Environmental Compliance Specialist

Reworld Projects, LLC; Haverhill (MA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Reworld is seeking an Environmental Compliance Specialist to support a large waste-to-energy facility in the Haverhill area. The role covers air, water, ash, and hazardous waste programs across a main facility and satellite sites, reporting to the Haverhill Facility Manager.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years of on-site compliance experience in heavy industry, with strong data handling, documentation, and regulator liaison skills. Occasional travel to Lynn and Danvers may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in environmental science, engineering, or related field.
• 3+ years on-site environmental compliance in heavy industry, energy, or waste-to-energy.
• Experience with permits, renewals, and regulatory reporting.

Responsibilities

• Support air, water, ash, solid waste, stormwater, wastewater, and hazardous waste compliance programs.
• Assist with facility permit applications, renewals, and modifications with supporting docs.
• Review testing, monitoring data, and regulatory submittals for accuracy and timeliness.
• Conduct environmental walkdowns at facilities and coordinate corrective actions to closure.
• Coordinate testing with consultants, labs, and contractors; monitor reporting deadlines.

Skills

Strong written and verbal comms

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science/engineering/related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Who we are

For more than 40 years, Reworld has been a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing our customers with innovative solutions that help them achieve carbon-negative outcomes. Our Vision Reworld is leading the charge to a carbon-negative future through revolutionary sustainable materials management solutions that reduce, reuse, recycle and reimagine waste for the benefit of society and the environment. Our Business Reworld partners with businesses by offering cutting-edge engineering and innovative solutions, to help customers reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste streams and meet or exceed their sustainability goals. Our Value Reworld's differentiator comes from our ecosystem of technology, facilities and partnerships, trusted by the world’s largest organizations to reimagine waste management for a smarter, more sustainable world. All that we’re missing is you.

About the role

Seeking a hands‑on Environmental Compliance Specialist for a field‑based, operating‑facility role for someone who has supported environmental compliance in heavy industry, energy, power generation, solid waste, or comparable plant operations. This role offers visible, meaningful work across a solid waste‑to‑energy facility, also known as a Thermomechanical Treatment (TTF) Facility, two solid waste transfer stations, and a closed landfill. You will help maintain compliant air, CEMS, water, ash, solid waste, and hazardous‑waste programs while building depth in a practical, high‑accountability operating environment. The Environmental Compliance Specialist supports the Haverhill facilities (TTF and Landfill) and its satellite facilities (Lynn and Danvers Transfer Stations). This role reports to the Haverhill Facility Manager and partners closely with the Regional Landfill Manager, Regional Environmental Director, plant operations, maintenance teams, consultants, laboratories, and regulatory agencies. Approximately 80% of the work supports the thermomechanical treatment facility and 20% supports transfer stations and landfills, facilities. This is not a laboratory, academic, research, or audit‑only role. This work requires routine site presence and direct involvement in facility environmental compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support environmental compliance programs for air emissions, CEMS, ash, solid waste, stormwater, wastewater, and hazardous waste.
• Participate directly in facility permit applications, renewals, modifications, and supporting documentation for construction, operation, and expansion.
• Complete and review environmental testing, monitoring, data, records, and regulatory reports; ensure submittals are accurate, complete, timely, and retained to Reworld and regulatory standards.
• Conduct environmental walkdowns at Haverhill facilities (TTF and Landfill) and satellite facilities (Lynn and Danvers Transfer Stations); document findings, coordinate corrective actions with operations and maintenance, and follow actions through closure.
• Support air‑emissions and CEMS activities, including review of emissions records, testing results, equipment logs, and related reports.
• Coordinate environmental testing and compliance work with consultants, engineers, contractors, and testing laboratories.
• Analyze environmental and operational data to identify compliance risks, trends, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support regulatory‑inspection readiness and communicate technical compliance matters clearly to operating teams and external stakeholders.
• Monitor federal and state regulatory changes and help update permits, test plans, procedures, and compliance strategies.
• Support Reworld growth initiatives and community outreach for mercury and mercury‑containing‐product diversion.

