Environmental Engineer

Provides support to Environmental Department by ensuring compliance with all applicable environmental laws, regulations, permits, policies, and guidelines germane to the mining and processing operation. Perform field and office activities to support documentation of compliance, and evaluation of environmental conditions. Demonstrate environmentally sustainable principles to salary and hourly staff through formal and informal training. Coordinate with operational departments to ensure processes comply with environmental principles. The environmental engineer must have a strong aptitude for evaluating results of collected data and observations. Open communication with the Environmental Department team is expected. Become knowledgeable of and maintain site environmental plans: Become knowledgeable of and maintain compliance to requirements contained within site environmental permits including Az PDES , APP, Title V, Waste, etc.

~ Assist with collection, preparation and delivery of water, air, and waste samples.

~ Assist with data collection and analysis, prepare reports, and drafting cover letters for compliance reporting related to operational permits.

~ Conduct inspections required by regulatory agencies to ensure function of environmental controls for air, water, and waste permits.

~ Assist with maintenance of databases, prepare tables & graphs and generate summary reports narrating trends and observations.

~ Investigate and write summary reports detailing cause and impact to the Environmental Manager.

~ Assist with maintenance of environmental files, both electronic and printed.

~ Interface occasionally with environmental regulatory inspectors and ensure follow-up actions from compliance inspections are completed and reported. 

~ Responsible for executing, supporting, and enforcing the Company's Environmental, Health and Safety program as required by OIS policy, directives, and principles.

Field work is required and occurs in temperature extremes, and occasionally requires extended hours.

~ The environmental engineers’ duties will be assigned to address operational conditions including working longer hours or weekends.

~ Completion of complex, spreadsheet based, analyses for required EPA reporting

~ Inspection of remote, inactive sites.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, applications.

~ Familiarity with federal, state, and local environmental laws, administrative regulations, codes and permits.

~ Water, Soil and Air sampling and monitoring

~ Technical writing

~ Bachelor’s degree in environmental/applied sciences, engineering, or related field. EPA Method 9 certification, RCRA and MSHA training (will be required after start of work as part of regular assigned duties)

~ Grade 1 or 2 Water Distribution System Operator certification desirable and may be elected to obtain as part of regular assigned duties.

~ English language fluency.

~ At least CEFR B2 - Upper Intermediate: Can understand the main ideas of complex text on both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in their field of specialization.

*The Company is committed to help employees continuously improve their efforts to work in the most safe, inclusive, socially and environmentally responsible manner practicable . Employee safety and health, both on and off the job, are critically important to the Company. Therefore, ASARCO LLC requires employees to have and effectively demonstrate good working knowledge of modern safety systems. ASARCO LLC offers an excellent low-cost benefits package for medical/prescription/ dental/vision, disability coverage, life insurance and other optional coverage and 401(k) plan with company match.

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