Plant Environmental Control Engineer

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We are looking for an experienced plant environmental engineer to provide technical and regulatory environmental support to the plant manufacturing team at the Kansas City Assembly Plant (KCAP). The person will be responsible for completing all required regulatory reports (air, wastewater, stormwater, waste, CO2, etc.) and responding to any agency inquiries. As a team player, you will collaborate with the KCAP team as well as other plants and the corporate office to identify innovative ways to reduce water consumption, waste generation, and material usage.

• Provides day-to-day technical and regulatory support for environmental media/operational subjects (air, stormwater, wastewater, tanks, material usage, Environmental Operating System (EOS), ISO 14001, plant reports, decommissioning, remediation, permitting, regulatory communications, analytical testing, plant audits, spill response, etc.)
• Supports achievement of the EQO and Manufacturing business plan objectives and targets (compliance index, Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions, water usage, waste generation and disposed, energy efficiency, and hydrocarbon (oil consumption)).
• Develops accurate and complete correspondence (reports, permit applications, etc.) to support facility / manufacturing environmental compliance and business plan objectives and targets.
• Tracks progress and spending on environmental capital and expense projects to ensure action items are completed on time and within budget.
• Manages Total Waste Management contract. Ensures waste (all special, non-hazardous, universal and hazardous wastes) is managed, stored and disposed of according to regulatory and corporate environmental requirements. Provides required environmental waste training to plant employees as required.
• Supports technical aspects of environmental systems at facilities (Environmental Operating System, environmental reserves, facility decommissioning activities and plant projects, compliance assurance, manufacturing management reviews, etc.)
• Utilizes environmental software applications (GEM/ICSM, IPoint, PERS, SharePoint, Auros E-Tracker, DMAIC, Veeder Root, Maximo, etc.) to help achieve business plan objectives and targets.
• Builds strong, productive working relationships with environmental professionals and manufacturing /non-manufacturing contacts throughout the Company at facilities and staff levels.
• Effectively uses standard procedures and best practices to ensure facility / manufacturing environmental compliance to achieve business plan objectives and targets.
• Maintains knowledge of applicable national, regional, and local environmental requirements.
• Represents Ford’s interests on environmental matters through interaction with external entities (local, regional, and national regularly agencies, community groups, trade and professional organization, non-governmental organizations, etc.)
• Supports facility and product programs through necessary permit actions, capacity planning studies and environmental project funding requests.
• Supports WWTP Operations and wastewater reuse to ensure regulatory requirements are met along with business plan objectives and targets.
• Fundamental understanding of environmental rules and regulations

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 1+ years experience as environmental engineer in a manufacturing setting.
• 1+ years of Microsoft office application experience

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering
• Graduate / Master’s level degree in Chemical, Environmental or Mechanical engineering degree
• Successful candidate should be able to demonstrate leadership in One FORD (leadership) behaviors combined with outstanding interpersonal, teambuilding, and communication skills.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

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