Environmental Site Leader

AdvanSix Inc.; Hopewell (VA); On-site; USD 143,800 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Total Rewards package

Tuition reimbursement

401K with company matching

Health, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

AdvanSix Inc. in Hopewell, VA, seeks an Environmental Site Leader to guide the site’s environmental program, ensuring compliance with air, water, waste, emergency planning, and related management system obligations while supporting safe, reliable manufacturing.

You will lead environmental strategy and regulator engagement, develop the team, oversee capital projects, and drive continuous improvement across the site, interfacing with site leadership, auditors, and regulatory agencies to manage

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or related technical field.
• Minimum of 15 years of environmental compliance, permitting, or environmental program management experience at an industrial facility.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting industrial or chemical manufacturing operations.
• Experience leading environmental professionals, teams, consultants, or contractors.
• Experience interacting with regulatory agencies on permitting, inspections, or enforcement matters.

Responsibilities

• Lead site environmental compliance and permitting programs across air, water, waste, and SPCC/FRP requirements.
• Provide leadership for major source air compliance, permitting, emissions reporting, and related systems.
• Oversee water compliance programs, including VPDES, pretreatment, stormwater, and discharge monitoring.
• Lead regulatory agency engagement, inspections, negotiations, and communication of emerging requirements.
• Develop and lead the environmental team and manage the department budget and project resources.
• Serve on site leadership team advising on environmental risks and strategic decisions.

Skills

Environmental compliance

Regulatory engagement

Team leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Position Summary:

The Environmental Site Leader is responsible for leading the environmental function for the AdvanSix Hopewell, Virginia manufacturing site, a large chemical manufacturing facility with complex air, water, waste, emergency planning, and environmental management system obligations. This role provides strategic and day‑to‑day leadership for environmental compliance, permitting, regulatory engagement, environmental risk management, and continuous improvement across the site.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The Environmental Site Leader provides overall leadership for the site’s environmental programs, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local requirements while supporting safe, reliable manufacturing operations. This role leads environmental strategy, regulatory engagement, team development, capital project support, and continuous improvement across the Hopewell site.

• Lead site environmental compliance and permitting programs, including Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, EPCRA, CERCLA, SPCC/FRP, Virginia AST, and other applicable state and local requirements.
• Provide leadership for major source air compliance and permitting, including Title V, NSR, emissions reporting, MACT, stack testing, LDAR, and CEMS‑related requirements.
• Oversee water compliance programs, including VPDES, industrial pretreatment, stormwater, nutrient discharge requirements, monitoring, reporting, permit strategy, and compliance plans.
• Lead waste management and emergency planning programs, including RCRA waste, waste minimization, contingency planning, contractor oversight, TRI, Tier II, release reporting, and regulatory notifications.
• Manage SPCC, FRP, EPA/USCG oil planning, Virginia above‑ground storage tank, and oil discharge control plan compliance obligations.
• Lead regulatory agency engagement, including inspections, negotiations, enforcement response, compliance strategy, and communication of emerging requirements.
• Lead and develop the environmental team, including air, water, waste, LDAR/CEMS data, and environmental management systems resources.
• Manage the environmental department budget, consultants, contractors, sampling, monitoring, reporting, staffing, and compliance project resources.
• Serve on the Hopewell site leadership team and advise site leadership on environmental risks, priorities, regulatory developments, and strategic decisions.
• Maintain compliance assurance routines, internal audit processes, corrective and preventive actions, performance metrics, and management review materials.
• Review capital projects, process changes, management of change activities, and maintenance projects for environmental permitting and compliance impacts.
• Support environmental aspects of emergency response, incident investigation, corrective action tracking, lessons learned, and periodic after‑hours on‑call coverage.
• Implement and maintain applicable Responsible Care, RC14001, or similar environmental management system elements and continual improvement processes.
• Represent the site in selected industry, trade association, community, or regulatory forums related to environmental policy and manufacturing requirements.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 15 years of environmental compliance, permitting, or environmental program management experience, including multi‑media environmental compliance experience at an industrial facility.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience supporting industrial or chemical manufacturing operations.
• Experience managing or leading environmental professionals, technical teams, consultants, or contractors.
• Experience interacting with regulatory agencies on permitting, inspections, compliance matters, or enforcement‑related activities.

Additional Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of federal and Virginia environmental regulations, including air, water, waste, emergency planning, SPCC/FRP, Virginia AST, and Virginia DEQ programs.
• Experience with major source air compliance and permitting, including Title V, NSR, emissions reporting, MACT, stack testing, LDAR, and CEMS‑related systems.
• Experience with water compliance programs, including VPDES, pretreatment, stormwater, nutrient requirements, discharge monitoring, and wastewater treatment operations.
• Experience with RCRA hazardous waste management, EPCRA/CERCLA reporting, release notifications, emergency planning, and related agency follow‑up.
• Understanding of RC14001, Responsible Care, ISO 14001, or similar management systems, including audits, corrective action, management review, and continual improvement.
• Ability to interpret complex regulations, permits, technical documents, and guidance and translate them into practical site compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to lead and develop technical staff while setting clear priorities, expectations, accountability, and performance objectives.
• Strong project management, organizational, and communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities, deadlines, budgets, consultants, cross‑functional teams, and regulatory correspondence.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and environmental data, document management, or reporting systems is preferred.

Benefits:

• We provide benefits that are industry competitive and focused on employee well‑being.
• Total Rewards program includes a competitive compensation, health, dental, vision & wellness programs, paid vacation, 401K with company matching, health savings programs, disability & life insurance, employee assistance program.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education, certifications, training, and development.
• Work within a fast paced and innovative company, meeting passionate colleagues and partners with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

The base salary range for this position is $143,800 to $180,000 annually.

We offer a range of market‑competitive total rewards that include periodic pay rate adjustments based on market competitiveness. Hired applicants will be eligible for paid holidays, paid time off including vacation, eligibility to purchase company stock, tuition reimbursement, and a 401K with a competitive company match. Certain roles may be eligible for discretionary financial benefits such as incentive pay, equity awards, and participation in a deferred compensation plan.

Hired applicants will be eligible for medical, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending and health savings account eligibility, employer‑provided short term disability benefits, eligibility to purchase long term disability benefits, employer‑provided basic life insurance and eligibility to purchase voluntary life coverages.

The pay range, incentives and benefits listed above are general guidelines only and not a guarantee of total compensation or benefits. The final offer will depend on multiple factors, including but not limited to, the responsibilities of the job, experience, education, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as the job location, applicability of a collective bargaining agreement, length of service, internal equity, and alignment with market data. The incentive pay is dependent on your role, business results and individual performance. All aspects of total rewards offered are subject to the terms and conditions of the specific plans.

At AdvanSix, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past work experience doesn’t perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

AdvanSix is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, nationality, sex, religion, veteran status, or any other protected classification.