ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

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ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER

at RICHMOND RECYCLING INC. (View all jobs) Richmond, Michigan

Our dedicated equipment operators and general labor are a critical piece of our business and enjoy the challenge to achieve and exceed our production goals. Their commitment to be the best they can be, focus on safety, attention to detail and quality have gotten us where we are today. We are looking for someone who is interested in more than just operating a piece of machinery but rather looking for ways to learn, grow and improve each day. 

RICHMOND RECYCLING is a full-service recycling company handling metals recycling. We tailor recycling programs for consumer and industrial clients throughout Michigan. 

We invest in our team members and offer the following benefits:

• Competitive Wage
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401K 
• Performance Driven Bonuses

Environmental Manager Schedule: 

Monday - Friday 8:00AM - 5:00PM

Environmental Manager Position Summary: 

The position of Environmental Manager provides a professional service role dedicated to the identification and management of environmental, safety and health risks on behalf of RICHMOND RECYCLING INC (RRI).  The Environmental Manager works within the EHS department and can engage cross-functionally with every department, leader and Team Member in the company.  This role embodies four (4) major categories of responsibility. 

1. Effectively manage the RRI environmental programs with tangible metrics. 
2. Fulfilling the safety partnership pillars for an assigned group through systemic field visits and support. 
3. Plan and manage to completion assigned key EHS related projects. 
4. Execute other EHS related areas of ownership for the department and company with a high level of quality.

This is both an environmental and people-centered role in a fast-paced high risk industrial work environment.  This position requires a person who gravitates to a challenge, assertively owns and drives environmental results, and has experience with culture change management, systemic environmental management, and EHS management software.  They should have excellent professionalism, communication, problem-solving, project management, mental toughness, and teamwork abilities.  Additional characteristics and skills necessary to be a good fit for this position include the ability to develop (write), implement and sustainably manage standardized environmental programs required for RRI, manage work time effectively, strong hazard recognition, ambition to grow ones professional aptitude as an environmental and safety practitioner through self-education and research, exude a passion and desire for vocational excellence, proficiently navigate office-based software (Excel, Outlook, Word, ppt, etc.), embrace detail and analytics for the trending of data, and experience with root causation. The right person for this role is a teacher by nature, organized, embraces self-accountability and holding others accountable for excellence, professionally objective with a high level of integrity, processes constructive criticism and feedback well, and seeks to take the environmental program to the next level. 

Some expected responsibilities for the Environmental Manager include:

• Environmental program development & management (Stormwater, Air Permits, Refrigerant Recovery, Radiation, RCRA, SPCC, Scrap Tire, Storage Tanks, Electronic Scrap, Hazardous Materials, SLAB, EPCRA/Tier II Reporting)
• Environmental regulatory program recordkeeping and reporting
• Manage environmental and safety performance for assigned departments/groups
• Environmental and Safety Audit field visits and report development
• Manages an Environmental Field Tech’s efforts
• Manage environmental vendors and service calls for all locations
• Manage environmental equipment and supplies
• Manage water treatment plant
• Safety meeting facilitation and attendance
• Incident investigations
• Develop and present training programs
• Manage and audit data in the EHS database system
• Own and execute assigned projects and program topics
• Self-reliant, driven practice and results

Environmental Manager Position Qualifications:

• Desire to manage environmental compliance and sustainability
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite
• Experience in project management
• Excellent communication skills
• Familiar with forms of media and technology
• Organizational skills, with projects, people, and ideas