Environmental Compliance Manager

job purpose:

TheEnvironmental Compliance Manager (ECM) is a technical expert in all aspects of local/state/federal environmental regulations related to water, wastewater, air emissions, waste disposal, hazardous waste and chemical and nonhazardous waste disposal and releases to the environment applicable to fairlife, LLC and leads the implementation of companywide programs and activities and communications to assure safe and efficient execution of environmental compliance and reporting activities at each fairlife production facility and the corporate headquarters.

responsibilities:

• Develops and deploys environmental training and maintains direct communication and support of plant operations staff regarding environmental compliance, all environmental reporting, and agency communications

• Deploys, as needed, to directly lead the support of production sites for agency site visits and audits (internal and 3rd party support)

• Develops analysis of risk related to environmental operations company wide and communicates with all levels of the organization and provides quarterly updates and recommendations to Sr. Staff.

• Manages outside consulting firms as needed including developing scopes of work, deliverables, and reviews and approves all reports prior to submittal to agencies.

• Helps to resolve operations incidents/issues as they arise with root cause identification and integration with continuous improvement practices.

• Proactively identifies and solves problems related to environmental best practices and compliance with regulations and the fairlife/TCCC Environmental Policies.

• Evaluates and audits plant site activities and operations to maintain strict compliance with all applicable governmental regulations and corporate policy

• Establish and integrate company-wide EMS to support ISO 14001 and KORE requirements

skills/qualifications required:

• A bachelor's or master's degree in environmental science, engineering, or other technical discipline.

• 10+ years of direct experience with plant operations, regulatory compliance or engineering responsibilities.

• Extensive knowledge in Environmental regulatory compliance in commercial industrial operations.

• Ability to manage projects independently, and travel to fairlife production sites as needed to support projects and regulatory compliance activities

• Previous leadership experience in a matrix/multiple plant organization.

• Specific experience in reporting and responding to agency regulations including: EPCRA, SARA, TIER II, NPDES permitting, NSPS, Criteria Emissions reporting, GHG calculations and reporting, RCRA, facility SPCCP, RMP (ammonia).

food safety requirements:

• Responsible for maintaining critical control points, aseptic requirements, and regulatory standards at all times.

• Responsible for implementing corrective actions and necessary changes specific to water systems, contamination risk or non-conformances

• Accountable for 3rd party Food Safety and GMP audits/results as well as internal Quality and Food Safety programs.

• Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.

• Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.

• Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.

position location: Coopersville, MI; Webster, NY; Goodyear, AZ

reports to: Vice President of Environmental

travel requirements: 50%

exempt/nonexempt: Exempt