Senior Engineer - Environmental; Beech , SC

Senior Engineer - Environmental (Beech Island, SC)##
** Job Description
** You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
** Summary of Position
** To provide overall leadership for the Environmental and Sustainability systems at the manufacturing site in support of a safe and profitable operation that strives to continuously improve and reduce mill impact on the environment.
** Scope
* * As an integral part of the Environment & Sustainability (E&S) team, the Site Senior Environmental & Sustainability Engineer assumes a leadership position, spearheading Kimberly-Clark’s (K-C) commitment to Better Care for a Better World.  The position ensures that the facility is strategically aligned and operates in conformance with K-C E&S Standards and in compliance with local legal requirements.

Through influence without authority and/or direct reporting relationships, the position works collaboratively to identify and direct appropriate process and systems that elevate site program maturity, effectively manage risks and deliver continuous improvement in environmental and sustainability results. The Senior Engineer may lead a team of professionals to assist in delivering on accountabilities and reports to the Segment E&S Operations Leader.
** In this role, you will:
**** 1. Compliance Assurance:
*** Ensure the site is compliant with K-C and regulatory controls and requirements related to environmental matters.
* Extensive knowledge of regulatory requirements of EPA (Clean Air Act), SCDES, and other federal and state agencies.
* EMOC review and documentation.
* Chemical inventory (SARA Reporting), working with Staff on new projects with air impacts.
** 2. E&S Management System Ownership:
*** Take ownership of the relevant environmental and sustainability components within the site's E&S Management System.
** 3.

Risk Management:

*** Identify environmental aspects, hazards, emerging requirements, etc., and verify that they are managed to acceptable levels of risk or impact.
* Define the environmental and sustainability risk reduction strategy for the site, lead implementation of the plan, and continuously assess the effectiveness of performance.
** 4. Implement & Manage ISO E&S management system:
*** Lead the facility's effort to elevate the E&S operating model to align with ISO 14001:2026 release.
* Implement strategies and initiatives to continually improve the effectiveness of the E&S programs.
** 5. Strategic Alignment:
*** Embed K-C's E&S strategies and partner to drive execution
* Lead the facility's initiatives to improve the maturity of environmental and sustainability programs.
* Collaborate with segment and global teams to ensure consistent application of E&S standards and best practices for environmental & sustainability.
* Drive facility E&S objectives through pipeline ideation & execution, CPC/Sustainability systems alignment, and calibration with plant & central teams.
** 6. Objective Setting:
*** Deliver Sustainability 2030 goals (and create value) by pulling through best practices/technologies and incorporating into plans, KPIs, and budget. This includes water use reduction, climate emissions reduction, waste elimination, and chemicals of concern elimination.
* Define E&S objectives for the site and assess effectiveness of performance
** 7. Event Investigations:
*** Lead environmental event investigations to ensure thorough root cause evaluations and verify the effective implementation of corrective/preventative actions.
* Verify the implementation of effective corrective and preventive actions to mitigate the recurrence of incidents.
* Escalate appropriately per the E&S escalation process
** 8. Training and Orientation:
*** Ensure all employees undergo appropriate environmental and sustainability orientation…