Environmental Manager

Environmental Manager

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, with a North American headquarters located in Philadelphia, PA. We are a multi-billion-dollar company with a purpose to break barriers to well-being for the benefit of consumers, patients, care givers, and customers across the globe. We do this through innovations in our Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical business units that provide hygiene and health solutions to over a billion people every day worldwide.

Working at Essity is more than a career, it is where you will play your part in a better future, to improve well-being for people and have opportunities to drive positive change for society and the environment. As an employee at Essity, you will belong to a team where you feel valued, are safe, supported to grow and challenged to generate business results in a friendly and open atmosphere.

About The Role

The Essity Manufacturing Professional Hygiene North America business is currently searching for an Environmental Manager. This position will be based in our manufacturing facility in Harrodsburg, KY.

The Environmental Manager leads environmental compliance and improvement activities in all areas of the manufacturing facility (water, air, plant systems), providing professional knowledge and expertise to provide a clean and healthful environment. The work requires a professional knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of engineering concerned with facilities and systems for controlling pollution and protecting quality of resources and the environment.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace. We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

Provide leadership, guidance, and technical support for environmental compliance at plants in Harrodsburg, KY; Apply professional engineering competence with specialized knowledge of EPA regulations; Regulate and enforce environmental engineering policies, programs or activities by establishing standards, promoting improvements, evaluating compliance and, if necessary, directing action to secure satisfactory results; Works with other North American operations to share best environmental practices; Creates, maintains, a direct and productive working relationship with the community and environmental agencies; Provides training to all employees on key environmental issues, environmental compliance, and environmental requirements; Performs analysis, prepares reports, maintains appropriate compliance reports, files required documents with various regulatory agencies within stated deadlines; Works closely with mill leadership and Essity Communications as needed with internal and external media requests; Ensure site is in compliance with federal and state regulations; Support and carry out Essity's Environmental and Sustainability policies and goals; Develop and implement third party environmental certification, and permitting efforts for capital projects if needed; Support safety manufacturing excellence efforts; Manage product safety and environmental portion of the Sites' Chemical Approval process; Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

Who You Are

B.S. in Pulp and Paper Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Biology, or related engineering or technical science field is desired; Five years experience in environmental compliance desired; Experience with state and federal air permitting helpful; Working knowledge of water treatment operations is helpful; Able to function in a team based environment; Broad knowledge of the paper making process is a plus; Excellent problem solving skills; Ability to prioritize multiple tasks; Good Communications skills; Excellent human relations skills.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe every career is as unique as the individual and empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits :

Expected Compensation :

Competitive annual salary + annual incentive bonus + benefits.

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.

Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits :

• United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance;
• Wellness program provided through Rally;
• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA);
• 401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution;
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance;
• Employee Assistance Program;
• PTO offering with Paid Holidays;
• Voluntary benefits to include : critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance;
• Employee discounts program;
• Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.

The Company is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates and employees pursuant to applicable law. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you require reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact EssityHRNorthAmerica@essity.com.