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From the employer's careers site First seen 29 Oct 2026

Senior Environmental Engineer

3M Decatur, AL On-site senior full-time

Salary

$124,127 - $151,710 per year

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Description

As a Senior Environmental Engineer at 3M, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with innovative people around the world and make an impact by supporting environmental compliance programs, leading projects to ensure environmental compliance, and implementing management systems to ensure durable compliance with local, state, federal, and company standards.

Responsibilities:

  • Support environmental compliance program, including data collection, recordkeeping, testing, and reporting for chemical and film manufacturing.
  • Lead projects to ensure environmental compliance for the site, comprising a chemical plant, film manufacturing plant, and WWT operations.
  • Implement management systems, programs, and processes to ensure durable compliance with local, state, federal, and company standards.
  • Determine opportunities for environmental program improvements and develop strategic plans for improvement.
  • Support site by collaborating with engineers and leaders to ensure compliance requirements are incorporated into, and followed by operations, maintenance, and contractors.
  • Support corporate initiatives to create, improve, or implement programs driving environmental performance.
  • Be on call for live support of emergency response events.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in an engineering or science discipline.
  • Five years of environmental compliance and reporting experience in a private, public, government, or military environment.
  • Five years of working knowledge of federal and/or state environmental regulations, e.g., RCRA, CWA, CAA, and/or TSCA.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Seven years of environmental compliance experience in a private, public, government, or military environment.
  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
  • Experience with environmental regulatory reporting.
  • Experience with other EHS compliance programs, e.g., Hazardous Waste Management, Wastewater Permitting, Storm Water Permit and Spill Control Plan preparation, EPCRA reporting, TSCA program support, Process Safety Management, Multimedia Compliance Auditing.

Benefits:

  • Competitive pay and benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, health savings accounts, health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts, disability benefits, life insurance, voluntary benefits, paid absences, and retirement benefits.

Travel: May include up to 10% domestic/international. Relocation: May be authorized.

Skills

Required

  • Environmental Engineering
  • Compliance
  • Regulatory Reporting
  • EHS

Nice to have

  • Hazardous Waste Management
  • Wastewater Permitting
  • Storm Water Permit
  • Spill Control Plan
  • EPCRA reporting
  • TSCA program support
  • Process Safety Management
  • Multimedia Compliance Auditing

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://3m.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Search/job/US-Alabama-Decatur/Senior-Environmental-Engineer_R01170472

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