Environmental Specialist

General Information:

Hitachi Energy is seeking for a Environmental Specialist for its Jefferson City, MO Location.
 

Your Responsibilities:

• Advance the maturity of the sites environmental and sustainability programs.
• Living Hitachi Energy’s core values of safety and integrity, which means taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the business.
   
• Conduct environmental risk assessments and develop risk reduction strategies.
• Develop and coordinate environmental and sustainability improvement projects in collaboration with other site resources.  This may include leading a collaborative improvement team.  This may include preparing capital expenditure proposals and project management.
• Lead or collaborate on projects to Reduce - Refurbish/Repair - Recycle - Reuse – Rethink.
• Support the organization in fulfilling legal, Hitachi Energy, Hitachi Group, customer, ISO 14001, and local community requirements.
• Supporting line managers and supervisors in understanding obligations, responsibilities and how to carry out their roles in accordance with them.
• Manage key environmental programs: Waste, wastewater, stormwater, DOT/HAZMAT, air (Title V), spill response and other emergency plans.
• Fulfill reporting requirements and be the key contact for environmental related government agencies.
• Coordinate waste handling and shipment.
• Track and report environmental metrics.
• Conduct audits and inspections of the site.
• Participate in site strategic planning, goal setting, and monthly review meetings.
• Assist with investigation of environmental incidents and action follow-up.
• Assist with remediation at the site.
• Collaborate and share best practices across the other sites in North America and globally.
• Monitor and communicate regarding proposed legislation, legislation updates, and corporate policy updates.
• Identify and coordinate or conduct training relevant to environmental and sustainability programs.
• Manage contractors that support projects and compliance programs.

Your Background:

• Experience with project management and/or project engineering.
• Experience in manufacturing.
• Experience with SAP.
• Experience with ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 50001.
• Bilingual (Spanish)
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field (i.e. Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Sustainability) and five years of relevant experience. 

• Candidate must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for Hitachi Energy in the United States