Senior Compliance Approvals Manager

Clean Earth is a leading provider of environmental services in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, contaminated soil, and dredged material. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.

Every day our teams across the country take a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. We value our employees as our most important asset, and this is reflected in many areas across our company including recently being named a 2024 Most Loved Workplace ®. We are committed to creating a positive work culture that fosters growth and development while ensuring the health and safety of our employees.

The Senior Approvals Manager is responsible for technical review of sales opportunities including bid packages and/or project documents to determine disposal options for quotation purposes. Tasks also include the management of the approval of projects into Clean Earth facilities, beneficial use sites, and third-party disposal sites and to maintain project progress and compliance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Review site history, environmental investigations, waste description, waste characterization analysis, testing procedures, and/or remedial action work plans for contaminated soil opportunities that are being considered for recycling or disposal options
• Comprehend and effectively consolidate accumulated data from multiple technical documents and sampling events, including various reports, laboratory analytical reports, geologic logs, cross sections, and site maps into a comprehensive project summary
• Support assigned sales personnel in reviewing bid packages and/or project documents to determine disposal options for quotation purposes
• Provide accurate, timely and competitive disposal options to sales
• Provide technical guidance to sales and clients concerning completion of waste approval paperwork, facility permits, federal, state and city environmental regulations and soil sampling
• Manage the approval of projects into Clean Earth facilities, beneficial use sites, and third-party disposal sites and maintain project progress and compliance
• Assist in approval of new and ongoing projects to ensure sampling, analysis and material meets acceptance criteria
• Submit project packages to regulatory agencies and/or third-party disposal site review engineers and work to gain approval
• Provide sampling guidance and/or develop site specific sampling plans to characterize soil, complete permit analytical requirements and delineate different materials. Manage the execution of on-site waste characterization activities
• Maintain comprehension of current federal and state regulatory standards and criteria
• Optimize relationships with environmental consultants, clients and third-party sites

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in waste disposal, environmental consulting, and/or environmental compliance
• Knowledge of NJ, NY and PA Environmental regulations and agencies

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Environmental Sciences or any related science degree
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Possess excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Experience using computerized systems for operations
• Ability to work independently and work under pressure.
• Ability to manage several tasks at once to meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected

Clean Earth offers competitive benefits, including health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance and disability plans, as well as a 401k with company matching. 

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. 

If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Enviri Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure: Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city and state of residence.  Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job.  This line is dedicated to disability applications only.  No other inquiries will receive a response. 

Military veterans encouraged to apply.