Environmental Manager

Environmental Manager – Hopewell, VA

The Opportunity:
Maintain an effective environmental management program to comply with regulations for air, water, solid waste, hazardous waste, and right-to-know. Work with all departments to develop methods for cost effective, long term improvement of the environment.

How you will impact WestRock:

• Establish compliance with all state and federal regulations regarding air, water, solid waste and hazardous waste.
• Evaluate and establish controls for facility.
• Supervise operation of effluent system.
• Effective communication with state and federal environmental agencies (workshops, seminars, etc.).
• Perform technical research and special projects.
• Review and confirm compliance with right-to-know.

What you need to suceed:

• Knowledge of: Computers, including word processing, spreadsheet and data base applications and graphics to store, organize and analyze data.
• Proficient written and verbal communications
• Ability to:

• Plan, schedule, and organize tasks in order to meet deadlines.
• Analyze and resolve problems
• Interact effectively with all levels of personnel, both hourly and management as well as outside agencies
• Work well in a team environment.
• Exercise independent and discretionary judgment

Competencies:

• Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

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  Functional/Technical Skills - Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.

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  Organizing - Can marshal resources (people, funding, material, support) to get things done; can orchestrate multiple activities at once to accomplish a goal; uses resources effectively and efficiently; arranges information and files in a useful manner.

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  Planning - Accurately scopes out length and difficulty of tasks and projects; sets objectives and goals; breaks down work into the process steps; develops schedules and task/people assignments; anticipates and adjusts for problems and roadblocks; measures performance against goals; evaluates results.

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  Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn’t stop at the first answers.

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  Drive for Results - Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.

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  Strategic Agility - Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.

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  Written Communications - Is able to write clearly and succinctly in a variety of communication settings and styles; can bet messages across that have the desired effect.

Experience/Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Science or Engineering, with at least 7 years or related professional experience.

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