We have an outstanding Contract to Hire position for an Environmental Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Radford, VA surrounding area.
Pay Rate: $49.50- $54.00
**US Citizenship is required.**
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental regulations, consent decrees, and permits.
- Preparing and submitting routine waste, TSCA, and EPCRA reports: Biennial hazardous waste report, Tier II Report, TRI Form R, etc.
- Interfacing with operations departments to communicate and define the Environmental Engineer role in compliance efforts, such as central accumulation area, satellite accumulation area, and overall hazardous/non-hazardous waste management aspects.
- Preparing and submitting permit applications and modifications, as required.
- Interfacing with regulatory agencies to ensure the understanding of, and compliance with, all applicable environmental regulations and requirements.
- Participating in environmental audits and inspections.
- Collecting samples and reporting, including completion of chains of custody and identification/knowledge of appropriate storage containers.
- Providing environmental training, as needed.
- Performing and supporting compliance inspections.
- Taking on special assignments or tasks assigned by the supervisor, as determined.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in an environmental or STEM-related discipline including, but not limited to, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, and/or Civil Engineering and two (2) years of related work experience, or the overall equivalent experience.
- Ability to work on a multi-disciplinary and diverse team.
- Able to support in a fast-paced and large chemical manufacturing environment.
- Computer skills to include Microsoft Office Suite and environmental industry-related reporting and monitoring software applications.
- Five (5) years of experience in state environmental reporting, permit maintenance and compliance, and hazardous waste management and compliance monitoring.
- Universal waste management and compliance monitoring.
- Non-hazardous waste management and compliance monitoring.
- Interaction with, and exposure to, VDEQ personnel and regulations.
- CHMM certification.
- EIT or EI certification, or PE licensure.
Desired Qualifications:
- Master's degree in an environmental-related discipline.
- Wastewater experience.
- Any past work with the government as a client.
- Permit writing experience; government compliance experience.
Benefits offered vary by contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, and affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.