Essential Functions of Environmental Compliance Coordinator:

The Environmental Compliance Coordinator (ECC) will oversee and ensure that the manufacturing facility conforms to all environmental laws, regulations, standards and other requirements required to construct and operate. The ECC should demonstrate a meticulous work ethic with a strong attention to detail and the ability to analyze results and recognize shifts or patterns that may indicate a change in the process.  They should have good organizational skills and feel comfortable working with computers. As a member of the Tech Group, the ECC completes additional duties as requested by other members of the Tech Group, other managers within the plant, the Division Technical Support Group, and may assist other plants.

Job Responsibilities include the following:

The ECC will:

·        Provide leadership and consultation regarding all the environmental laws to the factory

·        Support the Corporate goal to promote plant to be the environmental leader in the industry and protect the employees and the company.  

The ECC will report to the Plant Manager, Tech Group Manager and ECD (Environmental Compliance Director of CFG) on the FG environmental items.  To comply with the above requirements and obligations, certain conditions within them must be met. Typically, these will include:

·        Overall responsibility for environmental compliance at the plant level.

·        Liaison between Plant Manager, Tech Group Manager, ECD, state officials, and outside consultants.

·        Maintain an inventory.

·        Maintain an inventory for plants environmental testing/analyzer equipment.

·        Maintain the repository/library for plant regulatory reports, filings, stack tests, and other performance/compliance test reports, compliance plan filings, voluntary disclosure of non-compliance events, and the like

·        Maintain an inventory for plants work instructions, standard operating procedures(including calibration/certification practices), best practices, peer review practices, and related activities with respect to environmental testing, analysis, and regulatory compliance

·        Maintain plant written CEMS Plan.

·        Maintain the plant plan that involves counsel retaining a consultant to conduct confirmatory testing (e.g., stack testing and/or certification of CEMS equipment and analyzers, as appropriate) to verify accuracy and compliance with legal requirements, all in a manner so as to maintain the results on an attorney/client privileged basis.

·        Manage plant compliance tracking plan including reporting, recordkeeping, and monitoring schedule for each plant that identifies deadlines for completion of each task.

·        Advance preparation of all required environmental reporting with sufficient time for review by ECD.

·        Report environmental compliance communications from regulators to the ECD.

Support a 24/7 manufacturing process.

·        Have a hands-on approach supporting the Tech Group and Hot End personnel.

·        Be available on weekends and occasionally work abnormal schedules.

·        Interact with shifts and other departments, building supportive relationships with technicians and supervisors.

Help the Technical Department reach goals (targets should be produced by each department)

Develop goals you can accomplish that align with your department and plant’s goals. 

Example areas follow:

·        Safety – incident rate, improvements in safe acts through PPE inspections and conditions, PPE use, plant damage, and housekeeping guidelines followed.

·        Production – work efficiently and effectively to gain high yields while controlling costs.

·        Teamwork – employees respect and support each other and function together well. Job rotation occurs as planned. Conflict is handled swiftly and skillfully.

·        Initiative and Development – improvement projects identified and completed with employees taking active role; results verify impact. Training in job procedures and cross-training complete; back-ups are in place. Learning events attended; employees take on increasing responsibilities.

·        Attendance – strive for low absenteeism and tardiness.

Examples of areas to target from this position:

·        Perform daily quality testing and recognize any patterns or shifts. Identify potential areas of concern. 

·        Identify problems, trends, and improvement opportunities.

·        Read FG Web and production logs.  Investigate details of problems.

·        Listen to Hot End and Quality Technicians. 

·        Improve quality. Reliability  

·        Be innovative.

·        Manage and order replacement equipment, material, as well as calibration gases as required

Communicate information.

·        Keep communication flowing well across the plant.  Provide daily updates of test results at the production meetings. Send out detailed weekly updates containing the results of all testing performed.

·        Notify supervisors, technicians, and managers of any shifts in testing indicating potential issues in the process.

Collaborate with others.

·        Attend production meetings and be prepared to share what is happening in your area.

·        Be active in meetings where quality is being discussed.  Be willing to travel to other float plants for meetings with other plants’ tech groups and to see the effects of projects they have undertaken.

·        Implement best practices from other facilities.

·        Build supportive relationships with hot end and cutter lab technicians, supervisors, shift managers, tech group members from all facilities, and with division technical support staff. 

Develop skills for the future.

·        Position self to attend seminars and classes related to the environmental position.

·        Accept more challenging assignments as experience and knowledge allows.