Required Background

• Required Background Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, biology, or a related scientific discipline. Relevant power‑plant, industrial‑operations, or military experience may be considered in place of a degree.
• At least three years of direct, on‑site environmental compliance experience in a heavy‑industrial, energy, power‑generation, waste‑to‑energy, landfill, transfer‑station, recycling, material‑processing, or comparable operating facility.
• Direct participation in environmental permits, permit renewals or modifications, regulatory reports or submissions, facility inspections, and corrective‑action follow‑up.
• Direct experience with environmental testing, monitoring, data review, documentation, or reporting across multiple programs, such as air, water, solid waste, ash, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, or hazardous waste.
• Familiarity with facility operations and with the practical demands of maintaining compliance in active industrial conditions.
• Experience working with operations, maintenance, contractors, consultants, laboratories, or regulatory agencies.
• Ability to use environmental or operational data‑management tools and prepare clear technical records, reports, and presentations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to meet testing and reporting deadlines across multiple programs and agencies.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
• Qualified candidates can point to an operating facility where they personally supported permits or regulatory reports, completed environmental inspections or monitoring, and followed compliance findings through closure.

Preferred Background

• Thermomechanical treatment, power generation, boiler, combustion, air‑pollution‑control, stack testing, or CEMS experience.
• Experience at transfer stations, landfills, material‑processing facilities, recycling facilities, or other solid‑waste operations.
• Massachusetts environmental compliance or MassDEP experience.
• Hazardous‑waste experience, including RCRA, DOT, and related documentation.
• Experience coordinating outside testing laboratories, consultants, contractors, or engineers.
• Microsoft Copilot experience.

Work Environment and Travel

• Day travel of approximately 10% to satellite facilities in Lynn and Danvers, Massachusetts.
• Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work to support testing, permitting, inspections, and compliance deadlines.
• Work throughout active industrial facilities, including hot, cold, dusty, noisy, wet, and odorous areas.
• Ability to wear required PPE and a respirator; climb ladders and work at heights with fall protection; lift heavy objects; and perform tasks such as pushing, pulling, sweeping, and shoveling.

Pay Transparency

Reworld is committed to paying its staff equitably, and we strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits packages. The range below reflects Reworld’s reasonable estimate of base pay for this role based on primary posting location. It is expected that most qualified candidates in this location will fall within the posting range. The final salary offered for this role will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to: experience, education, geographic location, skills and competencies, travel requirements and/or union contracts (if applicable). Pay ranges are reviewed from time to time and may be modified in the future. The pay range for the primary location of this position is: $87,300.00 - $116,200.00 USD per annum.

Reworld provides an industry‑leading benefits package that supports the whole person-and their families-and through a balanced approach to mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

• Regular full‑time employees based in the USA have access to comprehensive medical, prescription drugs, dental, and vision coverage, FSA, HSA, short‑and long‑term disability benefits.
• Our 401(k) plan is industry‑leading, with an up to 7% company match.
• Additional benefits include Company‑paid life and AD&D insurance, EAP, paid parental leave, and educational assistance.

Our DEI Commitment

Reworld is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an AAP, and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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Reworld may sometimes selectively collaborate with staffing agencies and search firms (Agencies). Reworld will only consider candidates from Agencies with whom a signed agreement and a duly authorized work order (for a specific role) has been duly executed. Any unsolicited candidate submissions or candidate submissions from Agencies that do not meet these criteria, will be deemed invalid and ineligible for any fees.

Reworld, formerly known as Covanta, is a leader in sustainable waste solutions and is dedicated to transforming waste into valuable resources through innovative technologies. With a comprehensive portfolio of solutions designed to address the most complex challenges of waste management, Reworld is committed to achieving carbon‑negative outcomes and supporting partners on their sustainability journey. Others see waste. We see potential. Led by the promise of what’s possible, we partner with businesses and communities to reimagine what waste can do. Together, we transform refuse into a resource, steadfast in our determination to go beyond net zero, for the good of our people, our communities, and the planet we all depend on.

Rooted in communities, with support across North America

Our expansive geographical footprint gives us the large‑scale resources to effectively support both our customers and the communities in which we live and work. Working together to find the beginning at every endpoint Ours is a diverse group, with a wide range of skills and expertise. We are passionate about our mission to do more and to do better through innovative value creation. No matter where we come from, we’re here to put our efforts toward building a smarter, more sustainable world.

Dedicated to redefining what’s possible with waste

When you work with us, you’ll find a hard‑working team of collaborators united by our passion for protecting people, the planet, and the promise of a more sustainable future.

For more information: Visit https://www.reworldwaste.com/