Senior Environmental Compliance Leader - Multi-Site Ops

Alpha Executive Search; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Alpha Executive Search seeks a Complex Environmental Manager to lead environmental compliance across processing, feed mill, and live production facilities. You will partner with operations leadership, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement as the organization’s environmental subject matter expert.

The role involves overseeing regulatory programs, coordinating audits, and guiding corrective actions to strengthen environmental performance across a large, multi-site operation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of environmental compliance/management experience.
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting, reporting, audits, and compliance programs.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, communication, and project management skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and environmental compliance systems; SAP experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental compliance across multiple facilities, including regulatory frameworks and state/local requirements.
• Manage permits, reporting, inspections, audits, compliance systems, and corrective action plans.
• Analyze environmental performance and identify opportunities to reduce risk and improve compliance.
• Partner with operations leadership to resolve compliance issues and strengthen environmental performance.
• Lead incident investigations, root cause analysis, spill response, remediation, and corrective/preventive actions.
• Provide environmental training and serve as the primary liaison with regulatory agencies.
• Manage environmental contractors and consultants.
• Monitor regulatory changes and translate requirements into practical operational improvements.
• Support wastewater compliance and environmental preventive maintenance programs.

Skills

Environmental compliance

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Project management

Regulatory knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Natural Science, Chemistry, Engineering, Management, or related field

Tools

SAP

Job description

Alpha Executive Search seeks a Complex Environmental Manager to lead environmental compliance across processing, feed mill, and live production facilities. You will partner with operations leadership, manage risk, and drive continuous improvement as the organization’s environmental subject matter expert.

The role involves overseeing regulatory programs, coordinating audits, and guiding corrective actions to strengthen environmental performance across a large, multi-site operation.