As an Environmental Lead your responsibilities will include:

• Managing, promotion and administration of Safety, Health, Environmental and Employment Standards, complying with corporate standards and regulatory requirements applicable to area of responsibility.
• Lead the WWTP department, including operators; motivating and engaging employees while promoting team building.  Administration and adherence of the collective bargaining agreement and responsible for area budget adherence.
• Ensuring compliance with Ingredion policies, applicable permits (ECA’s) and regulatory statutes in accordance with MOECP guidelines for existing operations and new projects.
• Lead, implement and maintain environmental programs, policies, and procedures at the plant to ensure compliance with Federal, Provincial and local regulations and corporate policies and guidelines.
• Attend and coordinate authorities and stakeholders’ audits, inspections or visits related to environmental and sustainability matters.
• Actively supporting the management of the Lean Manufacturing Principles through the Ingredion Performance System, including facilitating Root Cause Analysis and Kaizen events.
• Develop and lead environmental/sustainability strategies to achieve the Cardinal Facility environmental goals.  .
• Apply continuous improvement projects in operations
• Acting as an Environmental Guardian to promote actions and systems that mitigate and prevent incidents and environmental impacts. If accidents happen, provide leadership in environmental incident investigations..
• Becoming a Safety Champion

The Environmental Lead position is well-suited for you if you:

• Have the capacity to solve problems through creative, innovative solutions and challenge traditional methods of accomplishing tasks.
• Respect and value others’ differences, seeking opportunities to learn from those with different perspectives.
• Build long-term relationships with key decision-makers and internal stakeholders.
• Take swift, decisive action and use organization resources in the best interest of the company
• Take ownership and operate with a sense of urgency to promptly respond and resolve problems.
• Adapt and support others through change, ambiguity, uncertainty and complexity.
• Assume personal responsibility for mistakes, act to correct them and learn from them.
• Anticipate stakeholders needs and proactively create new solutions that exceed customer expectations.
• Are willing to supportively challenge the status quo to find new, more effective tools and methods for accomplishing tasks.
• Have a proven ability to lead and facilitate in a team environment and build consensus in a positive manner with team members and customers.
• Have a desire to gain awareness on the impact of external and internal events on the broader organization.
• Effectively managing multiple concurrent activities and projects.

Qualified candidates will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental or chemical engineering or equivalent in education and experience.
• 3-5 years in an industrial manufacturing environment including leadership and development of others.
• Knowledge of federal and provincial environmental and safety laws and practices
• Demonstrated strong planning, organizing and time management skills; proven ability to coordinate and effectively handle a variety of assignments simultaneously and identify and resolve inner-group and interpersonal conflicts.
• Decision making ability, planning and time-management skills.
• Committed to creating and maintaining a work environment that adds value 
• Ability to manage a dynamic manufacturing environment, interacting and communicating across functional lines and levels.
• Ability to build consensus and foster positive relationships.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills. Able to conduct effective meetings and communicate in a clear and concise manner to all levels of the organization and external stakeholders.
• Ability to use various computer software packages, such as Microsoft Office, SAP, Wiki, and others

Relocation Available:

No