CUPA inspections, internal audits, waste-area walkdowns, corrective-action follow-up, and evidence packages.
• Recycling, Organics, and Solid Waste Programs
• Coordinate site recycling and diversion programs for cardboard, paper, plastics, acrylic scrap, pallets/wood, metals, packaging, e-waste, toner, batteries, lamps, organics, and other recoverable materials.
• Support City of Garden Grove and hauler…