Requisition 38089: B4 Environmental Compliance Manager
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Norfolk Southern offers a unique opportunity to be part of our proud legacy that spans nearly 200 years. We are a customer-centric, operations-driven team dedicated to advancing safety, serving communities, and driving innovation for tomorrow's rail. As part of Norfolk Southern, you'll join a collaborative team where there are opportunities for growth across the organization. We are building a culture where everyone can thrive by owning and driving exceptional results, being humble and leading with trust, serving our customers with excellence, and collaborating and coaching to win.
Job Description
Primary Purpose:
The Environmental Compliance Manager provides support and expertise to NS's Environmental Group. This position will require broad familiarity with environmental regulations across all environmental media. The Environmental Compliance Manager is responsible for monitoring and maintaining NS's environmental compliance with an eye towards continual improvement in compliance systems and programs. The position interfaces heavily with other departments and front-line environmental team members requiring an effective communicator that can build positive relationships. The position requires continuous monitoring of changes in local, state, and federal regulations and industry trends with a goal to reduce regulatory burden while maintaining compliance for the company. A highly organized candidate with a positive attitude, self-motivation and familiarity with an environmental management system (SAP preferred) and Power BI apps is preferred.
Principal Duties will include all or parts of the following:
• Compliance & Permitting Program: The Environmental Compliance Manager should have familiarity with the rules and regulations promulgated under the Clean Water Act (CWA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and the Clean Air Act (CAA), and the permits and plans required by those statutes, including but not limited to storm water permits, Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), Facility Response Plans (FRP) and Spill Pollution Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans.
• Multi-media Audit Program: The Environmental Compliance Manager is responsible for overseeing the NS Environmental Audit Program, including developing robust audit protocols, tracking and monitoring corrective actions, and identifying compliance trends that require operational changes or additional employee training.
• Environmental Training Program: The Environmental Compliance Manager is responsible for proactively leading and directing corporate wide environmental compliance training programs for NS personnel, including Pollution Prevention Teams as required under the Clean Water Act and Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP), and Qualified Individuals (QI) who are responsible for leading spill response efforts under Facility Response Plan (FRP) and Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure (SPCC) programs.
• Pipeline Program: The Environmental Compliance manager is responsible for monitoring compliance for all NS-owned Pipelines. The manager sets pipeline priorities and maintains BMP plans and service contracts. In consort with other SMEs, they set program priorities and plan for maintenance and outages of pipelines. The director works with other stakeholder including the fueling group and sourcing to ensure NS maintains compliance and the fuel systems that deliver our fuel are robust. Applicant should have a general knowledge of PHMSA's pipeline rules and regulations.
• Commodity Approvals: Review customer requests for transporting or transloading new commodities and determining proper compliance protocols or environmental controls that will be required.
Job Related Experience:
Minimum: 10+ years
Education:
Minimum: Bachelor's Degree (BS)
Preferred: Master's Degree (MS)
Preferred Majors:
• Civil Engineering
• Environmental Engineering
• Chemistry
Skills
Licenses / Certifications:
Required: None
Preferred:
• Certified Professional Environmental Auditor
• Professional Engineer (PE) License
Technical Skills:
• Environmental Management Information System (SAP strongly preferred)
• MS Access/Database Development
• MS Excel/Spreadsheets
• MS PowerPoint/Presentations
• MS Word/Word Processing
• Power BI
Skills and Abilities:
• Supervisory Experience
• Analytical Thinking
• Developing Employees
• Communication Skills
• Planning and Organizing
Work Conditions
• Environment: Hybrid (required two days per week in office)
• Shift Work: No
• On-Call: No
• Weekend Work: Rarely
• Travel Required: 3-5 Days per Month
Company Overview
Since 1827, Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE: NSC) and its predecessor companies have safely moved the goods and materials that drive the U.S. economy. Today, it operates a customer-centric and operations-driven freight transportation network. Committed to furthering sustainability, Norfolk Southern helps its customers avoid 15 million tons of yearly carbon emissions by shipping via rail. Its dedicated team members deliver more than 7 million carloads annually, from agriculture to consumer goods, and is the largest rail shipper of auto products and metals in North America. Norfolk Southern also has the most extensive intermodal network in the eastern U.S., serving a majority of the country's population and manufacturing base, with connections to every major container port on the Atlantic coast as well as the Gulf of Mexico and Great Lakes. Learn more by visiting www.NorfolkSouthern.com.
At Norfolk Southern, we believe in celebrating our individuality. By leveraging the unique backgrounds and viewpoints of our employees, we can create a culture of innovation, respect, and inclusion. We know that employees thrive in a workplace where differing viewpoints, ideas, and experiences are freely shared and valued. As such, we encourage all employees to contribute their distinctive skills and capabilities to our organization.
Equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetic information, veteran status, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Together, we power progress.
