Environmental Manager II

Title: Environmental Manager II

               

Location: Hermiston, OR

               

About Lamb Weston

We love making fries almost as much as you like eating them! Since the 1950’s, Lamb Weston has inspired customers with food they love, trust, and share with families and friends. As a leading global manufacturer of quality frozen potato products with over 10,000+ team members around the world, it’s our business to see the possibilities in potatoes and people.

We are looking for team members with an appetite for a challenge! People who are hungry to join a winning team and help us make a difference in the world. When you join Lamb Weston, you join a community with a strong support network and training programs designed to nurture, inspire, and help you grow.

We are driven by a relentless pursuit of results and by people who think creatively and embrace our values of: Integrity, Teamwork, Inclusion, Drive for Results, and Empowerment. Exactly what you’d expect from the most inventive potato company in the world!

Join Lamb Weston! We bring the world together with our fries.

Job Description Summary

               

Provides program oversight and strategic direction for the environmental management system at a highly complex production facility or at multiple production facilities. Drives technical solutions and provides leadership and direction for environmental aspects of plant operations, including engineering and maintenance projects. Oversees and drives results to meet sustainable development program goals and objectives. Oversee and supervise Environmental Manager I and/or junior level environmental professionals. Participate in development of corporate environmental management system program and roll out implementation plans to establish an effective environmental management program at each facility within region.

Job Description

People Development Responsibilities

• Professional coaching/mentoring
• Alignment/standardization to corporate standards
• Mentor and train junior environmental staff
• Ensure all facility staff receive appropriate environmental training

Program Responsibilities

• Represents LW internally & externally as environmental subject matter expert (SME)
• Oversees environmental activity at high-complexity or multiple production facilities
• Consistent implementation of LW corporate policies/standards
• Monitors & communicates impending regulatory changes in conjunction with corp. ENV leadership
• Provides overall direction for environmental performance consistent with corporate policies & standards
• Co-owner of the Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) pillar with onsite Safety Manager
• Targets objectives at each site and drives to sites Compelling Business Need (CBN)
• Develop environmental risk register at each site
• Communicate potential risks to facility operations leadership and corporate environmental leadership based on evaluation of environmental data
• Owner of environmental KPIs and strategic plans
• Guide process of environmental audit/regulatory inspection preparedness
• Ensures environmental data are collected and evaluated to identify trends & potential areas for risk reduction
• Retains/project manages environmental consultants
• Environmental engineering/capital planning:
• Work with corp.  and plant environmental/engineering resources to develop environmental capital plan
• Work with corp. and plant environmental /engineering resources to identify potential environmental impacts from capital investment projects as well as R&M projects
• Work with corp. and plant environmental/engineering resources on ongoing environmental and water treatment capitals
• Process safety management
• Ensure corporate and regulatory required programs are being managed, supported and fulfilled in coordination with facility engineering and safety management
• Support sustainable development initiatives and goals
• Support permitting processes and dealings with regulators
• Participate in environmental audit process at other facilities

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sciences (Engineering, Biology or Chemistry)
• Masters in Engineering or Science preferred
• Licensed Professional Engineer preferred
• 6 – 12 years progressive experience in the environmental/en