Environmental Project Manager - Knoxville, TN
Environmental Project Manager - Knoxville, TN
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Job Description
Waste Management (WM) a Fortune 250 company is the leading provider of comprehensive waste and environmental services in North America. We are strongly committed to a foundation of operating excellence professionalism and financial strength. WM serves nearly 25 million customers in residential commercial industrial and municipal markets throughout North America through a network of collection operations transfer stations landfills recycling facilities and wastebased energy production projects.
Why Work for WM
Stability. Growth. PeopleFirst Culture.
About the Environmental Project Manager Role
Plans and directs all onsite activities at client location in relation to the storage transportation and disposal of hazardous and nonhazardous wastes and other related services following federal state & local regulations. Manages and plans activities of onsite personnel. Serves as liaison between client and vendors in relation to service issues and contract management. Maintains preestablished standards for safety and environmental issues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other minor duties may be assigned.
- Coordinate logistics for transportation of hazardous and nonhazardous waste from client site including profiling scheduling manifesting and physically loading bulk and drum loads.
- Consult with client to identify design and implement cost saving opportunities and proposals.
- Ensure compliance with client and government regulations by performing necessary inspections and reporting. Resolve all issues in a timely manner.
- Administer client and vendor financial obligations including invoicing reporting and contracts.
- Promote culture of safety by ensuring site personnel are properly trained to perform assigned duties and comply with safety environmental federal state and local regulations.
- May occasionally be required to perform laborintensive activities (e.g. drum collection and bulking).
Supervisory Responsibilities
The highest level of supervisory skills required in this job is the management of supervisory employees. This includes:
- Direct supervision of approximately 13 fulltime operations level employees.
Qualifications
The requirements listed below are representative of the qualifications necessary to perform the job.
Education and Experience
- Education: Bachelors Degree (accredited) in Environmental Sciences Accounting Business or related field or in lieu of degree High School Diploma or GED (accredited) and four (4) years of relevant work experience.
- Experience: Two (2) years of relevant work experience (in addition to education requirement).
Certificates Licenses Registrations or Other Requirements
- RCRA and DOT regulatory compliance experience required.
- OSHA 40Hour HAZWOPER Certification strongly preferred or ability to obtain 90 days after hire.
- Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) Certification strongly preferred or ability to obtain after hire.
- Valid Drivers License
- Preassignment and/or prehire customerspecific drug and/or alcohol testing may be required by certain customercontract requirements. Such testing may include urinalysis oral swab drug hair follicle testing and/or alcohol testing.
Other Knowledge Skills or Abilities Required
- Profit and loss (budgeting).
- Project management.
- Customer service and vendor management.
- An entrepreneurial skill set is highly valued with the ability to creatively achieve stretch goals and provide new services and value to existing customers.
- Supervisory and team building skills.
- Creative problem solving and innovative thinker.
- Effective and concise communication.
- Adept decision making.
- Strategic thinking.
- Strong leadership and relationship building skills.
- Strong business acumen and financial knowledge.
- Selfmotivated and directed with a keen sense of urgency to deliver results.
Work Environment
Listed below are key points regarding environmental demands and work environment of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
- Required to use motor coordination with finger dexterity (such as keyboarding machine operation etc.) most of the work day;
- Required to exert physical effort in handling objects up to 50 pounds most of the work day;
- Required to be exposed to physical occupational risks (such as cuts burns exposure to toxic chemicals etc.) most of the work day;
- Required to be exposed to physical environment which involves dirt odors noise weather extremes or similar elements most of the work day;
- Normal setting for this job is: indoor and outdoor with frequent visits to sites
Benefits
At Waste Management each eligible employee receives a competitive total compensation package including Medical Dental Vision Life Insurance and Short Term Disability. As well as a Stock Purchase Plan Company match on 401K and more! Our employees also receive Paid Vacation Holidays and Personal Days. Please note that benefits may vary by site.
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Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
