Environmental Technician

Description

Founded in 1936, Roseburg Forest Products is a privately owned company and one of North America's leading producers of particleboard, medium-density fiberboard, and thermally fused laminates. Roseburg also manufactures softwood and hardwood plywood, lumber, LVL, and I-joists. The company owns and sustainably manages more than 600,000 acres of timberland in Oregon, North Carolina, and Virginia, as well as an export wood chip terminal facility in Coos Bay, Ore. Roseburg products are shipped throughout North America and the Pacific Rim. To learn more about the company please visit www.Roseburg.com.

Purpose

Assists the Facility Environmental Manager in assuring compliance with all federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including but not limited to air quality, land and water pollution control, and hazardous & solid waste management.

Key Responsibilities

• Assisting with environmental compliance at company facilities
• Compiling and managing records for compliance
• Relies on independent judgment in relation to compliance issues
• On-site visits to company facilities
• Relieves facility environmental manager
• Directs and supervises plant personnel in environmental issues
• Collaborates with plant personnel to verify control measures are being incorporated and routine monitoring is being completed
• Inventories and disposal of waste
• Assisting state (DEQ) & federal (EPA) regulators during plant site inspections
• Continuing education and certification required to comply with environmental law and regulations
• Miscellaneous sampling projects and training programs
• Successfully and timely complete projects and reports to be reviewed by the Facility Environmental Manager
• Work on multiple projects simultaneously, with unexpected interruptions, and maintain a timeline for completion of the projects
• Other duties as assigned
• Models Company core values

Priorities

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A. Air Permits (Title V)

Compiling and assist with documentation demonstrating compliance with substantive and record-keeping requirements (including compliance with all MACT requirements, i.e. SSM plan, work practice, calibrations/inspections, etc.)

Assist with annual emission inventories

Working with plant personnel to verify control measures are being incorporated

Assist with reporting compliance status with all permit conditions. This includes annual and semi-annual reporting to state and federal Agencies. This also includes building and modifying spreadsheets (forms) to meet these regulated requirements

Assist with compliance testing (source testing of emission units, RCO catalyst) as required by the air permit

Training & certification required to comply with air pollutant (opacity) limitations

B. Storm Water Pollution Control

Assisting with continuous compliance with stormwater permit requirements

Assisting with the implementation of SWPCP

Ensuring that routine inspections are properly conducted

Assisting with stormwater sampling and control measures with assigned plant personnel

Assuring results are in compliance with state/federal permit conditions if not, coordinating control measures

Filing records and tabulating data

Ensuring adequate employee spill prevention and response training and documentation

C. Drinking Water

Assisting with sampling and analysis for many types of potential contaminants

If the analysis is out of compliance, being involved in correcting the problem

Assisting with records, compiling, and tabulating data

D. Waste Water Discharge Monitoring & Requirements

Assisting with permit required sampling and control measures with assigned plant personnel

Assisting with routine inspections and monitoring

Assuring results are in compliance if not, coordinating control measures

Assisting with records, compiling, and tabulating data

E. Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plan

Assisting with implementation and updating of SPCC Plan

Ensuring that routine inspections are properly conducted

Ensuring adequate employee spill prevention and response training and documentation.

F. Hazardous/Solid Waste Management

Hazardous waste determinations

Inventories of all hazardous chemicals used and waste streams

Sampling and analysis of materials to identify compliance status

Record keeping and inventories to verify generator status

Assisting with proper disposal methods

Training & certification required to comply with hazardous materials

G. Landfill

Assisting with permit required monitoring, sampling, and reporting for landfills

Assisting with records, compiling, and tabulating data.

H. PCB's

Assisting with required routine inspections of PCB equipment

Maintaining PCB related files

I. Other Environmental Projects

Daily, monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual record keeping and reporting for environmental compliance

Maintaining up to date plans (SWPCP, SPCC, Landfill, MACT, etc.)

Miscellaneous sampling projects for compliance status

Environmental ObservationsMaintaining environmental files

Visual observations of company property to ensure appropriate material management

Maintaining environmental files

Assist with the EMS Program

Schedule and conduct meetings with the EMS team

Conduct audits of SOP's and note changes or updates

Requirements

• B.A. or B.S. in Environmental, Engineering, Math, Science and 0-2 years related experience
• Strong attention to detail skills
• Ability to work well with all levels of management from plant manager to hourly employees
• Certified to read opacity via Method 9
• Certified in Hazmat
• General understanding of how to respond/react to spills, upsets, and deviations
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communications skill
• Proficiency in Word and Excel
• Ability to work in and maintain a highly functional team environment

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER INCLUDING DISABILITY AND VETERANS