Regional Environmental Compliance Leader — 50% Travel

Liquid-Env-Solutions-of-Texa; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Liquid Environmental Solutions seeks a Regional Environmental Compliance Manager to oversee compliance and permitting for a network of wastewater facilities. You will partner with Plant Managers, Operations, and Engineering to ensure adherence to federal, state, and local regulations.

You will lead audits, inspections, and corrective actions, delivering training and guiding regulatory responses. This role requires travel and strong cross-functional coordination to drive environmental excellence

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible environmental compliance experience in industrial wastewater, manufacturing, chemical processing, or other regulated environments.
• Experience supporting environmental compliance across multiple facilities or geographic regions.
• Demonstrated experience conducting environmental compliance audits and supporting regulatory inspections.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations including pretreatment, permit, SPCC, and stormwater.
• Experience developing corrective actions, conducting root cause analyses, and resolving compliance issues.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to partner with operations and executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary environmental compliance leader for an assigned region, partnering with Plant Managers and Operations to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provide technical guidance and practical solutions to facility leadership for environmental stewardship.
• Conduct routine environmental compliance audits to evaluate permit compliance, practices, recordkeeping, and laboratory operations.
• Lead facility preparation for regulatory inspections and coordinate responses to regulatory requests.
• Investigate NOVs and other findings; perform root cause analyses and implement corrective actions.
• Deliver environmental compliance training and coach staff on requirements and Playbook implementations.
• Support permitting activities, permit renewals, regulatory reporting, and interpretation of changing regulations.
• Build collaboration with Operations, Engineering, Laboratory Services, Safety, Legal, and other functions to integrate compliance into daily operations.
• Communicate regularly with the Director of Environmental Compliance on performance and improvement opportunities.
• Travel 40-60% to facilities for hands-on leadership and audits.

Skills

Environmental compliance

Regulatory audits

Regulatory inspections

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science/Engineering/Curther related

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Liquid Environmental Solutions seeks a Regional Environmental Compliance Manager to oversee compliance and permitting for a network of wastewater facilities. You will partner with Plant Managers, Operations, and Engineering to ensure adherence to federal, state, and local regulations.

You will lead audits, inspections, and corrective actions, delivering training and guiding regulatory responses. This role requires travel and strong cross-functional coordination to drive environmental excellence