Valway - Environmental Safety & Health Professional

Milliken & Company is a global manufacturing leaderwhose focus on materials science delivers tomorrow's breakthroughs today. Fromindustry-leading molecules to sustainable innovations, Milliken creates products thatenhance people's lives and deliver solutions for its customers and communities. Drawing on thousands of patents and a portfolio with applications across the textile, flooring, chemical and healthcare businesses, the company harnesses a shared sense of integrity and excellence to positively impact the world for generations. Discover more about Milliken's curious minds and inspired solutions at Milliken.com and on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and Twitter.

Job Title:Valway - Environmental Health and Safety Professional

Headquartered in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Milliken & Company is a global, innovative, industrial diversified manufacturing company that has been exploring, discovering, and creating ways to enhance people's lives since 1865. With expertise across a breadth of disciplines including specialty chemical, floor covering, and performance materials, the company works around the world every day to add true value to people's lives, improve health and safety, and help make our world more sustainable. Milliken has long led the way for "knowledge-based" investment, employing over 100 PhDs, and has accumulated over 2,200 U.S. patents - and more than 5,000 patents worldwide. Milliken is widely acknowledged as an international leader in research technology, innovation, and customer service. With over 35 manufacturing facilities located in the U.S., U.K., Belgium, France, China, India, Mexico, and Australia, and other sales and service operations throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia, Milliken's more than 7,000 associates work to deliver innovations that do good for the world, create new experiences, and build for the future.

Position reports to the Plant Manager. The Environmental, Health, and Safety Professional is responsible for the overall coordination, implementation, and execution of environmental affairs for the plant. These responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the areas of wastewater treatment, air emissions, solid waste, hazardous waste, operator certification, asbestos management, spill response, auditing, SARA, storm water, environmental file maintenance administration of the ISO 14001 management system, and training. The Environmental Professional is responsible for being knowledgeable of the regulations applicable to the location and for staying abreast of state-of-the-art treatment and abatement technologies. The Environmental Professional is responsible for leading programs for the minimization and elimination of waste streams to all media (land, air and water). The Environmental Professional must also act as the Environmental Management Representative for the Environmental Management System (EMS) and has the responsibility and authority for ensuring than an EMS is established, implemented, and maintained in accordance with the requirements of ISO 14001; and he/she must also report to top management on the performance of the EMS for review, including recommendations for improvement. Environmental Professional can also be referred to as the Environmental Chemist, Environmental Specialist, Environmental Leader, Environmental Health & Safety Professional, or Environmental Manager.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:

1. Wastewater Treatment

1. Ensure that written procedures are in the place for proper sampling, including measurement for parameters, where certified, and correct shipment of samples to certified labs.
2. Ensure complete knowledge of all permits and permit regulations.
3. Maintain all permit compliance data and prepare the required reports for submission to regulatory agencies.
4. Work with the Corporate Environmental Professional to prepare permit renewal applications and construction applications when necessary.
5. Monitor compliance data and bring any adverse trend or permit excursion to the immediate attention of location management. Recommend corrective action.
6. With the concurrence of Corporate Environmental and Corporate Engineering, initiate projects to upgrade the wastewater treatment facility as needed.
7. Maintain a current site map indicating process piping to waste treatment, outfalls, ponds, etc.

2. Air Emissions

1. Maintain a current site map identifying all air emissions sources.
2. Work with the Corporate Environmental Professional to prepare permit renewal applications and construction permits.
3. Be knowledgeable of all permit requirements and ensure that procedures are in place to collect the data necessary to demonstrate permit compliance.
4. Ensure that any emission tests required by the permit are performed and reported as required by the permit.
5. Perform air emission calculations to prepare reports as required by regulatory agencies.
6. Monitor the performance of air emission sources and bring any adverse trend or permit excursion to the immediate attention of location management. Recommend corrective actions.
7. Ensure that all calculations and submissions concerning emissions-based fees are correct and all fees paid.
8. Be responsive to any comments from plant neighbors concerning emissions and consult with Corporate Environmental for advice.
9. Conduct usual observations, recordings and record keeping required by permit.

