Environmental Manager: Landfill Projects & Compliance

Republic Services; Milpitas (CA); On-site; USD 114,000 - 156,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental and vision coverage

401(k) plan with company match

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Republic Services is seeking an Environmental Manager to lead landfill budgeting, oversee engineering spend, and supervise personnel during site development. The role ensures regulatory compliance and coordinates permit applications and data with regulators and internal teams.

The position requires extensive knowledge of environmental regulations, strong communication, and robust project management. This on-site role emphasizes multi-project leadership, financial stewardship, and

Qualifications

• Thorough knowledge of environmental regulations relating to air, water, solid waste.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strong project management skills.
• Strong analytical skills and a focus on adding value to the Company.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business documents, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
• 5 years of experience in landfill engineering or environmental compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manages construction projects for Landfill cells and sites, including capacity calculations, scheduling/timeline, and resource and material coordination.
• Maintain financial responsibility for construction/cell development, closure/post-closure, engineering, operations, and cost tracking.
• Coordinates completion of permit applications and designs, including regulatory interface, site expansion, modification or changes to the operating plan application, and other related data.
• Prepares notifications/responses to regulatory inspections, administrative warnings.
• Assists Landfill and Site Managers with development of fill sequencing plans.
• Participates in review of targeted acquisitions, including Phase I assessment/property survey coordination, engineering review of design and operations, and pro-forma modeling assistance.
• Performs ongoing public relations and due diligence activities through communication with corporate office, regulatory agency representatives, third party consultants and investors.
• Completes monthly soil tracking reports and other status reports.
• Regularly supervises Environmental Technicians and Specialists, including responsibility for hiring, training, mentoring, developing, scheduling, directing, managing performance and other related issues; review the work of, and is accountable for the performance of Environmental Technicians and Specialists.
• Attends regulatory and association sponsored informational and policy meetings.
• Ensures continued compliance by coordinating air, water monitoring, environmental data review and reporting.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Multitasking

Job description

Republic Services is seeking an Environmental Manager to lead landfill budgeting, oversee engineering spend, and supervise personnel during site development. The role ensures regulatory compliance and coordinates permit applications and data with regulators and internal teams.

The position requires extensive knowledge of environmental regulations, strong communication, and robust project management. This on-site role emphasizes multi-project leadership, financial stewardship, and