Environmental Manager – Landfill
Republic Services
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Lexington • Kentucky • United States
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About the role
- The Environmental Manager is responsible for the preparation of the Landfill budget, managing all spending for the Engineering department, and overseeing all personnel during site development.
- Manages construction projects for Landfill cells and sites, including capacity calculations, scheduling/timeline, and resource and material coordination.
- Maintain financial responsibility for construction/cell development, closure/post-closure, engineering, operations, and cost tracking.
- Coordinates completion of permit applications and designs, including regulatory interface, site expansion, modification or changes to the operating plan application, and other related data.
- Prepares notifications/responses to regulatory inspections, administrative warnings.
- Assists Landfill and Site Managers with development of fill sequencing plans.
- Participates in review of targeted acquisitions, including Phase I assessment/property survey coordination, engineering review of design and operations, and pro-forma modeling assistance.
- Performs ongoing public relations and due diligence activities through communication with corporate office, regulatory agency representatives, third party consultants and investors.
- Completes monthly soil tracking reports and other status reports.
- Regularly supervises Environmental Technicians and Specialists, including responsibility for hiring, training, mentoring, developing, scheduling, directing, managing performance and other related issues; review the work of, and is accountable for the performance of Environmental Technicians and Specialists.
- Attends regulatory and association sponsored informational and policy meetings.
- Ensures continued compliance by coordinating air, water monitoring, environmental data review and reporting.
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Thorough knowledge of environmental regulations relating to air, water, solid waste, and material recovery/recycling.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Effective interpersonal communication across various levels of the organization and with external customers, vendors and government agency representatives.
- Strong project management skills.
- Strong analytical skills and a focus on adding value to the Company.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret business documents, professional journals, technical procedures, and governmental regulations.
- 5 years of experience in landfill engineering or environmental compliance in air, water, and solid waste.
- Ideal candidate will have a background in engineering with expertise in permitting, budgeting, team leadership, and regulatory compliance.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.
- Health care and dependent care spending accounts.
- Short- and long-term disability.
- Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.
- Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).
- Employee discount programs.
- Retirement plan with a generous company match.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
landfill engineeringenvironmental compliancebudget managementproject managementcapacity calculationspermit applicationsregulatory interfacedata analysiscost trackingfill sequencing plans
Soft Skills
written communicationoral communicationinterpersonal communicationanalytical skillsteam leadershipmentoringperformance managementorganizational skillsdeadline managementpublic relations