Manager, Environmental

Environmental Manager, Paper, and Packaging 

Job Summary 

The Environmental Manager, Paper and Packaging, plays a critical role in engaging, collaborating and communicating with internal and external stakeholders for the Paper and Packaging business to meet current and emerging environmental regulatory and stakeholder requirements.  

The Manager will monitor emerging U.S. federal regulatory activities and communicate with relevant internal stakeholders and develop strategies for responding to agency actions and collaborate with manufacturing facilities to develop cost-effective compliance strategies. The Manager will also coordinate the internal environmental audit program to ensure facilities comply with environmental regulatory and other legal obligations and requirements.  

The Manager will also conduct technical environmental analyses to support Business Unit and Company strategy, goals, and objectives.  In addition, the Manager will support the manufacturing facilities in working through environmental operational and regulatory issues as needed. The Manager will coordinate with environmental staff in other business units to ensure a consistent and coordinated approach in development of company policies, expectations, and timelines. 

This position is remote and reports to the Director, Environment and Sustainability for the Paper and Packaging business. 

Key Responsibilities 

Monitor, communicate, and assess impact of emerging U.S. federal environmental regulations and work with internal and external stakeholders to respond to regulatory developments and support facilities in developing cost-effective compliance plans. 

Support manufacturing facilities in working through environmental operational and regulatory issues, including permitting. 

Conduct technical environmental analyses to support Business Unit and Company strategy, goals, and objectives. 

Manage the environmental compliance and better practices audit program. 

Coordinate shared environmental services with other company business units. 

Job Characteristics 

• Internal – Engage, collaborate, and communicate with facility environmental teams, facility leadership teams, business unit leaders, and corporate functions such as Public Affairs, Communications, Sustainability, Legal, etc.
• External – Engage, collaborate, and communicate with regulators, trade associations, consultants, audit firms, legal counsel, and customers.
• Ability to travel ~ 30% of time.
• Ability to work nights or weekends as needed.

Critical Competencies 

• Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage, consolidate and interpret environmental and process data and trends.
• High degree of collaborative teamwork with multiple levels of internal and external stakeholders
• Effective organizational and project management skills
• An understanding of industrial processes, especially pulp and paper manufacturing
• Thorough understanding of the legislative and regulatory process
• Knowledge of environmental regulatory requirements impacting pulp and paper manufacturing facilities
• Ability to communicate complicated environmental regulatory and technical requirements to facility and business unit leadership teams in a concise way for non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities while producing quality results and meeting timelines

Preferred Education and Professional Experience 

• Four-year college degree in environmental policy, environmental science or engineering, chemical engineering, or related field
• Seven or more years of experience in one or more of the following roles: environmental compliance, engineering, and/or regulatory development
• Experience in manufacturing, environmental, energy, forest products or chemical management issues
• Experience in multi-jurisdictional government relations
• Experience working in fast-paced and continuously evolving environment with multiple stakeholders.