3. Solid Waste

1. Maintain period data on solid waste and submit to the Corporate Solid Waste Project Manager each period.
2. Develop and implement solid waste reduction for the location.
3. Ensure that procedures are in place to use the Solid Waste Tracking Form for all shipments to the landfill. Maintain these records in the environmental files.
4. Ensure that procedures are place for, and that all associates are trained in, the proper disposal of solid waste.

4. Hazardous Waste, Non-Hazardous Chemical Waste, Used Oil

1. Ensure that procedures are in place for the proper characterization, handling and disposal of hazardous waste, non-hazardous chemical waste and used oil.
2. Maintain the disposal manifest records in the environmental files.
3. Ensure that an accumulation log is in place for these wastes.
4. Perform weekly audits of the accumulation area.
5. Train the associates who handle hazardous waste in the above-mentioned procedures and maintain records of this training.
6. Initiate programs and train associates to minimize these wastes.
7. Develop and implement hazardous waste reduction plans for the location.
8. Attend all required training for characterizing waste and manifest signatures. (corporate and regulatory requirements)

5. Asbestos Management

1. Make sure that all known asbestos containing insulation at the location is identified and labeled.
2. Ensure that the asbestos insulation is inspected every six (6) months and maintain records of these inspections.
3. Ensure that any problems noted during an asbestos inspection are corrected promptly.
4. Ensure that the proper procedures are followed for any asbestos removal or abatement project, and that the appropriate records are maintained in the files.

6. Spill Response

1. Maintain an up-to-date spill response procedure for the location, including appropriate telephone numbers.
2. Ensure that all associates are trained on the procedures.
3. Maintain a sufficient number of spill containment kits at the location.
4. Maintain the SPCC Plan and or BMP Plan, if required.

7. Audits

1. Set up and maintain an internal environmental audit program utilizing the plant's Environmental Cross Functional Team.
2. Respond to audits by Corporate Environmental and/or outside auditors by developing and implementing corrective action procedures promptly.
3. Maintain and review procedures to follow in the event of audit by regulatory authorities.

8. SARA

1. Maintain period data on SARA releases and submit to the Corporate Environmental Chemist.
2. Develop and implement SARA release reduction for the location.
3. Ensure that all reports required by SARA Title III are submitted on or ahead of the deadlines. Maintain these reports and the supporting documentation in the environmental files.
4. Maintain up to date file of MSDS's for all applicable chemicals used at location; ensure that MSDS's are filed at appropriate locations within plant.
5. Ensure that all required notices to local and state entities are current.

9. Stormwater

1. Ensure that the plant has completed all storm water containment measures.
2. Implement procedures to comply with stormwater regulations and/or permits when these are issued by the regulatory agency.
3. Conduct annual training for associates.

10. Environmental Files

1. Maintain and keep current the Environmental files according to the procedures issued by the Corporate Legal Department.
2. Maintain a tracking and follow-up system for the location to ensure that all regulatory reports, fillings, and permit renewal applications are submitted on or ahead of the deadline.
3. Bring any matter thought to be of regulatory interest to the immediate attention of location management.

11. Industrial Hygiene

1. Ensure compliance with OSHA and workplace safety regulations.
2. Conduct air/noise/chemical monitoring or exposure with appropriate officials.
3. Assist in the response to complaints.

12. Oversee safety process and discussions.

13. Oversee VPP process / certification.

14. Perform other assignments as requested by management.

15. Understand the environmental impacts and aspects of job-related activities. Follow established Valway and Milliken & Company guidelines concerning use of all chemicals. Comply with all Environmental regulations and Milliken Environmental Policies and Rules.

Milliken & Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with a disability.

Milliken is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, including but not limited to lactation), sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), ancestry, national origin, citizenship, age physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran or military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.