Environmental Compliance Specialist

Covanta
parental leave, 401(k)
United States, Massachusetts, West Wareham
Jul 09, 2026
Who we are For more than 40 years, Reworld has been a leader in sustainable waste solutions, providing our customers with innovative solutions that help them achieve carbon-negative outcomes. Our Vision Reworld is leading the charge to a carbon-negative future through revolutionary sustainable materials management solutions that reduce, reuse, recycle and reimagine waste for the benefit of society and the environment. Our Business Reworld partners with businesses by offering cutting-edge engineering and innovative solutions, to help customers reduce, reuse, recycle and recover value from waste streams and meet or exceed their sustainability goals. Our Value Reworld's differentiator comes from our ecosystem of technology, facilities and partnerships, trusted by the world's largest organizations to reimagine waste management for a smarter, more sustainable world. All that we're missing is you. Apply today! About the role The Environmental Compliance Specialist is a member of Reworld's Environmental team and plays a key role in supporting environmental compliance across a complex waste-to-energy operation and related environmental facilities. This is a hands-on operating-facility position intended for an environmental professional with industrial compliance experience, not a laboratory, academic, or research-focused background. This role offers the opportunity to make a visible impact on facility operations while gaining broad exposure to environmental programs including air, CEMS, water, ash, stormwater, wastewater, hazardous waste, and solid waste compliance. Working alongside an experienced environmental leader, you will build technical expertise, expand your regulatory knowledge, and see how your work directly contributes to safe, compliant, and sustainable operations. The Environmental Compliance Specialist supports permitting, testing, inspections, regulatory reporting, recordkeeping, and corrective-action programs across multiple facility types. The role partners closely with operations, contractors, consultants, laboratories, and regulatory agencies to maintain compliance, improve environmental performance, and support business objectives. This role combines office-based environmental compliance responsibilities with regular field work throughout an active industrial operating environment. Key Responsibilities Partner with the Senior SEMASS Environmental Compliance Specialist to maintain compliant air, CEMS, ash, solid-waste, stormwater, wastewater, potable-water, and hazardous-waste programs. Participate directly in permit applications, renewals, modifications, and supporting documentation for facility construction, operation, and expansion. Complete environmental testing, monitoring, data review, documentation, and regulatory reports; ensure records and submittals are accurate, complete, timely, and retained to Reworld and regulatory standards. Conduct environmental walkdowns at SEMASS and satellite facilities; document findings, work with operations to establish corrective actions, and follow items through closure. Support air-emissions and CEMS compliance activities, including review of testing data, emissions records, equipment logs, and related reporting. Coordinate environmental testing and compliance work at satellite facilities directly and with consultants, engineers, and testing laboratories. Work with facility operations and maintenance teams to identify compliance risks, improve environmental performance, and maintain readiness for regulatory inspections. Monitor regulatory changes and support updates to compliance plans, test methods, permits, and operating procedures. Support Reworld growth initiatives and the SEMASS community outreach program for mercury and mercury-containing-product diversion. Required Background Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, chemistry, biology, or a related scientific discipline. Relevant power-plant, industrial-operations, or military experience may be considered in place of a degree. Three or more years of direct environmental compliance experience in an active heavy-industrial, energy, power-generation, waste-to-energy, solid-waste, landfill, transfer-station, recycling, material-processing, or comparable operating environment. Demonstrated participation in facility environmental permitting, permit renewals, regulatory reporting, inspections, corrective-action follow-up, and environmental testing or monitoring. Experience working with more than one environmental program, such as air emissions, CEMS, solid waste, ash, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, or hazardous waste. Familiarity with facility operations and the practical realities of maintaining compliance in an operating industrial environment. Ability to work with operations, maintenance, contractors, consultants, laboratories, and regulatory agencies. Experience using environmental or operational data-management systems and preparing clear technical records, reports, and presentations. Preferred Background Thermomechanical treatment (TTF), power-generation, boiler, combustion, air-pollution-control, stack-testing, or CEMS experience. Direct experience at transfer stations, landfills, material-processing facilities, recycling facilities, or other solid-waste operations. Massachusetts environmental compliance or MassDEP experience. Hazardous-waste experience and familiarity with RCRA, DOT, and related documentation. Work Environment and Travel Day travel of approximately 10%-20% to Reworld facilities across Eastern and Central Massachusetts. Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work to support testing, permitting, inspections, and compliance deadlines. Work throughout an active industrial facility, including areas that are hot, cold, dusty, noisy, wet, and odorous. Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and a respirator; climb ladders and work at heights with fall protection; and perform physical tasks including lifting, pushing, pulling, sweeping, and shoveling. Reworld is a smoke-free worksite. All Reworld positions require a candidate's ability to perform the duties and responsibilities of the role while upholding Reworld's Values, including (but not limited to) contributing to a safe and inclusive workplace, delivering results through trust, and building breakthrough capabilities. Please note that Level, Title and/or Salary may be adjusted based on the applicant's experience or skills. Pay Transparency Reworld is committed to paying its staff equitably, and we strive to provide competitive compensation and benefits packages. The range below reflects Reworld's reasonable estimate of base pay for this role based on primary posting location. It is expected that most qualified candidates in this location will fall within the posting range. The final salary offered for this role will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to: experience, education, geographic location, skills and competencies, travel requirements and/or union contracts (if applicable). Pay ranges are reviewed from time to time and may be modified in the future. The pay range for the primary location of this position is: $87,300.00 - $116,200.00 USD per annum Reworld provides an industry-leading benefits package that supports the whole person-and their families-through a balanced approach to mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Regular full-time employees based in the USA have access to comprehensive medical, prescription drugs, dental, and vision coverage, FSA, HSA, short- and long-term disability benefits. Our 401(k) plan is industry-leading, with an up to 7% company match. Additional benefits include Company-paid life and AD&D insurance, EAP, paid parental leave, and educational assistance. For more information regarding these offerings, please visit the Reworld Careers Benefits Page. Reworldreserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate any benefit plan, in whole or in part, at any time. 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