Environmental Manager

CPS, Inc. is hiring an Environmental Manager for their Opelika, AL facility. The role involves leading environmental programs, ensuring compliance with regulations, and managing hazardous waste in a manufacturing environment. Key responsibilities include air permitting, spill prevention, and emergency response. The manager will support plant leadership, provide regulatory advice, and maintain environmental systems in a 24/7 operation. This position is not remote.
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Our client is well established and is looking for an experienced Environmental Manager. In this role you will lead and manage all environmental programs and compliance. Keys to hire are Title V permitting experience, Hazardous Waste Management and maintaining environmental program requirements in an industrial manufacturing environment.

The Environmental Manager is a key member of the plant leadership team, reporting to the Plant Manager. The Environmental Manager’s focus is to ensure effective management of environmental systems while maintaining a safe workplace and compliance with applicable health, safety and environmental regulations in a multi-shift, 24/7 operation. The facility is a Title V operation. This role also enjoys a strong relationship to division / corporate environmental leaders.

The Environmental Manager is responsible for overseeing / maintaining the environmental compliance for a manufacturing facility including air permitting, water pollution prevention, solid and hazardous waste management, spill prevention and countermeasures control, emergency response management, training on environmental programs, environmental budget, supporting and driving productivity improvements, and reviewing and approving authority for capital expenditures.
Plant Overview

The facility is a 24/7 operation; we are a manufacturer of a number of mineral wool insulation products including industrial boards of various densities, batts for use in commercial building applications and a wide range of pipe insulation.
Your Day to Day:
• The following duties and responsibilities are presented as broad expectations for this role; understanding the major focus area within each are the environmental aspects:
• Provides accurate, cost effective and timely technical and regulatory compliance support to plant
• Provides regulatory interpretation and technical advice; represents the company with state and federal agencies as required:
• ADEM (Air Permits, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management)
• Health Department (Radioactive Device License; Inspections Recordkeeping)
• Local City (Wastewater Discharge Permits)
• EPA (SPCC, SWPPP, GHG, TRI Programs, EPCRA)
• Receive, review and reply to communications from government agencies pertaining to permits and Environmental Programs
• Establishes and maintain programs to ensure that operating permits are in order for all sources of air emissions:
• Monitor the NESHAP Monitoring System for alarms (Daily)
• Interpret alarms to determine potential air permit deviations
• Report plant management on any air permit deviations
• Perform root cause analysis on each deviation reported
• Maintain and update OMM and SSMP plans as per air permit requirements
• Write and/or review procedures for employees to follow the Environmental Program requirements
• Ensures our communities and employees are aware of the potential hazards created by plant operations
• Maintains current knowledge of specific requirements imposed by government agencies
• Qualifies all personnel involved in water sampling and testing
• Maintaining environmental abatement equipment
• Emergency response
• Handling of hazardous materials and waste
• Ensures process waters are properly managed to protect ground waters and surface tributaries from contamination:
• Perform weekly and monthly inspections under the SWPPP
• Report and follow up with management on recommendations to correct any observations found in nonconformance with SWPPP
• Ensure the proper disposal of hazardous waste and lead a plant-wide effort to eliminate solid waste by reducing process waters, reusing, and recycling various materials:
• Perform weekly inspection and inventories on universal and hazardous waste
• Manage disposal of universal and hazardous waste
• Manage waste streams and maintain waste profile and records on all waste generated
• Coordinates site/plant-wide environmental audits and analyze results, complete action items
• Establishes and implements plant-wide communications pertaining to environmental…