The Novelis Bay Minette team is seeking an Environmental Waste Management Coordinator. This position is responsible for the development, implementation, and administration of all waste management programs across the facility. The role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations governing hazardous waste, universal waste, special waste, recyclable materials, and industrial by-products generated during aluminum manufacturing processes.
The Environmental Waste Management Coordinator serves as the site subject matter expert for waste characterization, storage, transportation, disposal, recycling, pollution prevention, and waste minimization initiatives. This position works closely with operations, maintenance, contractors, and waste vendors to ensure environmental compliance while supporting Novelis' sustainability objectives.
Responsibilities
Waste Management & Regulatory Compliance
- Develop, implement, and manage hazardous, non-hazardous, universal, and recyclable waste management programs.
- Ensure compliance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), EPA regulations, Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) requirements, and applicable permit conditions.
- Perform hazardous waste determinations and profiling activities for all waste streams generated throughout facility operations.
- Maintain compliance for satellite accumulation areas, central accumulation areas, waste storage locations, and waste transfer operations.
- Oversee waste container management, labeling, inspections, storage, and shipping requirements.
- Manage hazardous waste manifests, land disposal restriction documentation, waste profiles, certificates of disposal, and associated regulatory records.
- Prepare and submit required annual, biennial, and regulatory waste reports.
Waste Reduction & Sustainability
- Track and analyze waste generation metrics, recycling performance, and disposal costs.
- Highlight opportunities to reduce landfill disposal through recycling, reuse, recovery, and waste minimization initiatives.
- Support corporate sustainability objectives through continuous improvement projects focused on reducing environmental impacts.
- Develop waste reduction strategies for production waste, maintenance waste, packaging waste, and other industrial by-products.
- Coordinate recycling programs for aluminum scrap, dross, spent materials, packaging materials, electronics, batteries, lamps, and other recoverable resources.
Environmental Inspections & Audits
- Conduct routine inspections of waste storage areas, accumulation points, and recycling locations.
- Lead corrective actions for identified environmental compliance issues.
- Support internal audits and regulatory inspections related to waste management activities.
- Maintain documentation systems to demonstrate regulatory compliance and audit readiness.
- Adhere to and support company quality, environmental, health & safety, and certification standards, including ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, IATF 16949:2016, and ASI Certifications, where applicable.
Minimum Qualifications
- Associate or Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Sustainability, or a related field.
- Three to five years of environmental compliance or waste management experience in manufacturing, industrial, recycling, or chemical processing environments.
- Strong knowledge of RCRA, EPA regulations, waste characterization, hazardous waste management, and recycling programs.
- Experience managing waste manifests, profiles, regulatory reporting, and environmental documentation.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and environmental compliance software systems.
- Ability to work effectively with production teams, contractors, regulators, and waste service providers.
Preferred Qualifications
- HAZWOPER Certification.
- Experience managing Large Quantity Generator (LQG) hazardous waste programs.
- Experience with industrial recycling operations and sustainability initiatives.
- Professional certifications such as CHMM (Certified Hazardous Materials Manager) or similar environmental credentials.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future sponsorship.
What We Offer
Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:
- Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
- Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
- Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
- Diabetes Management Program
- Pet insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- PerkSpot Discount Program
- Tuition assistance and career development programs
