Environmental Specialist

Shape Your World

At Alcoa, you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

The way we see it, every Alcoan is a work-shaper, team-shaper, idea-shaper, world-shaper.

At Alcoa, you’re an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress.

This is an opportunity for you to bring your wealth of experience to the team and help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies.

You have the power to shape things to make them better.

About the role:

Alcoa Warrick is looking for an Environmental Specialist.

This role is responsible for supporting the development, implementation and follow through of environmental procedures to align with regulatory requirements and to meet site objectives.

Major activities/Key challenges:


* Be visible and accessible at the plant site every day while coordinating with production staff to address areas of concern.


* Lead on-the-floor audits of Alcoa’s pot practice protocols and ensure follow up to optimally close gaps and present findings.


* Coordinate with and offer support to the on-site environmental laboratory to ensure timely analysis of all required permit samples.


* Help ensure environmental monitoring equipment is accurately maintained.


* Assist with environmental sampling data and compiling of sampling data reports.


* Assist with air and water field sampling programs which include visible emissions, stormwater, and SPCC compliance.


* Participate in environmental incident investigations including determining root cause analyses with follow-up on identified corrective actions.


* Oversee baghouse optimization and fume control maintenance program for critical and non-critical assets.


* Assist with onsite contractor management and waste coordination of routine wastes across plant site and special project waste characterization and disposal.


* Participate in continuous improvement efforts and Kaizen events


* Assist with routine water compliance inspections and identified facility routes.


* Deliver routine training to production staff including new hire training

What you can bring to the role:

Our values – act with integrity, operate with excellence, care for people, lead with courage – are at the foundation of everything we do.

To be successful in this role and to play a part in our ongoing success we desire the following background:

Minimum Qualifications:


* Associate degree or equivalent work experience required.


* 1-3 years of EHS experience in manufacturing or similar environment


* Must be self-motivating with excellent facilitator and problem-solving skills.


* Must have good knowledge of operations and procedures and be capable of communicating and consulting optimally with others.


* Understanding of the following information system software applications: Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Microsoft Outlo...