Sr Environmental Lead

The Environmental Leader is responsible for ensuring the existence of an environmentally conscientious culture and sustaining an effective, efficient world class environmental stewardship program. 

As a key member of the Plant’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Team this individual provides guidance and coaching to drive ownership and accountability in the areas of environmental compliance and stewardship related to all plant activities. This individual is responsible to provide Environmental leadership in the development, implementation and evaluation of critical processes, programs, training and procedures to achieve Plant and Corporate goals, objectives and continuous improvement.

Reports to:  Environmental Health and Safety Leader

• Guide the Plant in developing risk-ranked strategic plans, prioritize and advocate capital/resource requests, and advise the leadership team on all aspects of environmental requirements and responsibilities. 
• Drive and maintain compliance with Environmental Compliance Approvals (ECA), plans and deviation reporting.   
• Develop, implement, track and test environmental programs such as air and water compliance, above-ground and underground storage tanks, spill prevention and control, hazardous waste and materials management, solid waste recycling and employee training.
• Safely and cost effectively leads the ongoing internal captive landfill operations by providing daily direction to the contractor(s), ensuring all permitting and monitoring requirements are in compliance.  Focus on meeting ongoing needs of Plant operations teams.
• Provides ongoing technical support to the Plant’s wastewater processing systems, ensuring all permit, reporting and monitoring requirements are in full compliance.
• Develop and maintain environmental monitoring and recordkeeping to satisfy requirements of the plant’s ECAs/plans. 
• Knowledge of key required Environmental recordkeeping or reporting tools like; OEPA’s EBIZ system, CDX, SharePoint sites, Dakota Profiler, Resource Advisor, etc.
• Lead and support Environmental initiatives and processes to drive towards zero non-conformities and/or NOV’s. 
• Leads Plant’s efforts to meet Corporate Sustainability goals, with emphasis on Energy, Water and Waste-to-Landfill reduction aspects. 
• Manage all aspects of the plant’s Hazardous waste, Solid waste, and Universal waste within Federal, Provincial, and Municipal guidelines.  
• Assess product, process and operational changes to determine environmental impact.
• Implement, facilitate and drive a robust Environmental Management System. 
• Provide regulatory guidance to facility leadership team and operating personnel.
• Review or change policies and procedures to comply with changes to Environmental regulations and standards.

• Work with Division resources to facilitate Corporate Sustainability reporting, GHG reporting, and other current or pending regulatory requirements
• Interact with outside consultants on regulatory and permitting changes, ensuring ability to comply with agreed upon requirements.
• Enroll as the plant liaison on environmental issues affecting community and industrial neighbors.

• Maintain a leadership presence on the plant floor, influence employee behaviors, and fully engage employees in the sound environmental process management process.
• Provide leadership required ensuring operations and, maintenance personnel are aware of and held accountable for environmental compliance.
•  Enroll and engage the entire workforce to build a powerful safety culture.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate the effectiveness of all critical Environmental processes, programs and procedures.
• Sets and accomplishes critical environmental metrics regularly to ensure continuous improvement in the processes that lead to a 100% engaged culture on the floor.
• Live the Safety Stand, adhere to the safety responsibilities.

Metrics 

• Federal, State and Municipal Environmental compliance with regulations and requirements.
• Plant Internal Environmental Metrics.
• Corporate and Division Metrics for Sustainability improvements/footprint reductions
• Internal Landfill Operations costs
• Feedback from Plant PLT members.

Knowing Our Customers

Continuously elevates the Environmental awareness and perspective of self and others by knowing our environmental responsibilities, our products, and manufacturing processes. The Environmental Lead applies this knowledge to successfully influence other leaders to understand and make the best business decisions. 

Job Requirements

Experience:

• 5 years of experience working in an industrial or manufacturing environment preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required.  Degree in Environmental discipline is strongly preferred, engineering, business management or related discipline
• Management Systems experience is a plus
• Understanding of manufacturing process is a plus
• Leading change management efforts

Knowledge and Abilities:

• Forward thinking leadership abilities including the ability to motivate, lead by example and encourage teamwork and effective communication.
• Past work with Government Regulatory agencies is beneficial.
• Experience with computer programs like Excel, Word, Aspentech, Ignition, Access, is beneficial.
• Experience with management systems is beneficial.
• Facilitate onsite inspections and compliance testing in association with regulatory agencies.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment system operations is beneficial.

Personal Characteristics:

The specific Leadership Capabilities required for success:

• 1. Act on Analysis
  2. Collaborate and Foster Teamwork
  3. Follow Through on Commitments
  4. Generate Ideas
  5. Think Strategically
  6. Inspire and Energize Others
  7. Leadership Presence
  8. Strong organizational skills to ensure on time reporting
  9. Task Prioritization
  10. Self-directed

About Owens Corning  

Owens Corning is a residential and commercial building products leader committed to building a sustainable future through material innovation. Our products provide durable, sustainable, energy-efficient solutions that leverage our unique capabilities and market-leading positions to help our customers win and grow. We are global in scope, human in scale with more than 25,000 employees in 31 countries dedicated to generating value for our customers and shareholders and making a difference in the communities where we work and live. Founded in 1938 and based in Toledo, Ohio, USA, Owens Corning posted 2024 sales of $11.0 billion. For more information, visit www.owenscorning.com. 

Owens Corning is an equal opportunity employer. Except in limited circumstances such as formal apprenticeship programs, Owens Corning does not employ anyone under the age of 18.