Environmental Engineer
Environmental Engineer
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Job Description
Pay Rate:
$90900 - $111100
Multiple factors including Individual experience skills and abilities will determine where an employee is ultimately placed in the pay range.
Category:
Salary full-time (exempt)
Physical Location:
International Paper Columbus Mill
4335 Carson Road
Columbus MS 39701
The Environmental Engineer position supports the mills environmental compliance assurance programs while promoting continued environmental performance. This position reports to the Environmental Manager and is responsible for supporting developing and administering the facility Environmental processes programs and leadership as well as assuring our compliance with Local State and Federal requirements and Laws. Pay Level will be commensurate with experience.
As one of the largest softwood pulp producers in the world the Columbus Mill produces bleached softwood pulp for use in paper and specialty products such as absorbent personal care products pharmaceuticals and photographic-based papers. The Columbus Mill is a fully integrated pulp manufacturing facility including multiple process lines of wood handling pulping and power and recovery boilers.
The Job You Will Perform:
- Promote an atmosphere of safety excellence through leading by example and intervening when necessary to correct behaviors.
- Interfacing directly with state regulatory agencies and community members to represent the mill within the community and region.
- Participates in environmental compliance audits and assists the sites in closing the open action items.
- Prepare review and update various environmental reports.
- Interacting with and providing regulatory guidance to mill operations maintenance and management personnel on a day-to-day basis.
- Managing day-to-day wastewater and solid waste activities providing supervision to hourly team members.
- Participating as a member of EHS department; maintaining strong relationships with other business unit personnel as well as operating and maintenance department leaders.
- Coordinating and communicating with operating departments regarding regulatory concerns/support including periodic training for salaried and hourly teams on environmental compliance as needed.
- Working with mill engineering and operations to evaluate capital projects for potential permitting needs.
- Responsible for serving on a weekend duty rotation.
- Providing environmental outage coordination both for routine and annual outages.
- Coordinating regulatory wastewater compliance testing activities.
- Filling in for Environmental Manager when needed.
- Acting as owners representative for contractors providing services within EHS department.
- Providing visible and active leadership in delivering excellent safety results.
- Completing safety audits to ensure internal and external resources are complying with safe work practices.
- Reporting and communicating safety and performance measurements against objectives.
- Participating and leading in the development of Environmental Management System procedures for water waste and air management.
- Actively using and improving upon existing systems for managing daily activities including development of standard operating procedures (SOP).
- Initiating and facilitating problem solving.
- Understanding and promoting Manufacturing Excellence (ME) tools and processes; participating and leading ME improvement initiatives in the department.
- Supporting 5S program for the area and drive improvement projects audit systems and excellent results.
- Facilitating the implementation of new procedures and controls required by the change in facilities products and corporate policies and procedures.
The Skills You Will Bring:
- B.S. Degree in Environmental or Chemical engineering environmental sciences or related technical field or equivalent work experience in a manufacturing environment
- 2-5 years of experience in the area of environmental compliance is preferred but not required
- Knowledge and experience with practical application of environmental regulations desired
- Demonstrated track record of success in working in a team environment with focus on results safety and ability to solve problems
- Plant Applications and PI Process Book experience preferred
- Strong computer skills including proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications SAP business systems and other databases
- Experience in the pulp and paper industry is preferred
- Excellent leadership skills
- Proven commitment to safety and safety processes
- High level of initiative and motivation with a desire to aggressively learn and continue to develop knowledge and skills
- Able to excel with minimum supervision and work independently
- Strong communication skills (oral & written)
COMPETENCIES:
- Action Oriented
- Timely Decision Making
- Decision Quality
- Organizing
- Perseverance
- Priority Setting
- Problem Solving
- Drive For Results
- Time Management
- Customer Focus
- Integrity & Trust
- Interpersonal Savvy
- Listening
- Peer Relationships
- Dealing with Ambiguity
- Functional/Technical Skills
- Learning on the Fly
- Self-Development
- Technical Learning
The Benefits You Will Enjoy:
International Paper offers a benefits package that includes health welfare and retirement plans including Medical Dental Life insurance Flexible Spending Accounts Short-term and Long-term Disability 401(k) Company-funded retirement contributions Paid Time Off Education & Development (including Tuition Reimbursement) Student Loan Repayment Assistance and Voluntary Benefits including insurance for home auto vision and pets.
The Career You Will Build:
Leadership training promotional opportunities within a global company.
The Impact You Will Make:
We continue to build a better future for people the plant and our company! IP has been a good steward of sustainable practices across communities around the world for more than 120 years. Join our team and youll see why our team members say theyre Proud to be IP.
The Culture You Will Experience:
International Paper promotes employee well-being by providing safe caring and inclusive workplaces. We have team members all around the world with diverse backgrounds experiences and perspectives. These are our strengths. We are committed to creating a culture where all individuals are respected valued engaged and have an opportunity to do their best work every day. We invite you to bring your uniqueness creativity talents experiences and safety mindset to be a part of our increasingly inclusive and diverse culture.
The Company You Will Join:
International Paper (NYSE: IP) is the global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. With Company headquarters in Memphis Tennessee USA and EMEA (Europe Middle East and Africa) headquarters in London UK we employ more than 65000 team members and serve customers around the world with operations in more than 30 countries. Together with our customers we make the world safer and more productive one sustainable packaging solution at a time. Net sales for 2024 were 18.6 billion. In 2025 International Paper acquired DS Smith creating an industry leader focused on the attractive and growing North American and EMEA regions. Additional information can be found by visiting .
International Paper is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex gender identity sexual orientation race color religion national origin disability protected veteran status age or any other characteristic protected by law.
Employment Type
Full-Time
