Environmental Engineer - Gypsum (Wheatfield)

About the role

Your Job Start a new career with Georgia-Pacific, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of Building Products and Consumer Products. We are hiring now for an Environmental Engineer/Scientist at our Wheatfield, Indiana facility. This role will be reporting to the site Plant Manager and support the development, implementation, and management of the facility’s environmental compliance programs and systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage compliance of federal (EPA) and state (IDEM) environmental program requirements, including but not limited to air, wastewater, storm water, solid and hazardous waste, CERCLA/EPCRA, TSCA, and FCC
• Support and implementation of GP’s Environmental Management System (Risk Management System), as well as integration of the environmental system into the plant’s overall operations plan
• Be knowledgeable in environmental regulations (federal, state and local) applicable to the facility and assess compliance, procedural and financial impacts to the facility
• Analyze incident and compliance trend data and work with operating departments to reduce risk
• Lead environmental incident investigations, mitigation, root cause analysis, and corrective actions
• Manage the environmental compliance calendar, coordinate activities and prepare/submit reports to outside agencies on schedule
• Manage hazardous materials program and mitigate exposure to safety and environmental hazards and risks in the workplace
• Identify cost effective solutions for technical and regulatory environmental issues
• Train facility personnel with respect to environmental regulations
• Obtain and maintain Method 9 Opacity certification and Indiana Wastewater Operator license

Requirements

• Bachelor’s of Science degree or higher in Engineering, Environmental Management, Environmental Science, or similar
• Experience with an Air Permit program
• Experience in environmental compliance and management systems