Template/External Requisition Title Environmental Waste Management Coordinator

NOVELIS; Bay Minette (AL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Parental Leave

Adoption Aid

Fertility Support

Childcare Discount

Nursing Mom Support

Wellness Programs

Diabetes Management

Pet Insurance

Identity Theft Protection

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Novelis Bay Minette is seeking an Environmental Waste Management Coordinator to develop and manage waste programs across the facility, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. The role acts as the site SME for waste characterization, storage, disposal, and recycling, collaborating with operations, maintenance, contractors, and vendors.

The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of environmental compliance experience, strong knowledge of RCRA and EPA rules, and be proficient

Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Sustainability, or related field.
• Three to five years of environmental compliance or waste management experience.
• Strong knowledge of RCRA, EPA regulations, waste characterization, and recycling programs.
• Experience managing waste manifests, regulatory reporting, and environmental documentation.
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and environmental compliance software.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manage hazardous, non-hazardous, universal, and recyclable waste programs.
• Ensure compliance with RCRA, EPA regulations, Alabama ADEM requirements, and permit conditions.
• Perform hazardous waste determinations and profiling for all waste streams.
• Maintain waste storage locations, satellite/central areas, and waste transfer operations.
• Oversee waste manifests, disposal documentation, and regulatory records.
• Prepare annual, biennial, and regulatory waste reports.
• Track waste generation metrics, recycling performance, and disposal costs.
• Develop waste reduction strategies and coordinate recycling programs for recoverable resources.
• Conduct routine inspections and lead corrective actions; support audits.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Waste management

RCRA knowledge

Waste characterization

Environmental reporting

MS Office

Education

Environmental Science degree

Environmental Engineering degree

Chemistry degree

Sustainability degree

Tools

Compliance software

Waste tracking systems

Job description

Position Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The Novelis Bay Minette team is seeking an Environmental Waste Management Coordinator. This position is responsible for the development, implementation, and administration of all waste management programs across the facility. The role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations governing hazardous waste, universal waste, special waste, recyclable materials, and industrial by-products generated during aluminum manufacturing processes.

The Environmental Waste Management Coordinator serves as the site subject matter expert for waste characterization, storage, transportation, disposal, recycling, pollution prevention, and waste minimization initiatives. This position works closely with operations, maintenance, contractors, and waste vendors to ensure environmental compliance while supporting Novelis' sustainability objectives.

Responsibilities

Waste Management & Regulatory Compliance

• Develop, implement, and manage hazardous, non-hazardous, universal, and recyclable waste management programs.


• Ensure compliance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA regulations, Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) requirements, and applicable permit conditions.


• Perform hazardous waste determinations and profiling activities for all waste streams generated throughout facility operations.


• Maintain compliance for satellite accumulation areas, central accumulation areas, waste storage locations, and waste transfer operations.


• Oversee waste container management, labeling, inspections, storage, and shipping requirements.


• Manage hazardous waste manifests, land disposal restriction documentation, waste profiles, certificates of disposal, and associated regulatory records.


• Prepare and submit required annual, biennial, and regulatory waste reports.

Waste Reduction & Sustainability

• Track and analyze waste generation metrics, recycling performance, and disposal costs.


• Highlight opportunities to reduce landfill disposal through recycling, reuse, recovery, and waste minimization initiatives.


• Support corporate sustainability objectives through continuous improvement projects focused on reducing environmental impacts.


• Develop waste reduction strategies for production waste, maintenance waste, packaging waste, and other industrial by-products.


• Coordinate recycling programs for aluminum scrap, dross, spent materials, packaging materials, electronics, batteries, lamps, and other recoverable resources.

Environmental Inspections & Audits

• Conduct routine inspections of waste storage areas, accumulation points, and recycling locations.


• Lead corrective actions for identified environmental compliance issues.


• Support internal audits and regulatory inspections related to waste management activities.


• Maintain documentation systems to demonstrate regulatory compliance and audit readiness.


• Adhere to and support company quality, environmental, health & safety, and certification standards, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, IATF 16949:2016, and ASI Certifications, where applicable.

Minimum Qualifications

• Associate or Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Sustainability, or a related field.


• Three to five years of environmental compliance or waste management experience in manufacturing, industrial, recycling, or chemical processing environments.


• Strong knowledge of RCRA, EPA regulations, waste characterization, hazardous waste management, and recycling programs.


• Experience managing waste manifests, profiles, regulatory reporting, and environmental documentation.


• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.


• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and environmental compliance software systems.


• Ability to work effectively with production teams, contractors, regulators, and waste service providers.

Preferred Qualifications

• HAZWOPER Certification.


• Experience managing Large Quantity Generator (LQG) hazardous waste programs.


• Experience with industrial recycling operations and sustainability initiatives.


• Professional certifications such as CHMM (Certified Hazardous Materials Manager) or similar environmental credentials.

Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.

What We Offer

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support


• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance


• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.


• Diabetes Management Program


• Pet insurance


• Identity Theft Protection


• PerkSpot Discount Program


• Tuition assistance and career development programs

Location Profile

Novelis' newly announced Bay Minette facility will be located 35 miles northeast of Mobile AL and 45 miles west of Pensacola FL and is expected to create approximately 1000 high-paying advanced careers in modern manufacturing. This highly advanced rolling and recycling facility will be the first of its kind. It will primarily serve our customers in the beverage can and automotive markets. Novelis is committed to the community and will actively build partnerships in Baldwin County focused on recycling STEM education and workforce development. At Novelis we believe our culture of collaboration is our competitive advantage and we would love for you to consider building a career with us.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants. All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.