Clean Earth is one of the largest specialty waste companies in the United States providing remediation, disposal, recycling, and beneficial reuse solutions for contaminated soil, dredged material, and hazardous and non-hazardous waste. Our vast portfolio of technologies and services touches nearly every industry that generates waste including energy, infrastructure, commercial, industrial, retail, and healthcare markets.

It is our unique capability of providing a one-source, full-service solution to handle multiple waste streams from a single customer that separates us from the competition. Our processes are detailed, our due diligence is tireless, and our results provide unmatched recycling solutions for our customers with the utmost in customer service.

Every day Clean Earth takes a hands-on, dedicated approach to recycling and beneficially reusing waste that would otherwise go into landfills. Allow our team of experts to provide a customized waste disposal and recycling solution for your company, tailored to your needs, and your goals.

The Corporate Director of Approvals Manager is responsible for managing the corporate approvals staff, manage the overall approvals process and workload. Review and interface with sales, customers operations and EH&S. As, the corporate Director of approvals manage the technical review of sales opportunities including bid packages and/or project documents to determine disposal options for quotation purposes. Tasks also include the management, trouble shooting of the approval of projects into Clean Earth facilities, beneficial use sites, and third-party disposal sites and to maintain project progress and compliance.

Primary Responsibilities (Essential Functions):

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  Review and update the corporate approvals process to include but not limited to the basics required to review and ultimately approve and or price opportunities utilizing site history, environmental investigations, waste description, waste characterization analysis, testing procedures, and/or remedial action work plans for contaminated soil opportunities that are being considered for recycling or disposal options
• Provide oversight and training to staff related to Comprehension and how to effectively consolidate accumulated data from multiple technical documents and sampling events, including various reports, laboratory analytical reports, geologic logs, cross sections, and site maps into a comprehensive project summary
• Support the VP of sales, sales personnel in reviewing bid packages and/or project documents to determine disposal options for quotation purposes
• Provide oversight on the accurate, timely and competitive disposal deliverable options to sales
• Provide technical guidance to sales and clients concerning completion of waste approval paperwork, facility permits, federal, state and city environmental regulations and soil sampling and associated field plans.
• Provide oversight of the approval of projects into Clean Earth facilities, beneficial use sites, and third-party disposal sites and maintain project progress and compliance
• Assist in approval of new and ongoing projects to ensure sampling, analysis and material meets acceptance criteria
• Submit project packages to regulatory agencies and/or third-party disposal site review engineers and work to gain approval
• Provide sampling guidance and/or develop site specific sampling plans to characterize soil, complete permit analytical requirements and delineate different materials. Manage the execution of on-site waste characterization activities
• Maintain comprehension of current federal and state regulatory standards and criteria
• Optimize relationships with environmental consultants, clients and third-party sites

Basic Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry, Environmental Sciences or any related science degree
• 10-15 years of experience in waste disposal, environmental consulting, and/or environmental compliance
• Current driver’s license, clean driving record, and automobile

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
• Possess excellent attention to detail and organizational skills
• Experience using computerized systems for operations
• Ability to work independently and work under pressure.
• Ability to manage several tasks at once to meet deadlines
• Ability to communicate difficult/sensitive information tactfully.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected

Clean Earth offers competitive benefits including health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans starting on the first day of employment; paid time off, wellness benefits, employee discount program, tuition assistance, and a 401k with company matching.

We provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity, or genetics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

If you have a difficulty applying for any job posted on Harsco Clean Earth’s website because a disability prevents you from using the online system, Clean Earth offers the following alternate application procedure: Call toll free (833) 209-2659 and leave your name, phone number, city and state of residence. Clean Earth will arrange for an alternate method of applying and will consider your application together with all other applications received for the job. This line is dedicated to disability applications only. No other inquiries will receive a response.