Environmental Compliance Program Lead

# Environmental Compliance Program Lead
* Port Arthur, TX
* Order: 64614

Environmental Compliance Program Leader

RCRA & Hazardous Waste Compliance

Location:

Greater New Orleans/Greater Baton Rouge/Houston/Nashville Travel:
As needed to support healthcare systems and key industrial clients

About Technical Environmental Services (TES)
Technical Environmental Services, Inc. (TES) has supported healthcare, industrial, and public-sector clients for more than 40 years. Our work focuses on protecting people, strengthening compliance, and delivering defensible environmental, health, and safety programs. We operate with a simple principle: identify risk early, communicate clearly, and make it right.

Role Overview

TES is seeking an Environmental Compliance Program Leader to own and expand our hazardous waste and RCRA compliance services across healthcare and industrial clients nationwide. This role serves as TES’s technical authority for RCRA and hazardous waste management and is responsible for building scalable, defensible compliance programs that clients trust.

This is a program ownership role, not a generalist project management position. The ideal candidate combines deep regulatory knowledge with the drive to build, refine, and expand a national service offering.

Key Responsibilities Healthcare RCRA Hazardous Waste Compliance Own and lead TES’s healthcare hazardous waste audit program

Conduct and oversee structured weekly or monthly RCRA audits

Evaluate waste characterization and hazardous waste determinations

Assess compliance related to container management, labeling, and accumulation time frames

Inspect and document Satellite Accumulation Areas (SAAs)
Identify compliance gaps early and develop practical corrective actions

Support survey readiness and regulator-facing documentation

Interface with EHS, pharmacy, laboratory, imaging, facilities, and support departments

Oversee quality of ENV Technicians Industrial & Utility Waste Compliance Provide technical leadership for RCRA applicability determinations

Support development and review of waste management plans

Design and interpret TCLP sampling strategies and results

Assist with waste profiling, classification, and generator status determinations

Coordinate with laboratories and disposal facilities as needed

Provide technical input into proposals, scopes, and client inquiries

Program Development & Internal Leadership Serve as TES’s internal subject matter authority for RCRA and hazardous waste

Review RCRA-related scopes prior to proposal issuance

Standardize audit tools, checklists, reporting templates, and guidance

Train and mentor environmental project managers and staff

Ensure consistent, defensible compliance delivery across regions

Qualifications

Required7+ years of experience in environmental compliance

Strong working knowledge of RCRA hazardous waste regulations

Experience conducting or overseeing hazardous waste audits

Ability to interpret regulations and apply them in real-world settings

Strong technical writing and documentation skills

Preferred

Healthcare hazardous waste compliance experience

Utility or industrial waste experience (TCLP, waste profiling, waste plans)
Consulting or corporate EHS background

Compensation & Incentives Base salary in the $85,000–$95,000 range, depending on experience

Robust performance-based incentives tied to:

Expansion of healthcare hazardous waste programs

Onboarding of new hospital systems

Revenue growth of RCRA and hazardous waste compliance services

Successful delivery of scalable, defensible compliance programs
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