Environmental Project Manager

Georgia-Pacific LLC; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia-Pacific LLC is seeking a Project Manager for our Environmental Projects Capabilities Group to lead strategic environmental projects and consult on a range of environmental/civil structural initiatives nationwide.

Based in the Southeast, you will engage leadership, evaluate technologies, organize teams from concept to startup, and support field activities across the continental U.S., with emphasis on southeast and northwest regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree as required or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years in project management or 2+ years in environmental compliance.
• Experience in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Actively engage with Business and Environmental Platform Leadership to identify and prioritize the most important and highest value Environmental Projects.
• Maintain current knowledge of environmental best practices and understanding of regulations and technologies for treating industrial wastewater, supplying industrial process water, and managing solid waste.
• Lead the decision-making process for evaluating environmental project alternatives and technologies, selecting equipment and vendor partners, and identifying the most effective contracting strategies to capture the highest value opportunities most efficiently.
• Organize, coach, and lead project teams from conceptualization through operational startup by using the Georgia-Pacific Business Process for Projects work process.
• Provide field support during project management, construction, and startup phases. This role would support facilities across the continental United States with a focus on facilities in the southeast and northwest regions of the United States.
• Safely deliver project goals which meet or exceed environmental standards, schedule, cost, and performance.
• Develop your knowledge and application of Principle Based Management.
• Provide subject matter expertise to facilities across the organization.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder management

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering/PM degree

Environmental/Chemical/Civil-Structural Eng (preferred)

Tools

EcoSys

Autodesk Construction Cloud

SAP

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Your Job

The Georgia-Pacific Projects and Engineering Team is seeking a Project Manager for our Environmental Projects Capabilities Group. This position will lead strategic Environmental Projects and Consult on various other Environmental/Civil Structural Projects across the country. The ideal candidate is an individual driven by the desire to grow their project leadership skills on increasing levels of responsibility while delivering superior project results for our manufacturing and business partners.

The ideal candidate will be based in the Southeast of the US.

Our Team

The Georgia-Pacific Projects and Engineering Team consists of roughly 200 individuals across the United States working with Georgia-Pacific manufacturing facilities on capital project execution. We are engineers, project managers, subject matter experts, and designers focused on the delivery of capital projects and engineering solutions that support Georgia Pacific’s manufacturing capabilities. We partner with our mills as one team, one vision, one result.

What You Will Do

• Actively engage with Business and Environmental Platform Leadership to identify and prioritize the most important and highest value Environmental Projects.
• Maintain current knowledge of environmental best practices and understanding of the regulations and technologies for treating industrial wastewater, supplying industrial process water, and managing solid waste.
• Lead the decision-making process for evaluating environmental project alternatives and technologies, selecting equipment and vendor partners, and identifying the most effective contracting strategies to capture the highest value opportunities most efficiently.
• Organize, coach, and lead project teams from conceptualization through operational startup by using the Georgia-Pacific Business Process for Projects work process.
• Provide field support during project management, construction, and startup phases. This role would support facilities across the continental United States with a focus on facilities in the southeast and northwest regions of the United States.
• Safely deliver project goals which meet or exceed environmental standards, schedule, cost, and performance.
• Develop your knowledge and application of Principle Based Management.
• Provide subject matter expertise to facilities across the organization.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Project Management, or equivalent experience.
• Two (2) or more years of experience in project management, within Manufacturing or another industrial environment OR 2+ years of experience in Environmental Compliance
• Experience working in cross functioning teams
• Ability to travel up to 50%.

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Civil/Structural Engineering.
• Five (5) or more years of project management experience or construction management experience in a process manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge and experience in design, construction, or operation of wastewater treatment systems, water treatment plants, or solid waste management facilities.
• Experience with executing phased project process, methodologies, schedules, and deliverables.
• Experience developing proposals, reports, and presentations to articulate ideas and seek alignment.Experience building highly effective project teams using internal and external resources.
• Industry experience within pulp, paper and building products industry
• Experience with project management software platforms (e.g., EcoSys, Autodesk Construction Cloud, SAP, etc.) and Microsoft tools (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, Project, etc.).

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Hiring Philosophy

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Who We Are

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.