Environmental Manager II
Lamb Weston

Title: Environmental Manager II

Location: Boardman, OR

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

Provides program oversight and strategic direction for environmental management at a large multi-line manufacturing facility. Reports directly to the Plant Manager and works with plant leadership to drive environmental compliance and lead sustainability initiatives of reducing site waste, water, greenhouse gases, and energy while protecting the environment. Oversee and supervise junior level environmental leaders and technicians and/or operators. Participate in development of corporate environmental management system program and roll out implementation plans to establish an effective environmental management program at facility.

Job Description

• Provide coaching, guidance, and training to plant staff to build capabilities and ensure effective execution of EHS initiatives and standards.
• Ensure all facility staff receive appropriate environmental training.
• Serve as EHS Pillar Leader (or Co-Leader) to align and drive site's Compelling Business Need (CBN). Mentor pillar team members for successful engagement and ownership of integrating EHS pillar activities (such as "water walks") into daily plant activities to achieve an interdependent culture that protects people and the environment.
• Track and manage submittals of Sustainable Development information (data, goals, award applications, etc.).
• Participate in environmental audit process at the site and other facilities.
• Manage facility's environmental program ensuring requirements are timely met and tracking is up to date. Owns accuracy of environmental KPIs, including review of environmental data/info to identify trends & potential areas of risk.
• Develop risk register for site and communicate potential risks to facility operations leadership and corporate environmental leadership.
• Lead environmental incident management efforts to ensure timely reporting, accurate root cause analysis (TapRoot), and effective CAPAs are developed, tracked to completion and shared to other sites if applicable.
• Act as a liaison for the Company to regulatory agencies when needed (e.g., inspections, audits, committees, meetings, etc.).
• Provides overall direction for environmental performance consistent with corporate policies & standards
• Participate in early management design and review process, management of change, and whenever new substances, processes, or procedures are introduced that may represent a new or previously unrecognized hazard to reduce risk potential and ensure compliance.
• Ensure plant capital and R&M projects are supported from an environmental perspective - identify potential environmental and sustainability impacts relative to project work.
• Lead the facilitation of local, state and federal regulations including but not limited to permit and compliance monitoring and reporting for Air, Industrial Wastewater, PSM, TRI reporting, Stormwater Management, SPCC, Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS), Greenhouse Gas emissions (GHG), etc.
• Demonstrate servant leadership principles in all aspects of the role and encourage a culture of collaboration between all departments and team members
• Work closely with Plant leadership to align strategic vision and prioritize workstreams to ensure continuity in directives between all departments, fostering a One Operations Mindset.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; taste and smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus. The employee will be exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature. The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Sciences (Engineering, Biology or Chemistry) required
• Masters in Engineering or Science preferred
• 6 - 12 years progressive experience in the environmental/engineering field
• Expert knowledge of all environmental regulations and their impact on the food industry
• Experience with developing engineering scope for new equipment to fulfill compliance needs
• Expert knowledge of operational practices for environmental control systems on water supply, wastewater, air pollution and solid waste.
• Leadership skills to work as a peer and advisor to other departments
• Excellent communication, presentation, and computer application skills
• Key Leadership Competencies: Integrity, Trust, Ethics, Servant Leadership, Drive for Results, Building Effective Teams, Managing Vision and Purpose
• Ability to work off-shifts, weekends, and holidays when required

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
  
• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts
  
• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program
  
• Paid Time Off
  
• Financial Wellness - Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance
  
• Family-Friendly Employee events
  
• Employee Assistance Program services - mental health and other concierge type services
  

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Job Requisition ID: Req-256450

Time Type: Full time

Anticipated Close Date: 02/17/2025

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role based on the variables previously mentioned is: $98,770.00 - $148,160.00

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law

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