Environmental Permitting & Compliance Technician

Sims Metal (Sims) is a global leader in metal recycling. With facilities across the globe, Sims plays an intrinsic role in the circular economy by making resources available for future use. As a responsible corporate citizen, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as at any time in our long history.

Salary range: $115,000 to $125,000

Work under the direction of Senior Specialist to ensure that assigned sites within the region are provided leadership, guidance and support to comply with environmental corporate, regulatory and permitting requirements.

Provide facilities with environmental guidance and support for appropriate control measure, environmental testing/assessment, and implementation efforts.

• To advance a culture of environmental stewardship by providing guidance, training and hands‑on support to comply with environmental corporate, regulatory and permitting requirements
• Facilitate the determination and implementation of appropriate environmental practices in response to facility‑specific and regional requirements and issues, consistent with the company’s commitment to its social license to operate.

• Supports permitting & compliance (P&C) team in CA/NV
• Assist with environmental permitting program for CA/NV (including non-air quality applications for new permits and renewals; air monitoring network operation and management)
• Assist with environmental compliance program for CA/NV (including regulatory visits and responses to NOVs), in coordination with Senior Specialist, facility operations management and national environmental management and enviro legal counsel
• Supports proactive regional environmental/regulatory objectives (working with regional and facility management and environmental resources)
• Assist in review, modification, preparation and implementation of site level environmental operating procedures (SOPs) as necessary
• Supports implementation of the CA/NV environmental program, for fugitive and other emissions, storm water, hazardous materials, waste, wastewater, petroleum above-ground storage tank and inbound source control
• Support environmental remediation programs under environmental counsel direction
• Supports implementation of national environmental SOPs
• Support the Environmental Management System for environmental-related Standards, Compliance/Permit requirements, delivery systems, training, tools and communication.
• Drive implementation and monitoring of environmental strategic plans considering State-specific standards aligned with corporate and regulatory requirements. These include storm water, air emissions, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, petroleum above-ground tanks and wastewater.
• Assist with the development, monitoring and adjustment of company-wide environmental key performance indicators designed to measure continual progress with environmental goals, as necessary.
• Promote and facilitate company related environmental standard conformance, regulatory and legal compliance, external and internal standard conformance requirements.
• Provide guidance and support to regional EHS teams to track, manage, and report compliance activities and results.
• Support environmental assessments of facilities and interface with Senior Specialist, environmental legal counsel, national environmental management and key audit personnel on compliance activities, as necessary.
• Support Senior Specialist, environmental legal counsel, regional management and corporate environmental team regarding management of remediation projects.
• Collaborate with operational management/EHS teams as subject matter expert to provide guidance and support for environmental aspects of the business (and compliance with environmental regulations).
• Monitor environmental regulations and industry standards to support business units with implementation.
• Act as the escalation point of contact for operations to coordinate environmental regulatory inquiries and mitigation actions.
• Facilitate the management of waste reporting, profiling, handling, storage and shipping (i.e.,…