Principal Environmental Specialist - North Haven, CT
Medtronic
Summary
In this exciting role your primary objective will be to develop and implement environmental programs and systems required to comply with federal, state and local environmental regulations, company policies, strategies, initiatives and goals. The Principal Environmental Specialist position is part of the diverse North Haven EHS Team that ensures our employees have a safe work environment, our manufacturing processes and products minimize environment impacts, and compliance with regulatory and company requirements is maintained. This position reports to the Senior EHS Manager for Medtronic’s North Haven campus.
Job description
Responsibilities
- Manage compliance to environmental regulatory programs including wastewater, stormwater, air emissions, oil spill prevention (SPCC), spill prevention and control (SPCP), solvent management (SMP), underground storage tanks, EPCRA reporting, and ozone depleting substances (greenhouse gas and refrigerant management).
- Provide/promote employee awareness on environmental regulatory and company requirements including preparing and presenting training materials, EHS Tips and Alerts.
- Maintain all documentation required by regulatory / company requirements including preparing and submitting regulatory required reports (examples include annual air emissions summary and compliance certification, EPCRA 312 and 313, quarterly and semi-annual ethylene oxide sterilization CEMs reporting, stack tests, DMRs and SMRs) and completing/overseeing the necessary inspections and/or sampling.
- Evaluate new construction projects, new processes, and process changes to determine the regulatory impact including the need for permit changes.
- Communicate and develop the process for implementing applicable regulations / company requirements.
- Co-lead the implementation of the site’s Environmental Action Group.
- Review and analyze proposed and promulgated regulations; determine and effectively communicate impact to site leadership.
- Work with site management to ensure compliance to requirements, resolve compliance issues and set strategy.
- Work with cross functional team to investigate environmental incidents and ensure root cause is identified and corrective / preventative actions are implemented.
- Monitor pollution prevention activities, supports efforts to reduce environmental impact from waste generation, energy usage and water usage.
- Prepare and submit company required reporting including the usage of chemicals with global warming potential.
Required Qualifications
- High School Diploma (or equivalent) AND 10+ years experience OR Associate’s Degree AND 8+ years experience OR Bachelor’s Degree AND 6+ years experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with managing industrial Wastewater, Stormwater and Air Permitting compliance programs
- Master's degree in Environmental Engineering or similar subject matter
- Experience reviewing and interpreting EPA and CT DEEP regulations
- Experience complying with a NESHAP
- Experience preparing and submitting environmental regulatory reports (examples include EPCRA reporting, Annual Air Emissions Summary, DMRs, SMRs)
- Experience working with Governmental Agencies
- Experience sampling Wastewater and Stormwater
- Experience complying with regulatory requirements for Ethylene Oxide Sterilization
- Experience with Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems (CEMS)
Requirements
- High School Diploma (or equivalent) AND 10+ years experience OR Associate’s Degree AND 8+ years experience OR Bachelor’s Degree AND 6+ years experience
- For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps well-being program
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement
- Capital Accumulation Plan
Company overview
Medtronic is a global healthcare technology leader and one of the world's largest medical device companies, founded in 1949 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The company operates in over 150 countries and employs more than 90,000 people worldwide. Medtronic's mission is to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life through innovative medical technologies. The company develops and manufactures devices and therapies to treat more than 70 health conditions, including cardiac devices, cranial and spine robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. With a rich history that began with the invention of the battery-powered pacemaker, Medtronic has grown into a diversified healthcare technology company with four main business units: Minimally Invasive Therapies Group, Diabetes Group, Restorative Therapies Group, and Cardiac and Vascular Group. The company's therapies help approximately 72 million people annually and represent a significant force in advancing medical technology to address some of humanity's most challenging health problems.