Senior Environmental Specialist

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Waukesha, WI - USAtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition :
JR13835
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The Senior Corporate Environmental Specialist is responsible for supporting and advancing the company’s global environmental compliance and Environmental Management System (EMS) programs. This role serves as a technical subject matter expert and strategic business partner to manufacturing sites, helping translate complex regulatory requirements into practical, efficient, and sustainable solutions that work on the factory floor.

This position works closely with site EHS teams, operations leadership, engineering, maintenance, and corporate functions to ensure environmental compliance, reduce risk, improve operational performance, and drive a culture of accountability. The ideal candidate is highly motivated, hands-on, and capable of balancing corporate strategy with site-level execution across multiple facilities and geographies.

The successful candidate is not only technically strong, but also practical, responsive, and action oriented. They are comfortable walking a manufacturing floor, engaging employees at all levels, solving problems quickly, and ensuring environmental requirements are implemented in a way that supports safe and efficient operations.
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* Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

*** Provide technical leadership and oversight for environmental compliance programs across multiple manufacturing facilities.
* Interpret federal, state, and local environmental regulations and convert requirements into practical site implementation plans.
* Conduct compliance assessments, inspections, and program reviews involving air, hazardous waste, wastewater, stormwater, chemical storage, and related programs.
* Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective/preventive action planning.
* Maintain effective working relationships with regulatory agencies and support agency inspections or inquiries.
* Partner directly with plant managers, operations leaders, maintenance teams, engineers, and EHS staff to implement environmental requirements in active manufacturing environments.
* Conduct floor-level observations and identify opportunities to improve compliance, efficiency, and risk reduction.
* Build credibility and trust with site teams through practical problem-solving and responsive support.
* Drive accountability and follow-through on site action items and compliance commitments.
* Support new product launches, process changes, facility expansions, and capital projects from an environmental compliance perspective.
* Lead preparation and submittal of air permit applications, permit modifications, registrations, and other regulatory filings.
* Support wastewater, stormwater, SPCC, hazardous waste, and other environmental permitting needs as required.
* Manage and review environmental reports including emissions inventories, Tier II, TRI, hazardous waste reporting, permit monitoring reports, and…