Environmental Engineer - Air

Your Job

Georgia-Pacific's Consumer Products Division is looking for you to join the Wauna Paper Mill team at our Clatskanie, Oregon facility as an Environmental Engineer. In this role, you'll create long-term value by identifying and mitigating risks while driving process improvements and striving for environmental excellence. You will play a key role in developing, implementing, and managing the facility's environmental air compliance programs and management systems. You'll be a key member of the mill Environmental team as well as the cross-media regional team, regularly collaborating with colleagues at the Camas, WA and Halsey, OR facilities.

Our Team

For over 50 years, the Wauna Paper Mill has been a major part of the economic lifeblood of the region. With more than 900 employees, Wauna strives to lead the tissue, towel and napkin business. Our team recently invested more than $150 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

• Manage air emissions compliance by monitoring, analyzing, and reporting air emissions data to ensure full adherence to federal, state, and local air quality regulations (e.g., EPA, state environmental agencies), maintaining accurate documentation and timely regulatory reporting, including preparation and submission of Title V permits and other relevant permits.
• Lead air quality permitting and reporting efforts, preparing, submitting, and maintaining all necessary air permits, coordinating with regulatory agencies, and ensuring all reporting obligations are met on schedule, utilizing technology and common enterprise processes for efficiency.
• Collaborate closely with operations and maintenance teams to design, implement, and enhance air pollution control technologies such as scrubbers, filters, and baghouses to reduce emissions and improve environmental performance.
• Oversee air quality sampling, stack testing, and emissions inventories; analyze trends and data to identify areas for improvement and recommend corrective actions when needed.
• Serve as the key contact for regulatory agencies during inspections and audits, and build strong working relationships with both internal teams and external stakeholders to support compliance and environmental stewardship.
• Lead projects aimed at reducing air emissions and advancing sustainability goals, while developing and maintaining a strategic perspective on environmental risks, priorities, and regulatory trends aligned with company vision and stewardship principles.
• Ensure the Environmental Management System (EMS) is implemented and maintained in compliance with Georgia Pacific's performance standards, driving the program to be resilient, effective, consistent, verifiable, and efficient through structured and principled approaches.
• Evaluate potential environmental risks related to air emissions, partnering with operators, engineers, and managers to develop and implement mitigation strategies that fulfill compliance obligations and minimize impacts.
• Develop a strong understanding of mill processes and their environmental impacts to enable and empower operations teams to meet environmental performance expectations and regulatory requirements, including providing training and guidance on air quality issues and best practices.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Environmental compliance experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or military environment.
• Experience in leading federal, state, and local air quality regulations (e.g., Clean Air Act, NESHAP, MACT, Title V permits).

What Will Put You Ahead

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a related field.
• CEMS/DAS experience
• Pulp & Paper Experience

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Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company and a leading manufacturer of bath tissue, paper towels, paper-based packaging, cellulose, specialty fibers, building products and much more, Georgia-Pacific works to meet evolving needs of customers worldwide with quality products. In addition to the products we make, we operate one of the largest recycling businesses. Our more than 30,000 employees in over 150 locations are empowered to innovate every day -to make everyday products even better.

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Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).

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