Senior Director, Wastewater & Environmental

About the role

Join Smithfield Foods as the Senior Director, EHS Regulatory where you will play a role in shaping our Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) regulatory compliance and sustainability initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain compliance with applicable federal and state environmental, health and safety regulations as well as Smithfield Injury Prevention System (SIPS), PSM, ISO, EMS, and other corporate requirements.
• Lead correspondence with regulatory agencies (OSHA, EPA, Chemical Safety) and direct the EHS team on safety and environmental regulatory compliance issues.
• Manage environmental permit compliance documentation and applications to agencies in a timely manner.
• Lead the EHS team to create a uniform application of the company’s EHS system, promote best practices, ensure compliance with applicable regulatory agencies, and evaluate risk related to implementing programs to prevent injuries.
• Act as a resource for the EHS team to develop innovation solutions to ensure a safe workplace.
• Assist in writing, reviewing, and revising key documents such as Risk Management plans, Emergency Response Plans, and Environmental Permit tracking and compliance plans.
• Assist with training facility personnel on relevant plans and participate in corporate training and business meetings as appropriate.
• Be responsible for assuring water facilities maintain operational controls for effective performance in accordance with local, state, and federal requirements.
• Schedule regulatory reviews with facilities to ensure compliance and promote community relations.
• Assist in developing and implementing corporate policy, programs, systems, and training materials.
• Assure, maintain, and improve EMS programs, conduct annual EMS internal audits, and review/assist with corrective action and objectives.
• Drive a positive employee experience through leadership by way of employee development and coaching.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four-year college or university in Environmental Engineering or other related field and 12+ years' relevant experience required, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience in team management/development is required.
• Energized by collaboration through travel to other locations 50% of the time depending on the initiative being executed.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and experience with Regulatory Compliance.
• Capability to synthesize data from multiple resources to build actionable recommendations.
• Mathematical, quantitative and analytical skills.
• Technical writing skills.
• Ability to develop a new way of thinking to drive innovative ideas.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to plan, organize, prioritize and achieve effective time management.
• Knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office.
• Able to work well with others in fast paced, dynamic environment.
• Able to be respectful, approachable and team oriented while building strong working relationships and a positive work environment.

Skills

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions.

Pay and Benefits

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals to perform the essential functions. The expected pay range for this position is $180,000 - $222,500 annually. Smithfield Foods provides pay ranges that reflect its good faith estimate of the salary or hourly wage the company reasonably expects to pay for a position at the time of hire. Individual compensation will be determined based on several factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, location of the position, the candidate’s qualifications and experience, internal equity, external market pay for comparable positions and budget considerations.

Relocation Package Available Yes

EEO Information

Smithfield is an equal opportunity employer committed to workplace diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, gender identity, protected veterans status, status as a disabled individual or any other protected group status or non-job characteristic as directed by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment selection process, please call us at 757-357-1595.