Environmental Manager

You have a choice of where you want to work! We invite you along on our journey to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. We aim to attract, retain, and energize passionate people, like you, by investing in your professional development and providing opportunities for personal growth. Do your values align with ours? Accountability, Growth mindset, One team, Care and a fair and inclusive work environment for everyone, everywhere! We strive to meet the highest standards of corporate citizenship by protecting the health and safety of our team, safeguarding the environment, and creating a long-lasting, positive impact on the communities where we do business. Are you with us?!?

As the Environmental Manager you will have responsibility for development and execution of the site environmental programs and systems. These areas include sustainability, air, wastewater, and solid waste activities. You will work closely with functional areas to reduce the environmental impact of the facility through continuous improvement.

Additional Responsibilities Include

• Must follow Ahlstrom’s manufacturing and hygiene processes, procedures and policies, as applicable, to the position’s areas of responsibility, in order to meet and maintain the safety, quality, and regulatory compliance requirements for each grade of paper.
• Ensure all compliance requirements are met for the facility
• Work with regulators on any incidents or requests
• Stay up to date on existing and upcoming regulations that can affect the facility
• Provide environmental support and review for projects throughout the facility
• Work with corporate environmental and sustainability groups to help lead global initiatives
• Assessing, analyzing & collecting environmental performance data
• Liaison between community, environmental agencies, and other interested parties
• Capital and new chemical reviews and approvals
• All other assignments assigned by management
• This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the “essential functions” for purposes of the ADA
  
  

Skills To Be Successful

• Minimum of 5 to 10 years of experience in environmental regulatory issues is preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering required; Chemical or Environmental Engineering preferred
• Experience working with regulatory agencies
• Industrial experience preferred but not necessary
• Experience with air and wastewater permitting is preferred
• Effective verbal and written communication skills are essential
• Must be able to effectively interact with a wide range of people including production and salaried employees, and regulatory personnel
• Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and methodical approach to work
• Experience with carbon reduction, water reduction, and zero-waste to landfill strategies desired
• The ability to work in a normal office environment to include sitting or standing for long periods of time, operating various standard office equipment, carrying paper documents/files, reaching and bending, speaking on the telephone. May include safely walking through our manufacturing plant and wearing required personal protection gear (i.e., hearing and foot protection).
  
  

Ahlstrom is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Equal opportunity is a sound and just concept to which we are firmly bound. Ahlstrom will not engage in discrimination against, or harassment of, any person employed or seeking employment with our company based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, non-disqualifying disability, status as a protected veteran or other characteristics protected by law.

About Us.

Ahlstrom is a global leader in combining fibers into sustainable specialty materials. Our purpose is to Purify and Protect, with Every Fiber, for a Sustainable World. Our vision is to be the Preferred Sustainable Specialty Materials Company for all our stakeholders. Our three divisions, Filtration and Life Sciences, Food and Consumer Packaging, and Protective Materials, address global trends with safe and sustainable solutions. Our net sales in 2024 amounted to EUR 3.0 billion and we employ some 6,800 people.

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