Team Leader, Environmental

Title: Team Leader, Environmental

               

Location: American Falls, ID

               

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

               

Function as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to provide oversight of the plant wastewater treatment systems and land application of byproducts (rock/dirt/silt mud) per company policy, Federal, State or Local regulatory requirements. Supervise operators of the wastewater and solids management systems to include cattle feed slurry. Interface occasionally with contracted farmers that operate land application sites. Manage and maintain data to ensure proper, effective, and efficient system operations and to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements. Build and provide processes, training, and implementation support to assist facility personnel in managing legal/regulatory obligations and Lamb Weston environmental program requirements.

Job Description

• Manage, monitor, track, and oversee operations of the process wastewater treatment system.
• Manage, monitor, track, and oversee operations of slurry cattle byproduct stream.
• Manage, monitor, track, and oversee operations related to land application of byproducts (rock/dirt/silt mud).
• Responsible for understanding all wastewater permit regulations and guidelines for operation.
• Safely works with chemicals in the wastewater system to make required adjustments.
• Guide safety performance of wastewater treatment team, grounds maintenance crew, and department CDL drivers.
• Responsible for identification of potential issues and notification with plant management concerning issues or deviations from normal operations.
• Supervise department staff and manage scheduling needs.
• Coordination/scheduling of sample collection and data analysis at internal and/or third-party laboratories.
• Analytical data management and QA/QC review.
• Plan and schedule regular preventative maintenance activities as well as facility outage maintenance activities for the water/wastewater systems using the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to always ensure full system functionality.
• Manage departments maintenance budget including development of department budget line items.
• Manage wastewater chemical & supplies budget.
• Responsible for outside grounds including doors, garbage receptacles, spill response and pond maintenance
• Managing of direct reports in waste treatment areas
• Work with environmental manager as necessary to complete/review compliance reports.
• Utilize EHS management information software (MIS) to track and document related compliance task completion.
• Coordination/scheduling with subcontractors & cattle feed haulers to meet downtime department maintenance service/needs.
• Participate in sustainable development (SD) activities to support waste reduction efforts.
• Participate and help coordinate input into SD metric tracking system.
• Support environmental program management.
• Assist the plant environmental manager as necessary.
• Participate in capital planning process to ensure department needs are addressed in a timely manner.
• Implement continuous improvement activities to optimize system performance and reduce overall operational costs.
• Participate in the development, training and coaching of veLOCity Standards and Systems.
• Other duties as assigned

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

Technical Qualificat