Plant Environmental Engineer

As a Plant Environmental Control Engineer you will serve as the technical and regulatory lead for environmental media and operational subjects including air water waste and remediation. You will be responsible for managing the Environmental Operating System (EOS) and ISO 14001 standards at the site level. This position requires a strategic professional who can balance technical expertise with project management ensuring that environmental capital projects are delivered on time and within budget while maintaining strong relationships with regulatory agencies and internal stakeholders.

• Provides technical and regulatory support for one or more environmental media/operational subjects (i.e. air water wastewater waste tanks materials Environmental Operating System ISO14001 site reports decommissioning remediation permitting modeling regulatory communications testing site audits focus visits etc.).

• Supports achievement of the Corporate Footprint and Manufacturing business plan objectives and targets (e.g. compliance index water waste energy energy hydrocarbons.

• Develops accurate and complete correspondence (i.e. reports permit applications etc.) to support site environmental compliance legacy and site remediation projects and business plan objectives and targets.

• Tracks progress and spending on environmental capital and expense projects to ensure action items are completed on time and within budget.

• Supports technical aspects of environmental systems (e.g. Environmental Operating System site decommissioning compliance assurance management reviews)

• Utilizes environmental software applications (e.g. ICSM I-Points Business Objects SharePoint E-tracker modeling software) to help achieve business site objectives and targets.

• Builds strong productive working relationships with environmental professionals and manufacturing/non-manufacturing contacts throughout the Company at facility and staff levels.

• Effectively uses standard procedures and best practices to ensure site environmental compliance and achieve business plan objectives and targets.

• Maintains knowledge of applicable national regional and local environmental requirements.

• Represents Fords interests on environmental matters through interaction with external entities (i.e. local regional and national regulatory agencies PRP groups community groups trade and professional organizations non-governmental organizations etc.)

• Supports facility and product programs through necessary permit actions capacity planning studies and environmental project funding requests.

Education:

• Required: Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Environmental Engineering.
• Preferred: Graduate or Masters level degree in a related field.

• Languages: Excellent English communication skills (both written and oral).

Key Experience & Skills:

• Fundamental understanding of national regional and local environmental rules and regulations.
• Experience with or knowledge of manufacturing processes.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with external entities and internal leadership.
• Intermediate proficiency in computer software applications and environmental modeling tools.