Environmental Coordinator
At Hilmar Cheese Company we improve lives around the world through wholesome dairy products. Since our founding in 1984, Hilmar Cheese Company has been committed to innovation and sustainability. Our state-of-the art production facilities convert an abundance of locally sourced high-quality milk into a variety of nutritious cheeses, whey protein and lactose. The Cheese and Ingredients that we produce create a wide variety of retail and food service products from sliced and shredded cheeses, to protein supplements and infant formula. We are a trusted partner to premier food and beverage brands in more than fifty countries helping bring their vision into reality.
Throughout our decades of success and growth we have remained committed to our mission and values and these principles unite our people and guide all that we do.
A Typical Day
The Environmental Specialist is responsible for the accurate performance of gathering samples, performing periodic compliance inspections, facilitating Regulatory Agency inspections, ownership of site analytical data,, and performing other environmental relates activities in accordance with HCC procedures and regulatory requirements.
Job Responsibilities
•Compliance with all federal, state, and local environmental regulatory requirements
•Develop and maintain regulatory recordkeeping and reporting including but not limited to TRI, Title V, SPCC, WDR, Deep Well Injection, SWPPP, etc.
•Develop and conduct environmental training to meet operational regulatory requirements and improve understanding of stakeholders.
•Support environmental permitting activities as coordinated with Environmental Manager.
•Identify and manage projects necessary to ensure compliance and improve sustainability metrics.
•Coordinate and oversee environmental activities and projects with internal and external stakeholders.
•Conduct and document environmental regulatory inspections including SPCC plan, air permits, hazardous waste management manifesting, handling and disposal and drinking water supply; review findings to ensure continuous compliance.
•Partner with and support loss monitoring and reduction efforts that impact environmental performance.
•Compliance with hazardous waste requirements including classification, analysis, storage, manifest preparation and submittal of required monthly and annual reports.
•Responsible for oversight of chemical storage and disposal
•Conduct weekly inspection of all waste storage areas and chemical storage areas, assure proper container labelling, container segregation and consistency with federal, state, and local regulation; document findings and work with others to address findings.
•Manage and prepare information for development of daily, monthly and annual emissions reports, including weekly reviews of site operational data to ensure compliance.
•Manage well water, waste water and hazardous waste samples for analyses; provide input to Environmental Manager while developing required reports, and compliance strategies.
•Coordinate with Environmental Manager to develop and maintain documentation formats to capture data necessary to ensure environmental compliance.
•Works with other EHS staff to develop strategic and tactical compliance processes and procedures.
•Collect, interpret, and present data for development of all environmental permit required reports to external regulatory agencies and to internal stakeholders.
•Support administration and management of reuse water irrigation program, and manage and maintain confidential information.
•Hosts agency inspections and enforcement audits, coordinating with external agencies and providing follow-up to additional information requests.
•Respond to hazardous materials and compliance emergencies and coordinate incident response for disposal.
•Oversee data management systems to draft comprehensive agency responses during incident follow-up.
What You Will Need
•Bachelor’s degree in environmental or related science or engineering and 3 years related experience.
•Intermediate use of Microsoft Excel using formulas and pivot tables.
•Knowledge of collection and interpretation of water waste and air samples.
•Knowledge of drinking water, storm water, waste and air permitting requirements.
•Knowledge of State and USEPA hazardous water, waste and air regulatory requirements.
What Will Put You Ahead
•Masters Degree in Environmental Science or related science.
•Experience within the food and beverage manufacturing industry concerning environmental issues.
•Knowledge of chemistry and chemical reactions.
Physical Demands & Work Environment
The role has periods of time when the work environment is sedentary and conducted in an office environment balanced with frequent occasions that require prolonged walking or standing, lifting/ carrying/handling moderate weight objects on a regular basis. Is required to wear PPE and have a regular presence in the field surrounding the facility, wastewater treatment facilities, manufacturing and warehouse environments in both temperature controlled and uncontrolled locations. Ability to access areas by ladders and stairs for monitoring of equipment, emission controls and discharge points. Includes material handling of waste and chemicals. Must frequently interact with people verbally. Specific details of the essential functions of the position is available in the Job Safety Analysis, made available on request.
Food safety is a companywide responsibility and each employee must know their role in the manufacture and distribution of safe, wholesome, and high quality products.
This description is a general statement and does not include other duties as assigned
Hilmar Cheese Company, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer/EEO. We participate in E-Verify.
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