Regional Sr. Environmental Specialist

Now hiring! Regional Sr. Environmental Specialist

 

Geismar, LA, Freeport, TX, Wyandotte, MI OR Florham Park, NJ (Hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 remote)

Relocation support / Annual bonus

 

We are looking for a Regional Sr. Environmental Specialist to join our Global Business Services - NA Environmental Expert Services team in any of the locations mentioned.

 

Come create chemistry with us!

 

Global Business Services (GB) is a fully dedicated service division with the sole purpose of providing solutions for BASF’s businesses to grow profitably. We use our expertise and novel mindset to translate our deep understanding of BASF‘s needs into a new service delivery experience. We contribute to BASF‘s success by providing best suited solutions for our service recipients, always thinking one step ahead.

In this position you will provide technical and regulatory multi-media environmental expertise to support our sites and business units across North America, along with serving as a key focal point to help drive our sustainability efforts in the Region and Globally. You will work with our Global and North American teams to develop effective and efficient company environmental programs, requirements, guidance documents, implementation tools and training.

As a Regional Sr. Environmental Specialist, you create chemistry by...

 

• Providing multimedia environmental expert support (regulatory interpretations and implementation strategies) to sites, BUs, and Legal, on compliance / enforcement issues, related to current internal / external environmental requirements and permits, with main focus on air issues and regulations relevant to the chemical industry and/or main focus on water / waste issues and regulations.
• Monitoring new environmental regulatory developments, evaluate impacts on BASF, work directly and/or with ACC and State Industry groups on advocacy on proposed rules, coordinate responses to regulatory information requests related to rule development, communicate requirements and work with potentially impacted sites and businesses on compliance strategies.
• Developing and implementing regulatory advocacy strategies that support BASF interests. You will work closely with our Legal team to manage enforcement issues and help protect BASF’s license-to-operate and reputation with public, regulators and non-governmental organizations.
• Supporting BASF Responsible Care© Management Systems to ensure environmental compliance, risk reduction, and continuous performance improvement, while ensuring a high level of satisfaction with our internal site and business partners.
• Identifying opportunities to improve our environmental performance and reduce our environmental footprint, and work with our Global and Regional colleagues and leaders on implementing sustainable solutions. You will also support achievement of BASF’s sustainability targets, as well as work with sites and businesses to identify and prioritize EHS issues and opportunities and develop action plans to reduce EHS risks and improve EHS performance.
• Developing and providing environmental training on regulatory and BASF requirements and issues. Your ability to build solid working relationships with team members, site leadership teams, site and business EHS personnel, and other internal / external stakeholders, will be crucial to help you facilitate the sharing of programs, procedures, tools, and successfully demonstrated practices across sites and business.
• Participating in capital project EHS reviews to ensure environmental regulatory and permitting impacts are adequately managed. At the same time, you will support environmental permitting for sites and major capital projects.

If you...

 

• Have a bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science fields
• Have 8+ years’ experience implementing U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air, waste and/or water regulations at industrial sites. Experience working in this field for a chemical manufacturing site will be a plus.
• Possess deep knowledge about US EPA air regulations and/or waste/water regulations
• Are familiar with Texas and/or Louisiana environmental regulations and programs will be a plus

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