Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply! 

Your Role at Cabot:

Cabot Corporation is seeking an Environmental Specialist to join the team onsite at the Ville Platte, LA facility. The Cabot facility is one of many carbon black sites in the network that will lend an opportunity for an individual to leave their mark!

This role is ideal for a professional with experience in air/water/waste, Title V, environmental permitting, EPA and LDEQ interaction, CEMS/emissions monitoring, environmental audits, regulatory compliance, incident investigation, capital-project review and/or emerging regulations.

This role is responsible for:

• Performing moderately complex technical work to support environmental compliance and sustainability initiatives across plant operations.
• Provides technical analysis and guidance to department, plant, and site leadership on environmental matters.
• Assists in the development, implementation, and maintenance of environmental programs, systems, and procedures to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, including air, waste, and water requirements.
• Supports departments through training, guidance, and implementation of environmental procedures and regulatory changes while promoting responsible environmental stewardship and operational excellence.

This role is based fully onsite 5 days a week.

How You’ll Make an Impact: 

• Collect, analyze, evaluate and distribute SH&E management information.  Create and/or run reports for distribution to management.  Monitoring safety and health performance by running reports. Provide recommendations, as appropriate, for improvements to SH&E programs.

• Monitor and prevent chemical, physical and biological hazards and diseases that could be present in the area by conducting air, soil, or other environmental tests.

• Investigate accidents, injuries, and complaints concerning hazards or uncomfortable conditions in the workplace.  Recommend improvements in processes, design, procedures, and operating equipment to minimize the hazard potential.

• Conduct employee training, emergency preparedness, and quality assurance programs.

• Provide regulatory interpretation and technical advice. 

• Participate on internal committees and teams, as appropriate.

• Track and monitor existing and pending regulations and make recommendations, as appropriate

• Participate in SH&E audits, as appropriate.

• Provide assistance to staff and managers in assessing and achieving Corporate goals and objectives.

• Maintain working knowledge of specific requirements imposed by government agencies.

• Assist in the design and conduct of SH&E employee and contractor training programs.

• Supports efforts to implement and maintain the Responsible Care® Management System in line with the requirements of the RC14001®   technical specification, as applicable to the site/region.
• Serve as a direct communication link between the Environmental Department and Production, Technical, Maintenance, WPS and Capitol.
• Prepare and submit regulatory and corporate reports to meet deadlines.
• Assist with data collection as it pertains to Waste, Water, Air and Sustainability.
• Conduct Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, & Annual inspections.

What You’ll Bring to Cabot:

• Bachelors Degree in Environmental Sciences, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, or related is preferred.
• 3+ years’ related environmental experience.
• Working knowledge of federal, state, and local environmental regulations and compliance requirements.
• Experience with environmental programs involving air, water, and waste.
• Experience supporting environmental permitting and regulatory reporting; Title V air permitting experience is a plus.
• Experience with environmental inspections, audits, compliance monitoring, data collection, and recordkeeping.
• Familiarity with emissions monitoring, testing and/or Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) is preferred.

• Technical capabilities in specialty area.

• Planning, organization and problem solving skills.

• Good oral and written communication skills.

• Data management.

How We’ll Support Your Success:

• Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment – We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing really meaningful work.
• Growth –Training, great peer coaching and support, and the ability to personally grow your influence, your position, and your compensation.
• Meaningful Work that is Valued – Customers are demanding sustainable solutions without compromising quality or performance. The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and cleaner future. It is an awesome feeling to know you’re making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, “I was a part of that.”
• Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits. Benefits begin on first day of employment. Cabot Benefits
• Feedback – We are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.

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At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.

EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled/RC14001
Realizing we function better together than individually, Cabot Corporation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive culture that embraces our differences and to empower employees to achieve exceptional results, without consideration of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected categories. This includes providing reasonable accommodation for employees’ and applicants’ disabilities or religious beliefs and practices, in accordance with applicable law.

Cabot is committed to supporting and maintaining a safe and environmentally focused working environment. All employees are expected to uphold this commitment in every position.

Nondiscrimination Policy with Respect to Discussion of Pay
This is to advise that it is the policy of Cabot Corporation not to discharge or in any other manner discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because such employee or applicant has inquired about, discussed, or disclosed the compensation of the employee or applicant or another employee or applicant. This policy, however, shall not apply to instances in which an employee who has access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as part of that employee's essential job functions (such as in payroll or HR) discloses the compensation of such other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to such information, unless that disclosure is in response to a formal complaint or charge, in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing or other action, including an investigation conducted by Cabot, or otherwise as required by law.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing and Background Checks
Cabot is proud to operate as a drug-free workplace. All applicants conditionally offered a position must (a) complete and pass a background check and (b) complete a drug test and receive an acceptable test result. For certain manufacturing, quality and production positions, a pre-employment physical may be required.