fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based nutrition company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and dairy products to nourish consumers.
With over $3B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk;
Core Power®
High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery;
fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.
job purpose
: The
Environmental Compliance Manager (ECM)
is a technical expert in all aspects of local/state/federal environmental regulations related to water, wastewater, air emissions, waste disposal, hazardous waste and chemical and nonhazardous waste disposal and releases to the environment applicable to fairlife, LLC and leads the implementation of companywide programs and activities and communications to assure safe and efficient execution of environmental compliance and reporting activities at each fairlife production facility and the corporate headquarters.
responsibilities:
- Develops and deploys environmental training and maintains direct communication and support of plant operations staff regarding environmental compliance, all environmental reporting, and agency communications
- Deploys, as needed, to directly lead the support of production sites for agency site visits and audits (internal and 3rd party support)
- Develops analysis of risk related to environmental operations company wide and communicates with all levels of the organization and provides quarterly updates and recommendations to Sr. Staff.
- Manages outside consulting firms as needed including developing scopes of work, deliverables, and reviews and approves all reports prior to submittal to agencies.
- Helps to resolve operations incidents/issues as they arise with root cause identification and integration with continuous improvement practices.
- Proactively identifies and solves problems related to environmental best practices and compliance with regulations and the fairlife/TCCC Environmental Policies.
- Evaluates and audits plant site activities and operations to maintain strict compliance with all applicable governmental regulations and corporate policy
- Establish and integrate company-wide EMS to support ISO 14001 and KORE requirements
skills/qualifications required:
- A bachelor's or master's degree in environmental science, engineering, or other technical discipline.
- 10+ years of direct experience with plant operations, regulatory compliance or engineering responsibilities.
- Extensive knowledge in Environmental regulatory compliance in commercial industrial operations.
- Ability to manage projects independently, and travel to fairlife production sites as needed to support projects and regulatory compliance activities
- Previous leadership experience in a matrix/multiple plant organization.
- Specific experience in reporting and responding to agency regulations including: EPCRA, SARA, TIER II, NPDES permitting, NSPS, Criteria Emissions reporting, GHG calculations and reporting, RCRA, facility SPCCP, RMP (ammonia).
food safety requirements:
- Responsible for maintaining critical control points, aseptic requirements, and regulatory standards at all times.
- Responsible for implementing corrective actions and necessary changes specific to water systems, contamination risk or non-conformances
- Accountable for 3rd party Food Safety and GMP audits/results as well as internal Quality and Food Safety programs.
- Perform all duties necessary to meet Company, Customer and/or Government requirements/standards as prioritized by the Company.
- Ability to initiate action to prevent the occurrence of nonconformities relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the product, processes, quality system, or safety system.
- Identify and record any problems relating to Food Safety and the Quality of the ingredients, processes, quality system, or safety system.
position location:
Coopersville, MI; Webster, NY; Goodyear, AZ
reports to
: Vice President of Environmental
travel requirements:
50%
exempt/nonexempt:
Exempt*Base pay offered may vary depending on geography, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. A full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position, is offered.Base pay range:$110,000 - $130,000USDfairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email careers@fairlife.com.
For Recruitment Agencies
At fairlife, we manage the majority of our hiring internally through our dedicated Talent Acquisition team, which is actively engaged in direct candidate sourcing. Most of our roles are filled through applications submitted via our careers site or through direct outreach by our team.As our recruitment is primarily handled in-house, we work only occasionally with external agencies, and only those on our existing, pre-approved vendor list. At this time, we are not reviewing or expanding that list.
Unsolicited resumes or submissions from external agencies not authorized by our Talent Acquisition team will be considered direct candidate applications. As such, fairlife will not assume responsibility for any placement fees associated with these submissions.
