HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM MANAGER

Job Overview

The Hazardous Waste Program Manager manages all programs associated with the Hazardous Waste (HW) Program. This position reports directly to the Environmental Flight Chief. The role is full time onsite at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama.

Work Model: Onsite

Responsibilities

Essential Duties & Job Functions:

• Manage satellite/initial accumulation points, collect waste, and accomplish the required documentation for container inventories and record keeping of HW.
• Use the Air Force’s (AF) EESOH-MIS environmental management system (EMS) to create removal orders, document manifests, and other activities associated with HW.
• Remain current with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Department of Transportation (DOT) training required to develop and process documents and manifests to ship HW.
• Coordinate with the AF designated representatives for all waste manifests prior to transport of any waste materials from the boundary of the base.
• Review and maintain reports, logs, and manifests from nonhazardous and hazardous waste generating activities.
• Provide disposal management of all hazardous, universal, and special/state regulated wastes generated on base.
• Maintain compliance with HW program aspects including 8700-12 and 8700-13 reports, permits, fees, studies, analysis, corrective actions, reports and interaction with appropriate government agencies and ensure compliance with all applicable and most current DoD, AF, federal, state, and local requirements and environmental laws.
• Pickup waste, from base wide satellite accumulation sites or waste generation areas within the RCRA required timelines and deliver to 90-day central accumulation areas.
• Operate forklift to move and to load HW containers onto disposal trucks.
• Train satellite accumulation point managers in accordance with AF regulations.
• Manage all toxics programs requirements associated with MAX-GUN AFB.
• Maintain compliance with toxics programs aspects including permits, fees, studies, analysis, corrective actions, and interaction with appropriate government agencies and ensure compliance with all applicable and most current DoD, AF, federal, state, and local requirements and environmental laws. This includes creating and filing a PCB log annually.
• Manage all waste storage program requirements to support the installation and remote operating locations.
• Maintain compliance with HW storage program aspects including permits, fees, studies, analysis, corrective actions, annual reports and interaction with appropriate government agencies and ensure compliance with all applicable and most current DoD, AF, federal, state, and local requirements and environmental laws. (CDRL 1011)
• Annually review and update the Hazardous Waste Management Plan, Hazardous Waste Contingency Plan, and the Qualified Recycling Program Plan.
• Complete internal environmental compliance self-inspections through the Wing IG Commander’s Inspection Program and participate in Unit Effectiveness Inspections.
• Implement corrective and preventive actions for all inspection deficiencies for shop and program-level SACs, document, and track findings to closure in MICT.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

Mandatory:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Physical Science; such as Geology, Biology, Chemistry or Environmental Science.
• Minimum of four (4) years of practical experience in the Environmental field and working with federal regulations and documents such as multi-discipline RCRA, CWA, CAA and FIFRA experience.
• Ability to obtain RCRA-DOT Hazmat and Waste Ground Shipper Certification.
• Ability to deal with a variety of people in a professional, courteous manner in diversified situations.
• Ability to acquire and maintain a Required Security Clearance.
• Ability to obtain access to U.S. Government Installations through the Defense Biometric Identification System (DBIDS).
• Ability to successfully pass any background checks and/or drug testing required on the contract.
• Valid Driver’s License with acceptable driving record pertinent to the position.
• US. Citizenship.

Preferred:

• OSHA 40-Hour HAZWOPER Certification, Forklift operator experience, strong background in RCRA and hazardous waste management.

Working Conditions:

• Work is performed indoors and outdoors. Outdoor work is subject to temperature extremes and inclement weather conditions.
• Subject to hazards that may cause personal bodily harm, diseases, cuts, bruises, burns, dust odors, and elevated noise levels.
• Tasks may be performed in uneven, inclined, hard, and soft-carpeted surfaces/floors, cement structures and surfaces.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to use tools, equipment, chemicals, etc. to perform essential functions of the job.
• Ability to use standard office equipment /tools required for the position (computer, phone, copy machine, hand-held radio, etc.)
• While performing duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand and/or walk for long periods at a time, sit, use of hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, climb ladders, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, talk or hear, or smell.
• The employee may occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds and follow safe lifting procedures.
• Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision.
• May be required to enter confined spaces.

Accountable For:

• Effectively coordinating several projects simultaneously.
• Communicating effectively orally and in writing.
• Completing all mandated training requirements per government and management directives.
• Timely and cost-effective performance of duties.
• Adherence to established company operating policies, procedures and accepted industrial practices.
• Compliance with company Standard Operating Procedures and Personnel policies and procedures.
• Embraces and contributes to the parent company’s safety culture.
• Having the ability to work well under pressure.
• Shall be present on base during normal duty hours and available for after-hour responses.

Reasonable Accommodation:

CGS will provide reasonable accommodations, according to applicable state and federal laws, to all qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. In compliance with the ADA Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with Chugach Government Solutions or any if its subsidiaries, please email