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Manager Environmental Compliance -Waste Regulation

Norfolk Southern
United States, Georgia, Atlanta
1200 Peachtree Street Northeast (Show on map)
Aug 05, 2025
Requisition 39027: B4 Manager Environmental Compliance -Waste Regulation A resume helps you stand out to hiring managers and recruiters; your resume communicates your experience and your brand. While it is not required, we encourage you to include an up-to-date resume along with a completed job application to give you the best opportunity to be considered. A complete resume helps us to better understand your unique background, relevant experiences, and passions. We look forward to learning about you. 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. Primary Purpose: The Environmental Compliance Manager provides support and expertise to NS's Environmental Group. This position will focus primarily on the company's compliance with state and federal waste regulations. The Environmental Compliance Manager must have prior experience with and possess a strong understanding of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), its implementing regulations, and state counterparts for all types of regulated waste (e.g. hazardous, universal, used oil, etc.). Broad familiarity with environmental regulations across all media is also preferred. 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 requiring an effective communicator that can build positive relationships with front-line environmental team members. A highly organized candidate with a positive attitude, self-motivation and expertise with an environmental management system and Power BI apps is preferred. Principal Duties will include all or parts of the following: * Ensure compliance with CWA, RCRA and CAA by overseeing required permits and site-specific plans. * Manager enterprise company training for personnel involved in pollution prevention and spill response, ensuring compliance with SWPP, SPCC, and FRP requirements. * Manage compliance for NS-owned pipelines, including BMP plans, maintenance coordination, and service contracts; review new commodity requests to ensure proper environmental controls and regulatory adherence. * Implement or develop needed standard operating procedures and compliance systems crucial for ensuring adherence to state and federal waste regulations. * Work closely with field personnel across our system on waste determinations, tracking and recordkeeping, and waste disposal, and oversight of waste service providers. * Provide guidance and compliance assistance to waste generators regarding container management and waste handling. * Assist with the preparation of environmental compliance documents, trainings, permits, and plans. * Perform other duties as assigned. Job Related Experience: Minimum: 5+ years Preferred: 10+ years Education * Bachelor's Degree is required * Master's Degree is preferred * Preferred Majors: Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Biology or similar. Skills Required * 5 -10+ years experience in environment compliance, environmental engineering/specialist, or environment consulting. Licenses / Certifications: Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM) is preferred. 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: * Analytical Thinking * Developing Employees * Communication Skills * Planning and Organizing * Oversight of Contractors Work Conditions: * Environment: Hybrid (2-3 days in office required, but subject to change) * 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.