Environmental Leader: Compliance & Site Impact

AvanSix; Chester (VA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

AvanSix in Chesterfield, Virginia, seeks an Environmental Leader to direct the site’s environmental programs across air, water, waste, and emergency planning, ensuring compliance and safe operations. You will lead regulatory engagement, permit strategies, SPCC/AST and RC14001 implementation, and environmental risk management, working with operations, engineering, and corporate HSE.

The role oversees budget, internal audits, capital projects’ environmental impacts, and drives continuous

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of environmental compliance, permitting, or environmental program management experience at an industrial facility.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience supporting industrial or manufacturing operations.
• Experience interacting with regulatory agencies on permitting, inspections, compliance matters, or enforcement-related activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead all environmental compliance and permitting activities for the Chesterfield site, including programs under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, EPCRA, CERCLA, SPCC, FRP, Virginia AST requirements, and applicable state and local requirements.
• Provide overall leadership for air compliance and permitting, including monitoring, reporting, permit strategy, renewals, and implementation of compliance plans.
• Oversee compliance with industrial stormwater, VPDES and pretreatment permits, and site waste management.
• Lead EPCRA and CERCLA compliance programs, including Tier II, release reporting, emergency planning, and regulatory notifications.
• Develop and execute regulatory compliance strategies for emerging environmental requirements.

Skills

Project management

Regulatory engagement

Communication skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or related technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

AvanSix in Chesterfield, Virginia, seeks an Environmental Leader to direct the site’s environmental programs across air, water, waste, and emergency planning, ensuring compliance and safe operations. You will lead regulatory engagement, permit strategies, SPCC/AST and RC14001 implementation, and environmental risk management, working with operations, engineering, and corporate HSE.

The role oversees budget, internal audits, capital projects’ environmental impacts, and drives continuous