Environmental Engineer

About the role

Your Job Georgia-Pacific’s Consumer Products Division is looking for you to join the Wauna Paper Mill team at our Clatskanie, Oregon facility as an Environmental Engineer. In this role, you’ll create long-term value by identifying and mitigating risks while driving process improvements and striving for environmental excellence.

Responsibilities

• Use technology enablers and enterprise best practices to transform, automate, and standardize air emissions and environmental programs for greater resilience, consistency, verifiability, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Manage air emissions compliance end-to-end: monitor, analyze, document, and report emissions data; ensure timely regulatory submissions (e.g., Title V) and adherence to federal, state, and local requirements.
• Identify permitting requirements and reporting: assist to prepare, submit, and maintain permits, coordinate with regulatory agencies, and streamline workflows using common enterprise tools.
• Maintain and refine compliance programs and day-to-day permit obligations (data collection, report generation, and submissions), including air emission inventories and similar requirements.
• Deploy and use mobile inspections and other digital tools to support inspections, compliance verification, sampling, stack testing, emissions inventories, and operational oversight.
• Partner with operations, maintenance, and engineering to design, implement, and optimize air pollution controls (scrubbers, filters, baghouses), identify leading indicators, and drive corrective actions and continuous improvement.
• Provide regulatory guidance and tactical compliance support consistent with Stewardship & Compliance principles and Principle Based Management™; maintain an evergreen point of view on environmental risks, priorities, and strategic plans.
• Oversee contractor work on environmental and construction projects, evaluate environmental risks, and partner across the enterprise to implement mitigation, training, and improvement opportunities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field.
• Environmental engineering experience.
• CEMS/DAS experience.
• Pulp & Paper Experience.
• Experience in leading federal, state, and local air quality regulations (e.g., Clean Air Act, NESHAP, MACT, Title V permits).

Qualifications

• Engineering experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.

Skills

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Knowledge of environmental laws and regulations.
• Experience with environmental monitoring and compliance software.

Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance.