Valway - Environmental Safety & Health Professional

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leaderwhose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow's breakthroughs today. Fromindustry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products thatenhance people's lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken's curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Environmental, Health, and Safety Professional is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, and execution of environmental affairs for the plant. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the areas of wastewater treatment, air emissions, solid waste, hazardous waste, operator certification, asbestos management, spill response, auditing, SARA, storm water, environmental file maintenance administration of the ISO 14001 management system, and training. The Environmental Professional is responsible for being knowledgeable of the regulations applicable to the location and for staying abreast of state-of-the-art treatment and abatement technologies. The Environmental Professional is responsible for leading programs for the minimization and elimination of waste streams to all media (land, air and water). The Environmental Professional must also act as the Environmental Management Representative for the Environmental Management System (EMS) and has the responsibility and authority for ensuring than an EMS is established, implemented, and maintained in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001; and he/she must also report to top management on the performance of the EMS for review, including recommendations for improvement.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Wastewater Treatment: Ensure that written procedures are in place for proper sampling, including measurement for parameters, where certified, and correct shipment of samples to certified labs
• Air Emissions: Perform air emission calculations to prepare reports as required by regulatory agencies
• Solid Waste: Develop and implement solid waste reduction for the location.
• Hazardous Waste: Ensure that procedures are in place for the proper characterization, handling and disposal of hazardous waste, non-hazardous chemical waste and used oil.
• Asbestos Management: Make sure that all known asbestos containing insulation at the location is identified and labeled.
• Set up and maintain an internal environmental audit program utilizing the plant's Environmental Cross Functional Team

QUALIFICATIONS - REQUIRED

• Bachelor's degree in related field or 5+ years plant/environmental, safety, and health experience
• Ability to work onsite and cover two locations (20 minutes apart)
• Demonstrated experience solving problems related to manufacturing operations/safety compliance

The successful candidate will have strengths in the following:

• Experience with ISO 14001 Management System
• MBA

Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.