Environmental Manager - Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee Region

Job Summary

This role provides environmental leadership and operational support across Watco facilities, ensuring safe, compliant, and customer-focused practices.

Responsibilities

• Conduct audits, manage permits, coordinate training, and support incident investigations and regulatory compliance.
• Contribute to business development, legal support, and stakeholder engagement, while promoting environmental awareness and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with field teams, contractors, and EHS personnel to maintain high standards and drive proactive environmental initiatives.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Periodically visit each WTPS and WTS facility to demonstrate support for the teams in the field.
• Provide requisite environmental input necessary to support the Safe, Compliant, and Beneficial activities of the operational teams in the field (includes audits, inspections, and the assistance of local management in the compliance/conformance process).
• Aid in incident reporting, investigation, and root-cause analysis (RCA).
• Direct contractors, vendors, suppliers, and consultants regarding environmental compliance and safe operations.
• Represent Watco’s “Customer First” foundation principles to all stakeholders (customers, general public, agencies, contractors, industry peers, etc.).
• Conduct permit assessment, application, upgrades, updates, transfers, etc.
• Manage required permit reporting, recordkeeping, training, audits, etc.
• Develop plans, procedures, and protocols for permit compliance and internal company conformance (e.g., SPCC plans, FRP, SWPPPs, RMP, ERP/EAP, HWP).
• Provide environmental input, maintenance, and coordination applicable to the EHS software solution program, including cooperative assistance in, and ensuring completion of, all corrective actions.
• Track environmental metrics and propose/implement resolutions to reduce safety and environmental incidents.
• Utilize and oversee the efforts of outside environmental contractors as required.
• Assess and mitigate spills/releases, develop programs and procedures for proactive hazardous waste minimization, reuse, and recycling (including universal waste).
• Ensure compliance with all regulations governing hazardous waste transportation, storage, and disposal; develop, and assist in the implementation of, permitting, plans, procedures, and infrastructure upgrades to meet all requirements.
• Train personnel on environmental issues pertinent to environmental regulations – both those generally applicable and those specific to each facility.
• Oversee “train-the-trainer” efforts and support cross-training of safety personnel on environmental topics, particularly audits and inspections, to ensure comprehensive coverage across Watco through collaboration among all EHS team members.
• Coordinate environmental audits and inspections – develop protocols, lead team, conduct assessments, make recommendations, assist with implementation of recommendations, follow-up, publish findings, generate reports, and coordinate with management for provision of resources necessary to mitigate future compliance actions.
• Conduct due diligence on business expansions.
• Research requirements for, and assist in the implementation of, permits associated with new business proposals.
• Coordinate remediation of sites proposed/requiring closure or sites requiring upgrades before buildouts and perform.

Qualifications

• At least 4 full years of environmental field experience preferred including permit application, associated plan preparation, permit management, environmental training, inspections/audits, sampling/analysis.
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal.
• Ability to interact positively with all stakeholders.