Environmental Compliance Specialist

FMC Corporation is a global agricultural sciences company dedicated to helping growers produce food, feed, fiber and fuel for an expanding world population while adapting to a changing environment. FMC's innovative crop protection solutions – including biologicals, crop nutrition, digital and precision agriculture – enable growers, crop advisers and turf and pest management professionals to address their toughest challenges economically while protecting the environment. With approximately 6,400 employees at more than 100 sites worldwide, FMC is committed to discovering new herbicide, insecticide and fungicide active ingredients, product formulations and pioneering technologies that are consistently better for the planet.

FMC is a globally diverse organization that offers its employees exciting opportunities to work on challenging projects that are important to the achievement of our strategic objectives.  With a corporate culture of innovation, integrity, responsibility and customer intimacy, we foster “The Right Chemistry” in everything we do. We are looking for people to join us in creating, developing, and improving our products, our processes, and our markets. If you are ready to make a difference every day, FMC is ready to talk to you.  Visit FMC to learn more and follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter. 

Primary Function: This position is accountable and responsible for ensuring compliance with all Federal, State, and Local environmental regulations, permits, and with corporate policy.  This position represents FMC Facilities and involves periodic interaction with environmental agencies and community representatives.  Telephone contact and face-to-face interactions with regulatory officials are a routine part of the job.  Primary responsibility will be heavily focused on Clean Air Act Title V permit compliance.  However, other areas of involvement include overall site environmental stewardship for other media (Water, Waste) such as hazardous chemical inventories, hazardous waste management, DOT compliance, Clean Water Regulations.  The successful candidate should have a working knowledge of Federal, State, and Local environmental regulations, including RCRA, CERCLA, EPCRA, DOT, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and Corporate environmental policies standards/guidelines.  

Key Responsibilities

• Interface with state and federal environmental agencies on permit compliance and renewal, site inspections, regulatory interpretations, and advocacy.  Host agencies during site audits/visits.
• Develop, maintain and administer systems to stay in compliance with existing regulations.
• Evaluate and review proposed regulations to determine the impact to site environmental programs and compliance status.
• Prepare and/or facilitate preparation of site environmental permits, permit renewals, and reports.
• Provide onsite technical/technology expertise for soil and groundwater matters.
• Provide guidance for EH&S Department staff and EH&S coordinators with environmental duties.
• Manage and participate in quarterly first-party environmental audits to include audit reports and tracking action closure.
• Work with site training coordinator to ensure that all required training programs and documentation are in place and maintained, also may provide training as needed.
• Oversee the tracking of site waste generation and activities associated with waste minimization/pollution prevention information, performance and cost.
• Regulatory oversight and reporting for on-site wastewater discharge operations.
• Be one of several on-call EHS resources 24/7.

 Educational Attainment:

• BS in Environmental or Chemical Engineering, or related fields
• Minimum of 5 years of experience.
• Verifiable experience can be used in-lieu of technical degree.

Knowledge, Experience, and Skills Needed:

• 5 plus years of experience in Environmental, Health, and Safety (EH&S) at a research or manufacturing plant site or related experience, preferred
• Experience negotiating and interacting with regulatory agency personnel.
• Able to operate interdependently with minimal guidance and actively pursuing goals to meet deadlines.
• Able to work well in a diverse community and at all levels in the organization while creating and maintaining a respectful work environment.
• Experience in the use computer systems and software applications in particular, Excel.
• Strong track record of delivering quality, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Experience in continuously maintaining skill level to keep knowledge current.

At FMC, diversity and inclusion are in our DNA. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees can thrive – regardless of race, gender, sex, pregnancy, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, color, age, religion or religious creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law. FMC also supports employee participation in company employee resource groups that celebrate the diverse backgrounds of our workforce by providing communities for employees to connect with each other and raise awareness throughout FMC. FMC complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact our Talent Acquisition department.