Environmental Specialist

RESRG; Morehead (KY); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

RESRG in Morehead, KY is seeking an Environmental Health and Safety professional to partner with Operations, Engineering, and Maintenance to identify environmental requirements, evaluate risks, and implement practical solutions that improve performance.

You will lead audits, coordinate follow-up actions, prepare regulatory reports, maintain permits, and develop training to ensure understanding of applicable requirements.

Formación

• Experience supporting EHS activities in manufacturing or regulated environments.
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, or a related technical field.
• Ability to locate, research, interpret, and apply federal, state, and local requirements to operations.
• Ability to read, understand, and apply environmental permits and regulations.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 or similar EMS.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).

Responsabilidades

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and other teams to identify environmental requirements and improve performance.
• Demonstrate environmental leadership through credibility, initiative, and effective communication.
• Coordinate follow-up and closure of corrective actions from audits, inspections, and findings.
• Compile, analyze, and communicate environmental metrics and assist in regulatory reporting.
• Conduct environmental audits, inspections, and assessments to identify gaps and risks.
• Support facility compliance with federal, state, and local requirements including air, waste, stormwater, and wastewater.
• Maintain knowledge of permits and regulatory requirements and interpret them for operations.
• Support permitting and regulatory activities: data collection, applications, inspections, reporting, and recordkeeping.
• Develop and deliver environmental training to ensure awareness of requirements.

Conocimientos

Environmental compliance

Regulatory knowledge

ISO 14001 familiarity

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Microsoft Office

Permits interpretation

Educación

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

Herramientas

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

What You Will Do

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and other functional teams to identify environmental compliance requirements, evaluate environmental risks, and implement practical solutions that improve environmental performance.
• Demonstrate environmental leadership through professional credibility, initiative, effective communication, and consistent follow-through, including the ability to raise compliance concerns and influence positive change without direct supervisory authority.
• Coordinate the follow-up, accountability, and closure of environmental corrective actions resulting from audits, inspections, incidents, regulatory findings, and corporate initiatives.
• Compile, analyze, and communicate environmental performance metrics and compliance data and assist in the preparation and submission of required regulatory reports.
• Conduct environmental compliance audits, inspections, and assessments to identify potential compliance gaps, environmental risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Support facility compliance with applicable federal, state, and local environmental requirements, including requirements related to air emissions, hazardous and non-hazardous waste, stormwater, wastewater, spill prevention, and chemical management.
• Maintain a working knowledge of facility environmental permits and regulatory requirements and research and interpret applicable requirements to determine how they apply to facility operations, projects, and activities.
• Support environmental permitting and regulatory activities, including data collection, permit applications and renewals, regulatory inspections, reporting, recordkeeping, and implementation of permit conditions.
• Develop, coordinate, and deliver environmental training and awareness activities to help ensure employees understand applicable environmental requirements and their responsibilities.

• Contribute as a member of the facility’s ISO 14001 management team, supporting the implementation, maintenance, and continual improvement of the Environmental Management System.

• Promote a culture of environmental compliance, accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement throughout the facility.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience supporting Environmental, Health, and Safety activities in a manufacturing, industrial, or similarly regulated environment; or
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Engineering, Chemistry, Occupational Health and Safety, or a related technical field.
• Working knowledge of environmental regulatory requirements, including the ability to locate, research, interpret, and apply applicable federal, state, and local requirements to manufacturing operations and activities.
• Ability to read, understand, and apply environmental permits, regulations, and technical requirements to facility operations.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills.
• Effective written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence employees and leaders without direct supervisory authority.
• Demonstrated initiative, professional judgment, and willingness to develop increasing technical and leadership responsibility.
• Familiarity with ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems or similar environmental management systems.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting environmental compliance in a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Familiarity with one or more environmental compliance areas, such as RCRA hazardous waste, Clean Air Act permitting, Clean Water Act/NPDES stormwater or wastewater requirements, SPCC, EPCRA, or chemical management.
• Experience conducting environmental inspections, audits, or compliance assessments.
• Experience working with environmental permits, permit renewal or modifications, regulatory reporting, or government agency interactions.