Engineer, Environmental (20873)

Resolute Forest Products is hiring a full-time Environmental Engineer for their Kingsport, Tennessee location. The role involves compiling reports, assisting with the Environmental Management System, investigating environmental incidents, and ensuring compliance with regulations. The engineer will develop operating procedures, identify trends in incidents, and maintain documentation for environmental records. The position requires expertise in environmental standards and participation in audits.
Domtar is a leading producer of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products. Through our focus on safety and sustainability, as well as our commitment to operational excellence and our network of facilities across Canada and the United States, Domtar delivers high-quality and cost-effective products to customers around the world.

Our workforce is comprised of 14,000 talented and hardworking individuals. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, a supportive working environment, rewarding career paths and plenty of opportunities for learning and growth.

The location in Kingsport Packaging, (Tennessee, United States), is seeking talent to fill the position of Engineer, Environmental. This job is full-time permanent.

Domtar is seeking an Environmental Engineer at their Packaging Mill in Kingsport, Tennessee. The Environmental Engineer reports to the Environmental Manager. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, compiling and submitting monitoring reports; reporting environmental incidents and excursions; assisting with the development of the Environmental Management System (EMS) and serving as a resource to all departments within the Kingsport Mill Operations.

GENERAL PERFORMANCE

· Serves as a resource to Kingsport Mill Operations and Maintenance Departments to ensure that

systems and processes are established that result in meeting or exceeding the environmental

regulations and Domtar performance standards and expectations.

· Leads, facilitates and/or participates in the investigation of all environmental incidents and creation and

implentation of necessary corrective measures.

· Conducts tasks within and serves as subject matter expert for the structured EMS system.

· Develops environmental standard operating procedures and reviews operational and maintenance

procedures to ensure that environmental considerations are incorporated when and where applicable.

· Identifies trends in recurring environmental incidents and facilitates teams to address. Leverages best

practices set forth across the Domtar mill footprint.

· Stays current on environmental regulations, policies, and programs.

· Ensures that document control procedures are established and followed for the identification, storage,

retrieval, and disposition of environmental records.

· Participates in corporate sponsored environmental audits upon request.

SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

· Maintains certification in EPA Method 9 visual opacity measurement.

· Ensures that accurate and complete reports to Environmental Regulatory Agencies are submitted in a

timely mannersuch as Discharge Monitoring Reports (DMRs), Toxic Release Inventory Reports, Water

Withdrawal Reports, Tier 2 Reports, Boiler MACT Reports, Title V Reports and Hazardous Waste

Reports.

· Makes scheduled rounds to verify environmental standards and expectations are being met.

· Responds promptly to critical eventsto prevent and mitigate emission/release impacts.

· Establishes and maintains effective procedures to meet housekeeping standards at all monitoring and

testing locations.

· Reviews new chemicals used on-site to minimize hazardous waste generation and exposure to

hazardous chemicals.

· Lead assigned regulatory program areas. Program areas could include, but not limited to NPDES,

Refrigerant Compliance, Solid Waste, Title V, Stormwater.

TRAINING

· Leads and/or participates in new employee orientation as an instructor on environmental commitment

and compliance.

· Follows priorities and deadlines as set by legislation, regulation, and company requirements.

· Plans and conducts annual and periodic training for Mill employees.

PRODUCTION SUPPORT

· Provide on-call environmental services for off-hours and weekends.

· Ensures timely and accurate data is generated to support compliance status.

· Works with the Operations and Maintenance Departments in developing standard operating procedures that includes the appropriate material for ensuring environmental monitoring and control of the operation. This may include operating checklists and operating parameters.

· Develops standard operating procedures for abnormal operating conditions including start-up, shutdown, and malfunction conditions; incidents, accidents, and potential emergency situations; past activities, current activities, and planned activities.

QUALITY

· Audits in-house and contract lab environmental testing and analyses.

· Uses monitoring information to identify opportunities to improve environmental performance levels or reduce variability.

· Reviews and investigates complaints made on behalf of community residents, city officials, etc.

Required Qualifications/Professional Experiences

Years of Experience/Education/Certifications

· Five (5) years of direct experience in environmental engineering/management.

· Experience in environmental permitting.

· Experience in regulatory agency interface.

· Knowledge of Water and Air programs.

· Versatile in Microsoft Office.

· B.S. in an Environmental Engineering field, Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering or other relevant field

You will be required to successfully complete a selection process that could include interviews, an employment background check, a pre-employment drug and alcohol screen, reference verifications, aptitude tests (for some positions), and a fitness-for-duty test (for some positions).

Domtar is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, sex (including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, religion, national origin, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. We are also committed to ensuring reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disability Act of 1990.

Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email. If you are selected to interview, you will be contacted by a member of our Human Resources team.

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