Environmental Specialist

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 responsible corporate citizens, we continuously seek new ways to broaden our participation in the environmental sector, ensuring that our future is as bright, safe, and secure as ever in our long history.

Work under the direction of the 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 measures, environmental testing/assessment, and implementation efforts.

The position is located in Redwood City, CA (4 days on avg.). Additional travel may be required to other Sims Metal CA locations, including Sacramento, Richmond, San Jose, Rancho Cordova, Hayward, Stockton, and Sparks, NV.

• 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.
• Working in an industrial outdoor setting.

• 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)
• Assists 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, stormwater, hazardous materials, waste, wastewater, petroleum above-ground storage tank and inbound source control
• Support 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 stormwater, 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, and 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…