Team Leader Environmental

Lamb Weston is seeking a Team Leader Environmental in Hermiston, OR, to oversee water treatment operations and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. Responsibilities include managing water systems, coordinating maintenance, analyzing data, and supporting environmental programs. The role requires strong leadership and a focus on safety and sustainability within the plant's operations.
About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, and public Fortune 500 company, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

This role will function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the plant incoming water, water treatment, and land application systems per Federal, State or Local regulatory requirements. Oversee Water Treatment Operations, either directly or through a third-party service provider. Interface with irrigation partner for the industrial water land application system. Manage and maintain data to ensure proper, effective and efficient system operations and to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements. Manage data management tools, processes, and training to support facility personnel in managing regulatory requirements and Lamb Weston environmental program requirements.

Job Description

Manage and monitor operations of the following systems, either directly or through a third-party service provider:
• Process water treatment system
• Domestic water (sanitary sewer) treatment system
• Potable and Process water System (drinking water and food safety requirements)
• Responsible for understanding all water permit requirements
• Safely work with chemicals in the water treatment system
• Drives safety performance of water treatment operations
• Responsible for identification of potential issues and notification with plant management when issues or deviations from normal operations
• Interface with irrigation partner on the scheduling and distribution of treated industrial water for land application
• Coordination and scheduling of water sample collection and data analysis for internal and/or third-party laboratories
• Analytical data management
• Plan and schedule regular preventative maintenance activities as well as facility outage maintenance activities for the water systems using the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
• Work with maintenance team to develop PMs and spare part documentation
• Manage water treatment chemical and supplies budget
• Work with Environmental Manager to complete periodic compliance reporting
• Utilize EHS information management system (IMS) to track and document compliance task completion
• Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for Water Treatment operations
• Participate in sustainable development (SD) activities to support water efficiency, energy efficiency, and waste reduction efforts
• Support environmental program management
• Assist the plant environmental manager, as necessary
• Participate in capital planning process to ensure water treatment system needs are addressed in a timely manner. Assist or lead VSU activities where needed.
• Implement continuous improvement activities to optimize system performance and reduce overall costs
• Other duties as assigned