Environmental Engineer

Description & Requirements

Smurfit Westrock (NYSE:SW) is the go-to leader and partner of choice in sustainable packaging. We are dedicated to creating efficient and scalable paper and packaging solutions to help solve complex packaging challenges. Guided by our values of safety, loyalty, integrity and respect, we are committed to delivering meaningful value for shareholders, customers, employees and the communities where we operate.

Position: Environmental Engineer

Job Code: ENEVP1 Eng I, Environmental Eng

Location: Covington, VA

The Opportunity

The Environmental Engineer is responsible for compliance activities associated with the various environmental laws, regulations, and policies applicable to a large, fully integrated Kraft pulp and paper mill, and for helping to ensure that mill personnel understand the requirements. The focus will be on the air regulatory program.

How You Will Impact Smurfit Westrock

The Environmental Engineer will perform the following work functions:

Provide updates and implementation to various environmental plans and programs.

Assist in developing permit applications for projects for submission to required regulatory agencies.

Maintain strong relationships with other departments to communicate environmental needs and expectations

For each of the following, ensuring that the required reporting, monitoring, training, policies, procedures, and maintenance programs are in place and implemented correctly:

• Title V air permit program and underlying construction permits, including PSD, NSR, Boiler MACT, MACT Subpart S, RICE MACT, Part 75 coal/gas-fired boiler, CEMS, LDAR, asbestos, greenhouse gas, CFCs, stack testing (manage contractor), RATAs, and CGAs.
• Support site sustainability efforts and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders
• EPCRA/CERCLA reports. Tier II, Form R, continuous release of reportable quantities.
• Environmental release response and assistance.
• TSCA reporting.
• Special projects and support for operational departments and engineering
• Environmental release response and assistance
• Weekend and holiday duty. Report approximately every fourth week on weekends and holidays. While on call duty, attend morning meetings, check for permit deviations or releases, and respond accordingly. Report to the mill as soon as possible, at any time of day or night, to address emergencies.
  
  

Required Qualifications

What you need to succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, mechanical, environmental engineering, or environmental science
• At least one year of experience in industry and with environmental compliance, preferably in pulp and paper. (Preferred)
• Ability to manage Air Permitting, Title V, air related regulatory programs, stack testing programs, and EPCRA programs.
• Proficient computer skills (including MS Office, most importantly Excel and Microsoft Word).
• Willing and able to walk and work in an industrial location indoors or outdoors, including walking up and down steps and ladders with all safety equipment (hard hat, safety glasses, ear plugs, gloves, steel-toed shoes, etc.)
• Eligible to work in the United States
  
  

Required Competencies

• Excellent communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Excellent planning, organizational, time management and prioritization skills.
• Safety mindset.
• Program development.
  
  

What We Offer

• Corporate culture based on integrity, respect, accountability, and excellence.
• Comprehensive training with numerous learning and development opportunities.
• An attractive salary reflecting skills, competencies, and potential.
• Benefits package to include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401k with match, tuition reimbursement, employee discounts, employee referral bonus, and much more!
• A career with a global packaging company where Sustainability, Safety and Inclusion are business drivers and foundational elements of the daily work.
  
  

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by state or federal law.

The salary range for this position is $60,375.00 - $100,625.00, depending on your role, level, and location. The range listed is also the expected pay for roles in Illinois and Colorado. The benefits for this role include short-term bonus incentive, health, dental and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts or health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and paid sick leave as required by applicable state/local law, 15 days of paid vacation, and 11 days of paid holidays, subject to annual change. Your pay will be based on factors such as your skills, experience, and education. To learn more about this posting, please contact your recruiter during the hiring process. You may apply online at Smurfit Westrock External Careers and the application window is expected to close by 31-Dec-2026.