Director of Environmental

Position Title:

Director of Environmental

Function / Department:
Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S)

Reports To:

President

Direct Reports:
Site Environmental Managers and specialists at Gramercy and St. Ann; environmental engineers, compliance analysts, monitoring technicians

Sites of Responsibility:
Gramercy Alumina Refinery (Gramercy, Louisiana, USA) and St. Ann Bauxite Operations (Discovery Bay / St. Ann Parish, Jamaica)

Location / Base:
Gramercy, Louisiana (primary), with recurring on-site presence in St. Ann, Jamaica

Travel:
Approximately 20-35%, including regular international travel to Jamaica

Jurisdictions:
United States (Federal / State of Louisiana) and Jamaica, with the ability to extend to other jurisdictions for potential M&A or other reasons

The Director of Environmental provides strategic and operational leadership for all environmental compliance, stewardship, and sustainability activities across Atalco's integrated bauxite-to-alumina value chain. The role holds single-point accountability for environmental performance at two geographically and jurisdictionally distinct operations: the Gramercy alumina refinery in Louisiana, United States, and the St. Ann bauxite mining operation in Jamaica.

Reporting to senior leadership, the Director sets environmental policy and standards, ensures full compliance with all applicable United States federal and Louisiana state regulations as well as Jamaican national environmental and mining law, and drives a proactive culture of environmental risk management, continuous improvement, and responsible resource stewardship. The role is central to protecting Atalco's license to operate, managing all permitting, exploration, alumina processing, bauxite residue and mined-land liabilities, safeguarding air, water, and land resources, and maintaining constructive relationships with regulators, communities, and other stakeholders in both countries.

A Bayer-process alumina refinery on the Mississippi River that converts imported bauxite into smelter- and chemical-grade aluminas. Key environmental features and risk areas include Title V air emissions sources (calcination, digestion, power/steam generation), process and stormwater discharges to the Mississippi River under a Louisiana water discharge permit, bauxite residue (red mud) storage and management areas, caustic and chemical handling, spill prevention, and hazardous and industrial waste management within a densely regulated US industrial corridor.

This scope is expanding to cover gallium extraction from the Gramercy Bayer process, as well as potentially the beneficiation of critical minerals and other elements from the bauxite residue.

An open-pit bauxite mining, drying, and export operation set in Jamaica's karst limestone terrain. Key environmental features and risk areas include permitting, exploration, sensitive specie preservation and relocation, land clearing and progressive mine development, mined-land reclamation and restoration, dust and air quality management from mining, trucking, railing, and drying, material handling/conveying, ship loading, protection of groundwater and surface water resources, biodiversity and reforestation obligations, haul-road and shipping-terminal impacts, and management of overburden and red-earth materials—all governed by Jamaican environmental permits, licenses, and mining lease conditions.

• Define and own the environmental strategy, policy, standards, permits, and related management systems that apply consistently across both operations while respecting each jurisdiction's legal requirements.
• Establish a single, harmonized environmental management framework (aligned to ISO 14001 principles) that sets a common standard of performance while accommodating US and Jamaican regulatory differences.
• Serve as the company's principal environmental authority, advising the executive team and Board on environmental risk, liabilities, obligations, capital requirements, and emerging regulatory developments.
• Embed environmental accountability into operational decision-making, capital planning, and site leadership performance objectives.

• Ensure full and continuous compliance with all applicable US federal and Louisiana state…