Environmental Manager

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific is seeking an Environmental Manager to support our Port Hudson Mill in Zachary, Louisiana.

In this role, you will create value by partnering with operations to proactively manage environmental risk, ensure compliance excellence, and drive continuous improvement across environmental programs and management systems.

You will work closely with mill leadership, operations teams, environmental professionals, and subject matter experts across the organization.

You will also collaborate with Environmental Managers across our retail mill network to share knowledge, leverage best practices, and advance environmental performance.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Port Hudson Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region.

With more than 300 employees, Port Hudson strives to lead the tissue and towel business.

Our team recently invested more than $50 million to grow our brands and continue to serve our loyal consumers with the great quality they have come to expect.

Learn more by visiting our consumer products homepage.

What You Will Do


* Provide strategic leadership and direction for all environmental programs at the Port Hudson Mill, ensuring compliance with federal, state, local, and company environmental requirements while supporting safe, reliable, and efficient mill operations.


* Partner closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, and reliability teams to identify environmental risks, evaluate proposed operational changes, and implement solutions that enable compliance while supporting business objectives.


* Own the mill's environmental compliance programs, including air permitting and compliance, wastewater treatment, stormwater management, hazardous and non-hazardous waste management, chemical reporting, and landfill management activities.


* Serve as the primary environmental liaison with regulatory agencies, leading permit negotiations, inspections, audits, compliance reporting, and communications with state and federal environmental authorities.


* Lead the mill's environmental management system (EMS), ensuring robust systems, procedures, and management of change processes are in place to effectively identify, manage, and mitigate environmental risks.


* Monitor environmental performance indicators, permit requirements, and compliance obligations, using data analysis and root cause problem-solving to identify trends, address gaps, and drive continuous improvement.


* Provide environmental leadership and technical guidance for capital projects, operational improvements, process modifications, and production initiatives to ensure environmental considerations are integrated early in project development and execution.


* Develop, coach, and influence leaders and employees across the mill by providing environmental training, promoting ownership of environmental responsibilities, and strengthening environmental stewardship throughout the organization.
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