The Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) Manager is responsible for all EHS activities, reporting, and permit compliance. This role will have a heavy emphasis in supporting mill environmental compliance as well as leading a team of EHS employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supports and fosters safety and environmental compliance
• Manages the environmental and safety departments with three direct reports
• Leads permitting efforts for all capital projects
• Manages permit renewal process for the various permits
• Leads mill sustainability efforts
• Provides environmental guidance for adjacent chip mill and lumber mill
• Routine and non-routine correspondence with the Georgia EPD and EPA
• Leads the mill confined space testing
• Collects, interprets process data by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing information and trends.
• Provide mill manager and department managers reports on environmental forecasts and results
• Coordinates with mill department managers, planners, and engineering team on environment impacting projects
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, participating in professional societies

Qualifications, Education, Skills and Ability:

• BS Degree in Civil or Chemical Engineering
• 7 to 10 years of experience as an Environmental Engineer or Manager in a Kraft Pulp or Paper Mill
• 5+ years of experience specific to air permit compliance in a Kraft mill
• Possess strong interpersonal, communication, and teamwork skills.
• Pulp and paper manufacturing environmental, health and safety knowledge.
• Computer competency with Microsoft Office Tools, mill DCS, and mill wide information systems.
• Independent, assertive, self-motivated, goal driven, detail oriented, flexible
• Good written and oral communication skills
• Communicates well with all working groups

Behaviors:

• Detail Oriented - Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well. 
• Functional Expert - Considered a thought leader on a subject. 
• Thought Provoking - Capable of making others think deeply on a subject. 
• Team Player - Works well as a member of a group. 
• Leader - Inspires teammates to follow them. 

Skills:

• 5+ years related experience

Motivations:

• Self-Starter - Inspired to perform without outside help. 
• Goal Completion - Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks. 
• Ability to Make an Impact - Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization.

Education:

• Bachelors or better in related field. (Required)