Corporate HSE Environment Engineer

Description

JOB SUMMARY

This position exists to provide environmental leadership and strategic direction through the application of principle-based management practices and adherence to our values while leveraging technology and best practices.

This role will play an integral part in leading and advancing our environmental transformation and disciplined operations efforts across the entire IKO organization.

As our Corp. Environmental SME, you’ll contribute to long-term value creation by making our environmental processes and systems more effective and efficient for HSE professionals to follow across IKO operations.

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

Competitive salary - Salary range : $100,000-$107,000

Competitive health and benefit plan

Competitive matched retirement savings program

The opportunity to join a continuously growing organization with focus on Diversity and Inclusion

The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Systematically drive our environmental program to be more resilient, effective, consistent, verifiable, and efficient (structured and principled vs rule based) and continually accelerate our digital transformation utilizing Intelex.
• Develop and maintain a strong working knowledge of manufacturing processes and their impact on environmental performance that allows you to enable our operations teams to meet their environmental compliance, Green House Gases (GHG) and permit obligations.
• Provide technical support to our operational sites and individual Project Managers and support inter-disciplinary business development activities and manage compliance related environmental due diligence for future projects within IKO Operations.
• Timely preparation of air permit applications, including emission calculations
• Timely preparation and submittal of environmental regulatory reports.
• Serve as a plant backup and SME for our Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program.
• Serve as a plant backup and SME for our Clean Water Act (CWA) Program, National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) discharge, monitoring, and reporting requirements.
• Represent company in dealings with agencies (Federal, Provincial / State & Local), Trade associations (ARMA) and other partners.
• Guide our response to after-hours emergencies with a sense of urgency and ensure appropriate measures take place to minimize company risk.

KNOWLEDGE, EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• BS Engineering in Chemical or Environmental degree
• 5+ years of Environmental Engineering relevant experience.
• Thorough working knowledge of both Canadian and USA Environmental Protection Act (EPA), Clean Water Act (CWA), Environmental Site Assessments (ESA), and other federal, provincial / state, and local regulations.
• Knowledge of and related experience with preparing and pre-filing process, environmental permitting, NEPA, relevant environmental regulations and processes, and related environmental considerations desired.

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Technical Skills

• Experiences : Air permitting, stack testing, RCRA, NPDES permitting, DOT
• Air emission calculations, knowledge of air, RCRA and NPDES regulations.

Social Process Skills

• A team player who can lead by example and influence others.
• Above average communication skills to enable the transfer of clear and concise information.
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable, standing up for what is right and has a passion for results, strong work ethic, acts with a sense of urgency and purpose.
• Demonstrated leadership and management capabilities with the ability to make decisions under pressure in an environment of rapid change

WORKING CONDITIONS

Physical Requirements

• Frequent (34-66%) Walking, Standing, & Sitting
• Infrequent (0-33%) Climbing up & down stairs
• Infrequent (0-33%) Lifting 21-50lbs
• Infrequent (0-33%) Pushing / Pulling 21-50lbs

Environmental Surroundings

• Manufacturing floor (30-40%)
• Office Environment (70-60%)

Travel

Benefits of Employment : IKO recognizes that its success is due to the strength of its employees. A primary goal of IKO is to promote individual employee's sense of accomplishment and contribution so that employees enjoy their association with IKO.

The Company invests in its employees so that they are the most knowledgeable in the industry, and undertakes great efforts to nurture loyalty to, and teamwork at, IKO.

We are pleased to offer competitive compensation, health care, a progressive and challenging workplace and a commitment to teamwork and integrity.

Diversity and Equal Opportunity Employment : IKO Industries Ltd. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to diversity and inclusion and are pleased to consider all qualified applicants for employment without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status or disability.

IKO Industries Ltd. encourages and welcomes applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.