Environmental Manager - Hybrid
Radius Recycling · Kansas City, MO · 3 wk ago
$129k/yrFull-time
About the role
Environmental Manager - Hybrid position providing hands‑on compliance and operational support for 10 locations across Missouri, Kansas, Texas, Ohio, and Virginia. Reports to the Senior Environmental Manager and implements environmental programs, maintains compliance, manages projects and incident response, and advises facility and regional leadership.
Responsibilities
- Maintain compliance with company standards, environmental regulations, permits, plans, and reporting requirements.
- Conduct environmental inspections, sampling, monitoring, observations, and data collection involving air, stormwater, groundwater, soil, solid waste, hazardous waste, and other regulated materials.
- Prepare and submit accurate environmental records, reports, plans, permit documents, and regulatory filings on time.
- Monitor regulatory developments and advise facility and regional leaders on environmental risks, corrective actions, operational controls, and compliance priorities.
- Review facility and capital projects for environmental requirements and recommend improvements to pollution‑control equipment, monitoring devices, procedures, infrastructure, and waste‑management practices.
- Maintain information on environmental‑control infrastructure and its compliance status.
- Develop and deliver environmental training and support waste‑reduction, incident‑prevention, and continuous‑improvement initiatives.
- Maintain applicable ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management System requirements at certified sites and facilities implementing or pursuing certification.
- Support EMS implementation, audits, report‑outs, and the internal auditor program; complete required auditor training within six months of entering the role.
- Provide first‑line response to spills, releases, accidents, and other environmental incidents, including required notifications to management and regulatory agencies.
- Ensure investigations and incident analyses are completed and corrective actions are implemented.
- Maintain emergency response and applicable operation and maintenance plans.
- Help operations proactively identify and address potential environmental risks.
- Support environmental investigations, remediation, due diligence, acquisitions, property sales, and other environmental projects across multiple media and regulatory jurisdictions.
- Develop scopes of work; evaluate and manage consultants and contractors; and oversee project budgets, schedules, deliverables, and coordination with operations and legal counsel.
- Review environmental data, proposals, technical reports, and project results, and communicate status and outcomes to management and regulatory agencies as appropriate.
- Partner with facility managers, regional leadership, operations, EHS, and environmental professionals to support compliance and environmental goals.
- Maintain effective relationships with regulatory agencies, consultants, contractors, legal counsel, trade associations, vendors, and other external partners.
- Represent the company as needed in technical forums, regulatory hearings, legal matters, and other public or private discussions.
- Communicate significant operational problems, compliance concerns, and policy violations to appropriate management.
- Depending on business needs, supervise Environmental Technicians, Environmental Systems Control Operators, Environmental Analysts, or pollution‑abatement equipment operators.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, Geology, Biology, or a related science discipline.
- 4 to 7 years of experience with environmental regulations and sampling or testing involving air, water, soil, hazardous waste, or other regulated materials.
- Knowledge of applicable local, state, and federal environmental programs, regulations, and approved sampling techniques.
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, including the ability to evaluate data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Strong written, verbal, interpersonal, and documentation skills, with the ability to communicate environmental requirements and recommendations to operational and technical audiences.
- Ability to read and understand engineering plans and specifications.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, environmental management systems, and environmental testing or analytical equipment.
- Valid driver's license and ability to operate an automobile.
- Preferred: Training or certification in hazardous materials management, hazardous waste handling, site cleanup operations, and/or emergency response.
- Preferred: Experience with ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems.
- Preferred: Experience supporting environmental compliance within industrial or multi‑site operations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents.
- 15% annual bonus.
Pay
$129,000 annual