Environmental Specialist - Mankato, MN 1

The Environmental Specialist at Minnesota Paving and Materials in Rogers, MN, is responsible for ensuring compliance with environmental regulations across various facilities. Key tasks include conducting compliance reviews, obtaining necessary permits, maintaining documentation, and providing training on environmental policies. The role also involves reporting violations and staying updated on environmental legislation. The position requires a detail-oriented and organized individual committed to safety and compliance.
About the position

The Environmental Specialist position at Minnesota Paving and Materials is a skilled role that requires a detail-oriented, organized, and safety-minded individual. This position is integral to ensuring compliance with environmental regulations and permits across various facilities. The Environmental Specialist will work closely with the operations team to conduct compliance reviews, inspections, and internal audits, ensuring that all activities adhere to applicable environmental permits, rules, and regulations. The role involves obtaining necessary environmental permits for company plants, sites, and projects, and ensuring that compliance or monitoring tests are conducted within the specified timeframes outlined in these permits. In addition to compliance monitoring, the Environmental Specialist will maintain documentation of compliance activities, including inspections, audits, complaints, and investigations. This role also includes informing internal field employees, managers, and outside contractors about the company's environmental policies, best practices, and compliance requirements. The Specialist will provide educational events and training to all employees on environmental issues and responsibilities, participate in environmental education and research, and report any violations of environmental permits to management and regulatory agencies as required. The position requires the Environmental Specialist to stay informed about changes in environmental legislation, trends, and best practices, assessing their potential impact on company operations. They will lead the implementation of compliance-related policies and procedures throughout the company, review required documentation at all sites, and advise managers on the use of environmental compliance tools. Additionally, the Specialist will develop and implement environmental compliance plans for various programs, direct all activities focused on environmental compliance, and file all necessary compliance reports with regulatory agencies. Regular attendance and timely completion of assigned tasks are essential for this role.

Responsibilities
• Conduct compliance reviews, inspections, and internal audits to ensure adherence with all applicable environmental permits, rules, and regulations.
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• Obtain all environmental permits required for company plants, sites, and projects.
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• Ensure all compliance or monitoring tests are conducted in accordance with timeframes outlined in environmental operation permits.
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• Maintain documentation of compliance activities such as inspections, audits, complaints, and investigations.
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• Inform internal field employees, managers, and outside contractors of company environmental policy, best practices, and compliance requirements.
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• Provide educational events and training to all company employees on environmental issues and responsibilities.
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• Participate in environmental education and research.
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• Report all violations of environmental permits, rules, and regulations to company management personnel and, when required, to duly authorized regulatory agencies.
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• Inform all employees of corporate compliance hotlines and ensure they understand how to utilize them.
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• Keep informed regarding changes to environmental legislation, trends, and best practices and assess the potential impact these changes will have on company operations.
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• Lead implementation of compliance related policies and procedures throughout the company.
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• Review required documentation at all sites, projects, and plants to ensure ongoing compliance.
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• Advise field and middle managers on use of any environmental compliance or reporting tools which are available for them.
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• Develop and implement environmental compliance plans for programs such as air quality, storm water discharges, oil spill prevention or control, recycling, managing hazardous materials, employee education, and so on.
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• Direct all activities focused on environmental compliance.
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• File all compliance or annual reports required by regulatory agencies.
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• Carry out all assigned tasks and projects in a timely manner.

Requirements
• High School diploma or general education degree (GED) required.
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• Bachelor's degree in an Environmental Discipline or comparable degree preferred or other related discipline and/or equivalent combination of knowledge, skills, and abilities.
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• 2 years of experience in the environmental field or similar position and/or equivalent combination of knowledge, skills and abilities.
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• Must be 18 years in age or older.
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• Must pass pre-employment physical, drug screen and criminal background check.
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• Must possess a valid driver's license.
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• Strict adherence to safety requirements and procedures as outlined in the Employee Handbook.
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• Willingness to work in a team environment and assist co-workers or supervisors with other duties as required.
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• Display a professional and courteous attitude to co-workers, supervisors, and the general public at all times.

Nice-to-haves
• Experience with OSHA regulations and compliance.
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• Strong analytical ability and process improvement knowledge.
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• Ability to read and interpret technical documents and regulations.

Benefits
• Dental insurance
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• Health insurance
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• Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
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• Group retirement savings program
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• Health and wellness programs
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• A culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion