Job description
Company Description
A subsidiary of Veolia group, Veolia North America (VNA) is the top-ranked environmental company in the United States for three consecutive years, and the country’s largest private water operator and technology provider as well as hazardous waste and pollution treatment leader. It offers a full spectrum of water, waste, and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education, and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has more than 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. www.veolianorthamerica.com
Job Description
Position Purpose:
Integrated in the T&P ESS team, the ESS Technical Director is responsible for direction and execution of technical
aspects throughout the ESS BU. This includes support to operations, due diligence and strategy definition, project
management and support to business development throughout the ESS BU. This position is remote or located in
our main Office in the US. This individual must have a strong background in the technical field in the environmental
business with experience in business operations, knowledge of finance principles and project management. The
position will also require leadership of some special projects such as capital expenditure projects.
- Hazardous waste transfer stations and solidification (TSDF)
- Hazardous water Incineration plant
- Hazardous waste Landfill
- Medical waste autoclaves
- Solvent regeneration distillation plant
- Emerging market such as electronic wastes, Mercury engineered fuel, Blade recycling and EVB
Primary Duties /Responsibilities:
- Do troubleshooting of existing HW processes and build debottlenecking/revamping/growth plans with operational teams
- Produce basic conceptual design of new treatment lines for
- hazardous wastes incineration
- liquid hazardous waste (oil water separation, evapoconcentration, physico-chemical separative technologies, neutralization & redox reactions, membrane bioreactors & MBBR, NF/RO membranes, mineral and organic sludge dewatering)
- recycling opportunities
- landfill and associated activities
- Train operational teams to raise their technical background and provide technical mentoring and training to O&M employees.
- Provide technical and operational expertise to operations, business development and EHS when needed.
- Develop new process optimizations or pilot new technologies,coordinating some tests with corporate functions(BS&P)
- Participate to the development of associated business cases and memos for internal GoNoGo (WIN process)
- Provide the overall direction and management of his/her assigned projects, including the assigned personnel, equipment, and subcontractors, applying proper and effective project management procedures and skills.
- Ensure the project or assignment is planned and coordinated according to the required schedule, with strict adherence to health and safety, quality and budget considerations.
- Lead technical due diligence of new business acquisition or plant upgrades.
- Provide technical mentoring and training to O&M employees. Provide technical and operational expertise to operations, business development and EHS when needed.
- Assist Business Development in preparation of estimates and procedures in planning of projects, financial estimates with a strong focus on operational efficiencies.
- Ensure technical quality and optimal health and safety in all aspects of job performance and compliance per all applicable local regulations and standards and Veolia corporate and VNA standards and best practices..
- Test and implement new tools under development
- Train operational teams to raise their technical background
- Work in cooperation with Performance team members.
- Other duties as directed.
Work Environment:
- Hybrid work policy (office/remote)
- Travel 25% of the time
- Required to Travel across ESS locations on a regular basis based on project assignment
Qualifications
Education / Experience / Background:
- 10-15 years experience in transversal technical functions and/or operational functions (ex : operation manager, plant manager, technical manager…)
- Experience in hazardous/industrial waste treatment, industrial wastewater treatment
- Experience in oil or solvent recovery is a strong asset
- BS degree in technical studies - Engineer
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:
- Language skills for business in English, French is an asset
- Thinking skills: decision making ability, seasoned judgment.
- Skills in leadership, planning, coordination and labor relations.
- Strong skills in analysis and problem solving.
- Personal depth, in the form of mature confidence, adaptability, self direction, and organization.
- Ability to foster teamwork and excellence in expertise work coordination.
- Outstanding writing, communication skills both up and down and mentoring skills.
- Must be committed to the Veolia core values of integrity, openness and trust, accountability, and excellence through teamwork.
Required Certification / Licenses / Training:
- Driving license
- P-Eng is an asset
Physical Requirements:
Pass medical and drug tests.
Additional Information
Targeted Annual Pay Range: Minimum of $150000 to a maximum of $155000
Benefits: Veolia’s comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental, vision, life insurance, savings accounts, tuition reimbursement, paid volunteering and more. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement. Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
