Environmental Compliance Leader — Hazardous Waste & DG (Remote)

GE Aerospace; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 157,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Dental, Vision, Rx coverage

Job summary

GE Aerospace is seeking an Environmental Program Leader for Hazardous Waste and Dangerous Goods Compliance. This senior role provides enterprise leadership, translates complex environmental regulations into practical, scalable processes, and drives compliance across sites.

You will influence standards, improve performance, and support safe operations while traveling up to 30%. The ideal candidate brings deep regulatory expertise, strong strategic insight, and the ability to lead multi-functional

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in environmental compliance, hazardous waste, dangerous goods, or related EHS disciplines.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to environmental operations where GE Aerospace operates.
• Experience working with complex dangerous goods and hazardous waste regulations.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise direction for hazardous waste and dangerous goods compliance, including development and execution of short- and long-term goals for the EHS function.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise standard work for waste characterization, container management, labeling, storage, inspection, manifesting, and vendor qualification.
• Provide technical environmental support, practical guidance, and compliance solutions to GE Aerospace sites on hazardous waste and dangerous goods requirements.
• Monitor environmental programs for compliance with applicable regulations and recommend enterprise policies, programs, and improvement initiatives.
• Represent GE Aerospace with governmental environmental agencies and trade/professional associations to support regulatory interpretation and compliance alignment.
• Track environmental performance metrics and drive actions that improve compliance and operating performance.
• Prepare comments on proposed environmental regulations and assess potential business impacts.
• Support sites with waste determinations, documentation, analytical methods, and compliance execution.
• Participate in compliance audits and support audit readiness, inspection response, CAPA development, and closure verification for findings.
• Provide governance for dangerous goods/hazmat transportation, including classification, packaging, marking, labeling, shipping papers, modal requirements, training controls, and shipment readiness reviews.
• Review trends from incidents and near misses to identify risks and prioritize preventive actions.
• Lead practical training and coaching for site EHS operations, focusing on common failure modes and effective controls.
• Partner with site EHS, legal, operations, quality, and logistics teams to interpret requirements and implement practical controls.
• Estimated travel required is about 30%

Skills

Problem solving

Project management

Planning

Organizational skills

Time management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

GE Aerospace is seeking an Environmental Program Leader for Hazardous Waste and Dangerous Goods Compliance. This senior role provides enterprise leadership, translates complex environmental regulations into practical, scalable processes, and drives compliance across sites.

You will influence standards, improve performance, and support safe operations while traveling up to 30%. The ideal candidate brings deep regulatory expertise, strong strategic insight, and the ability to lead multi-functional