Environmental Engineer - Water Lead

Domtar is a leading producer of pulp, paper, packaging, tissue and wood products. Through our focus on safety and sustainability, as well as our commitment to operational excellence and our network of facilities across Canada and the United States, Domtar delivers high-quality and cost-effective products to customers around the world.

Our workforce is comprised of 14,000 talented and hardworking individuals. We are proud to offer competitive compensation, a supportive working environment, rewarding career paths and plenty of opportunities for learning and growth.

The location in Plymouth, (North Carolina, United States), is seeking talent to fill the position of Environmental Engineer - Water Lead. This job is full-time permanent.

Overview: Domtar is seeking an Environmental Engineer at our Pulp Mill in Plymouth, North Carolina. The Environmental Engineer reports to the Environmental Manager. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to, compiling and submitting monitoring reports, reporting environmental incidents and excursions and serving as a resource to all departments within the Plymouth Mill Operations.

Essential Functions:  

• Understand the mill’s Safety, Environmental, and Quality objectives and how your decisions affect the mill’s ability to perform.
• Manage costs for the annually established environmental budget.
• Manage wastewater treatment system (WWTS) residuals operations: Dredging, decanting pond, knots, and depth levels and compliance with NPDES permit: sampling, monitoring, reporting, record keeping (online DRM, Cluster Rule, bioassays, dioxin, etc.).
• Manage ISO 9001 lab quality program.
• Manage drinking water compliance program: maintain certifications, required plans, sampling, reporting, record keeping, acquire permits for system modifications or construction, manage events (notifications), disinfection.
• Manage Stormwater compliance program: maintain permit, inspections, sampling, analyses, record keeping, SWPPP, and training.
• Ensure comprehensive record keeping of analyses and monitoring through effective utilization of PARCView database.
• Conduct necessary SAP tasks: goods receipts, requisition submittal, service entries.
• Maintain water-related training modules, including related SOPs.
• Support chemical management: Chemical reviews (water), handling, labeling, and storing.
• Manage landfill groundwater monitoring and compliance program and perform regular inspections.
• Ensure analytical lab equipment and supplies are purchased as needed.
• Participate in corporate environmental audits.
• Serve as annual shutdown planning representative for the Environmental Department as needed.
• Manage contractors and consultants as needed.

Skills/Competencies: 

• The candidate must have a willingness to learn air, solid waste, hazardous waste duties.
• Candidate must be able to achieve NC Grade IV certification in 4 years or less.
• Candidate must be able to achieve C-well certification.
• Candidate must have excellent oral and written communication skills with a strong ability to communicate with regulatory agencies effectively.
• Candidate must be self-directed, organized, with an attention to detail.
• Candidate must have good time management skills.

Required Qualifications/Professional Experience:   

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering or environmental science preferred.
• 5-10 years experience in environmental compliance.
• Wastewater treatment system experience preferred.
• Grade IV certification preferred.
• C-well certification preferred.
• Versatile in Microsoft Office.
• Manager of Landfill Operations certification preferred. Willingness to obtain if not already certified.
• SAP experience preferred.
• PARCView experience preferred.

You will be required to successfully complete a selection process that could include interviews, an employment background check, a pre-employment drug and alcohol screen, reference verifications, aptitude tests (for some positions), and a fitness-for-duty test (for some positions).

Domtar is an equal-opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, color, sex (including gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, religion, national origin, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.  We are also committed to ensuring reasonable accommodations for individuals protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, and Title I of the Americans with Disability Act of 1990.

Once your application has been submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.  If you are selected to interview, you will be contacted by a member of our Human Resources team.  

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