Hazardous Waste & DG Compliance Leader (Remote)

GE Aerospace; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 157,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Aerospace seeks a senior Environmental Program Leader to drive enterprise hazardous waste and dangerous goods compliance, shaping strategy and standards across sites. You will translate complex regulations into practical processes and lead cross-functional improvements to ensure safe, compliant operations.

The role requires deep technical expertise, executive communication, and the ability to influence behavior across a matrix organization. Up to 30% travel is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum of 5 years of industry experience in environmental compliance, hazardous waste, dangerous goods, or related EHS disciplines.
• Knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to environmental operations in the geographic regions where GE Aerospace operates.
• Experience working with complex dangerous goods and hazardous waste regulations.
• 15+ years of industry experience.
• Bachelor's degree in environmental or engineering, an advanced technical degree, and/or Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Experience with Hazardous Secondary Materials.
• Enterprise mindset with the ability to connect regulatory requirements to practical business execution.
• Ability to simplify complex technical topics into clear expectations and actions.
• Leadership ability: strong communicator, decision-maker, collaborative.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise direction for hazardous waste and dangerous goods compliance, including development and execution of short- and long-term goals and objectives for the EHS function.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve enterprise standard work for waste characterization, container management, labeling, storage, inspection, manifesting, and vendor qualification.
• Provide technical environmental support, practical guidance, and compliance solutions to GE Aerospace sites on hazardous waste and dangerous goods requirements.
• Monitor environmental programs for compliance with applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and recommend business-level environmental policies, programs, and improvement initiatives.
• Represent GE Aerospace with governmental environmental agencies and trade/professional associations to support regulatory interpretation and compliance alignment.
• Track environmental performance metrics and drive actions that improve compliance and operating performance.
• Prepare comments on proposed environmental regulations and assess potential business impacts.
• Support sites with waste determinations, supporting documentation, analytical methods, and compliance execution.
• Participate in internal and external compliance audits and support audit readiness, inspection response, CAPA development, and closure verification for recurring or material findings.
• Provide governance for dangerous goods/hazmat transportation, including classification, packaging, marking, labeling, shipping papers, modal requirements, training controls, and shipment readiness reviews.
• Review trends from incidents, near misses, shipment errors, permit events, and vendor performance to identify risks and prioritize preventive actions.
• Lead practical training and coaching for site EHS operations, with a focus on common failure modes and effective controls.
• Partner with site EHS, legal, operations, quality, and logistics teams to interpret requirements and implement practical controls aligned to site processes.
• Estimated travel required is about 30%

Skills

Environmental compliance

Hazardous waste

Dangerous goods

Regulatory interpretation

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Professional Engineer (PE)

Job description

GE Aerospace seeks a senior Environmental Program Leader to drive enterprise hazardous waste and dangerous goods compliance, shaping strategy and standards across sites. You will translate complex regulations into practical processes and lead cross-functional improvements to ensure safe, compliant operations.

The role requires deep technical expertise, executive communication, and the ability to influence behavior across a matrix organization. Up to 30% travel is expected.