Environmental Part Leader

L-H Battery Company

The LGES – HONDA Joint Venture, located in Jeffersonville, Ohio, is bringing the power! A transformation is happening within the auto industry, and we are leading the way. We develop and manufacture large lithium-ion polymer batteries and packs of the highest quality for electric vehicle (EV) and energy storage applications.

Established in 2023, The LGES – HONDA Joint Venture is passionate about developing and maintaining a culture where our associates and customers understand their value and worth. We are making a positive impact and we want you to be a part of it!

Lead plant environmental strategic and operational environmental initiatives at the Jeffersonville site by planning, facilitating, and communicating in alignment with regulatory requirements, plant direction and L‑H Battery environmental business plan to ensure plant environmental compliance and achieve plant environmental performance (energy, water, and waste) targets.

• Develop, manage and implement plant environmental business plan themes and projects by applying PDCA to reduce risk, and improve environmental characteristics, and align with L‑H Battery direction.
• Lead plant environmental communication and collaboration with both internal (depts or management within plant, Communications, Legal) and external (other OEM's, trade associations, government agencies, general public) stakeholders for awareness of status, benchmarking, critical issue escalation, initiation of necessary action items, and promotion & diffusion of environmental programs, and protection & promotion of the L‑H Battery brand.
• Monitor and evaluate current environmental regulatory conditions and changes to the regulatory landscape to set plant direction & strategy; ensure environmental programs are developed to address changes.
• Evaluate, as the environmental advocate, plant projects and change points against the L‑H Battery and plant environmental standards for environmental impact to promote & ensure environmental policy and direction are achieved.
• Plan, review and approve routine environmental compliance (air, water, waste) and performance (KPI's, metrics) activities, reports and permits, ensuring appropriate countermeasures are implemented and effective; review and approve plant environmental metrics reports to ensure accuracy and target achievement.
• Identify, plan, seek approval and manage plant environmental budget (resources) to properly execute effective and efficient plant environmental management programs.
• Provide governance of plant environmental standards, systems, methods, and procedures to meet government regulation and company standards as well as other environmental obligations.
• Evaluate and disseminate environmental knowledge within the plant; create and execute training to ensure associate competence and success in meeting environmental targets/goals/objectives.
• Verify effectiveness & viability of plant data management systems and approve their use as tools to efficiently track and manage environmental compliance and performance.
• Develop and approve contractor SOW(s) (Scope of Work) for waste management, waste water operations, water treatment operations (as applicable), stack testing, consultants, utilities, energy procurement service provider, and support environmental strategies/requirements; periodically evaluate contractors to ensure work or service provided maintains adherence to standards / procedures.
• Design and facilitate L‑H Battery internal (plant, department) and external (government agencies, third party ISO 14001) audit programs to confirm effectiveness and identify gaps & opportunities for improvements in the environmental program.
• Coordinate timely countermeasures (environmental audits, compliance, and performance gaps) to ensure effectiveness and improvements to the environmental program.
• Develop capability of self, colleagues, and team through training, mentoring, and sharing of experiences in area of technical expertise and understanding.
• Foster an environment within the site receptive to innovative solutions through collaboration with internal and external entities to drive improvements,…