Environmental Water & Waste Technologist Lead

About you and this role

• Shares responsibility for the implementation of the EH&S management system, in order to meet business objectives and to maintain the license to operate.
• Provides hands-on environmental support for all environmental waste and water compliance along with emergency response and remediation activities.
• This role is also an environmental steward providing mentorship and coaching for all EH&S technicians and LAO employees.

Requires skills and expertise in a range of processes, procedures, and systems to ensure water and waste requirements are completed to a standard. May act as a working team lead, providing subject matter guidance and coordinating work of others.

Responsibilities

• Implements detailed, task level, day to day Environmental compliance tasks, utilizing the EH&S work process, standards and procedures.
• Ensures that the Environmental aspects of operating discipline are adequate and applied to achieve EH&S performance goals. In most cases, would perform the role of section owner for the Environmental Waste and Water sections of operating discipline.
• Acts as the site resource for related Environmental information on procedures, guidelines and standards.
• Serves as site contact for Environmental issues.
• Coaches teams and individuals on Environmental Waste and Water related tasks and activities.
• Assists in developing and achieving area or plant EH&S goals.
• Ensures compliance tasks are completed.
• Performs field water and waste sampling when outside block limits and coaches facility technicians and operations with sample collection inside block limits.
• Supports LPDES, SWLF Permit and RCRA Permit compliance, modifications, application, and implementation.
• Oversees SWPPPs and construction permit compliance.

Qualifications

• A minimum of High School Diploma/GED equivalent required.
• A minimum of 5 years in EH&S, manufacturing or other related experience required.
• Must possess a TWIC card or be eligible to obtain a TWIC card.
• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Physical Demands

• Lift, push, and pull up to 55 lbs.
• Work at heights, climbs stairs and ladders.
• Wear all required personal protective equipment, such as earplugs, goggles, and steel-toed shoes.
• Work in an area of intense or continuous noise.
• Work in an area with hazardous materials.
• Perform frequent bending, reaching, and lifting.
• Stand or walk for extended periods of time.
• This role does involve elevated work greater than or equal to four feet above the ground.
• Must be able to wear and use personal protective equipment (PPE), including harnesses with a total weight capacity of 300lbs. (This typically accommodates individuals who weigh 285 or less.)

Skills

• Communication: Professional communication, encompasses written, oral, visual and digital communication within a workplace context.
• Environment Health and Safety: Environment (E), health (H) and safety (S) (together EHS) is a discipline and specialty that studies and implements practical aspects of environmental protection and safety at work. In simple terms it is what organizations must do to make sure that their activities do not cause harm to anyone.
• Team Leadership: Team leadership is the management of a group of people brought together to work to achieve a common goal.
• Cross-Functional Work: Cross-functional work is the work that happens between different teams or departments within an organization.
• Group Problem Solving: Complex problem solving consists of finding creative and solutions to difficult and complex problems.

Note: This position does not offer relocation assistance.

Benefits - What DOW offers you

We invest in you.

• Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.
• You bring your background, talent, and perspective to work every day.
• Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.
• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental, financial, and social well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.
• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning, and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.
• Employee stock purchase programs (availability varies depending on location).
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match Program (U.S. only).
• Dow will take the value of monthly student debt payments and apply them as if they are contributions to the Employees' Savings Plan (401(k)), helping employees reach the Company match.
• Robust medical and life insurance packages that offer a variety of coverage options to meet your individual needs. Travel insurance is also available in certain countries/locations.
• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.
• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.
• Competitive yearly vacation allowance.
• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).
• Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.
• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group's (ERG) participation.
• Wellbeing Portal for all Dow employees, our one-stop shop to promote wellbeing, empowering employees to take ownership of their entire wellbeing journey.
• On-site fitness facilities to help stay healthy and active (availability varies depending on location).
• Employee discounts for online shopping, cinema tickets, gym memberships and more.
• Additionally, some of our locations might offer:
• Transportation allowance (availability varies depending on location)
• Meal subsidiaries/vouchers (availability varies depending on location)
• Carbon-neutral transportation incentives e.g. bike to work (availability varies depending on location)

Join our team, we can make a difference together.