Environmental Specialist

  • Location: Richmond, VA
  • Type: Contract
  • Job #31957

Environmental Specialist (HYBRID) (2 DAYS/WEEK ON SITE)

Responsibilities:

  • Responsibilities include coordinating field services and transportation for wastes and materials (i.e. hazardous, non-hazardous, universal, PCB, and recyclable wastes and materials.
  • The successful candidate must have related experience with RCRA, DOT, and TSCA regulations and programs.
  • Coordinates and ensures company programs and projects are compliant with federal, state, and local environmental regulations including any specific areas of concern.
  • Promotes corporate environmental policy, by educating and assisting employees to seek innovative ways to ensure operational environmental compliance and promote sustainability.
  • Ensures compliance with environmental requirements prescribed by laws, regulations, company policies, and company procedures.
  • Provides regulatory interpretations for new and existing environmental regulations.
  • Uses electronic databases to analyze and monitor company compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • Perform other duties as requested or assigned.

Required Skills:

  • Must have knowledge of Federal and State waste and transportation regulations (RCRA, TSCA, asbestos, DOT) to successfully coordinate the off-site transportation and disposal of wastes and recyclables.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Logic and reasoning skills to identify strengths and weaknesses of alternatives, conclusions, or approaches.

Nice to Have Skills:

  • Computer skills in Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, experience with SAP is a plus.

Soft Skills:

  • Ability to give full attention to others, to take time understanding the points being made, and to ask questions.
  • Ability to influence others.
  • Ability to embrace collaborative problem solving.
  • Ability to facilitate open idea exchange.
  • Ability to understand implications of new information.
  • Ability to identify complex problems, to review related information, to develop and evaluate options, and to implement solutions.
  • Ability to adapt actions.
  • Ability to remain professional while delivering high-quality, reliable, environmental services to customers.

Education:

  • Degree or an equivalent combination of education and demonstrated related experience may be accepted in lieu of preferred level of education: Bachelor (Note: A Master’s degree will count as one year of experience. A partial year of experience of six months or more will be rounded up to one year).

Preferred disciplines:

  • Environmental Science, Engineering, Other disciplines may be substituted for the preferred discipline(s) listed above.
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