Environmental Manager

Martin-Marietta-1798b2fd; Lakewood (CO); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Martin Marietta is seeking an Environmental Program Director who will manage policies, programs, and practices to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental laws. The role supervises about 3 environmental professionals across markets and coordinates with external consultants.

The position requires a civil/environmental/mining engineering or related degree and 7+ years' experience. Travel ~20% and a base salary in a broad $135k–$170k range accompany bonuses and a full benefits

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental/Mining Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, or closely related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience across multiple industrial facilities in environmental field.
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations and project management.

Responsibilities

• Champion safety culture and continuous improvement within operations.
• Direct permitting efforts related to air emissions, water withdrawals, and land use.
• Coordinate permit applications with operations, consultants, legal counsel, and regulators.
• Ensure permit conditions, reporting, monitoring, and deadlines are met.
• Lead, train, and develop environmental staff; manage performance and staffing.
• Advise operations in planning, permitting and environmental compliance.
• Represent the company before environmental agencies and in hearings.
• Evaluate environmental liabilities for due diligence and business transactions.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Regulatory compliance

Environmental regulations

Project management

Effective communicator

Analytical skills

Team supervision

Vendor management

Environmental engineering

OSHA/MSHA compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

ACAD

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

Manages environmental policies, programs, and practices. Serves as an internal consultant to Martin Marietta operations leadership to ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and Company standards concerning the environment. Supervises a staff of approximately 3 environmental professionals in multiple markets, as well as contracted environmental consultants.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Champion Martin Marietta’s safety culture, spirit of continuous improvement and vision to be World Class.
• Direct permitting efforts related to air emissions, water withdrawals, stormwater management, wastewater discharges, wetlands, floodplains, mining operations, and land use activities.
• Coordinate permit applications with operations personnel, consultants, legal counsel, and regulatory agencies.
• Ensure all permit conditions, reporting obligations, monitoring requirements, and compliance deadlines are effectively managed.
• Maintain comprehensive working knowledge of environmental trends, legislation, regulation, and industrial processes.
• Collect, evaluate, and disseminate pertinent environmental information to appropriate operations management, environmental staff members, and the Director of Environmental Compliance.
• Communicate regularly with environmental staff, operations personnel, management, and other staff as applicable in a collaborative manner.
• Select, lead, train and ensure competency of environmental staff teammates.
• Act as advisor to operations management in project planning, associated permitting and environmental compliance.
• Engage in typical responsibilities of a manager & leader, requiring planning, evaluating, organizing, integrating, and directing.
• Lead supervisory responsibility involving staffing, conducting performance appraisals, training, and developing of staff, promotions, salary increases, terminations, disciplinary actions, etc.
• Continuously evaluate environmental and operational liabilities and provide operations management with options to eliminate exposure.
• Participate in and evaluate due diligence matters regarding environmental liabilities for business transactions.
• Participate as a Martin Marietta environmental representative to trade and industry associations.
• Represent Martin Marietta before environmental agencies and public hearings involving environmental regulatory, enforcement, and rulemaking matters.
• Any other applicable projects, tasks or functions determined to be necessary by the Director of Environmental Compliance.
• Activity and time management is largely self-controlled within performance criteria established and communicated by the Director of Environmental Compliance.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Civil/Environmental/Mining Engineering, Environmental Science, Geology, or closely related discipline.

Work Experience

7+ years of experience over multiple industrial facilities in the environmental field.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Critical thinking
• Effective communicator (written and spoken)
• Customer Service
• Problem solving
• Engineering standards
• Engineering best practices
• Environmental regulations
• Environmental engineering
• Environmental remediation
• Project management
• Vendor management
• Regulatory compliance
• OSHA/MSHA compliance and regulations
• ACAD skills
• Time management
• Resource management
• Analytical skills

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

Physical Requirements

Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.

Manual dexterity to operate telephone, personal computer, fax and copy machines and other office equipment.

Required to bend, stoop, climb, and reach. You must be able to maintain three points of contact when climbing on/off machinery or on ladders.

Strong hand-eye-foot coordination is essential. You must have good depth perception with or without seeing aid for distances up to 150 feet.

Must be able to walk up to 200 yards over rough, uneven, and/or wet slippery terrain.

Travel

Travel ~20% overnight.

Working Conditions

All duties require outside assignments and require periods of work in all weather conditions, cold, wet, dry, and dusty.Must be able to work in areas where noise levels are up to 85 dbs.

COMPENSATION

The hiring range for this position is $135,000 -$170,000 exclusive of benefits or bonuses (discretionary and non-discretionary). The offered base compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, business need, market conditions, proficiencies, skills, education, and experience. Additionally, at Martin Marietta we place a high value on internal pay equity and will consider the compensation for those in similarly situated roles and direct team members. The hiring range for this role represents the base compensation we expect to pay for the position at time of hire and does not represent the total possible base pay of the position. In addition, this role is eligible for our annual bonus program. Bonuses awarded under this program are determined based on the performance of the organization and the employee.

In addition to our base compensation, we also offer a competitive benefits package for full-time employees, including medical, dental and vision coverage; prescription drug coverage; health savings accounts; flexible spending accounts; and life, AD&D and disability insurance. We also encourage our employees to plan for the future by offering a 401(k) with a company match and an employer-funded defined benefit pension plan. Other benefits include paid time off, paid holidays, education/tuition assistance, an employee discount program, adoption assistance, wellness programs and more.