Manager, Environmental Compliance

Location: San Jose, CA

 

This is a people management position is within Operations and is responsible for ensuring NTGR products are environmentally compliant world-wide,  and for developing and managing NTGR’s sustainable manufacturing and corporate social responsibility policies.

 

Responsibilities

• Develop an effective strategy for monitoring environmental laws and regulations worldwide.
• Develop and audit process to ensure  NTGR environmental policies are followed.
• Work with NTGR ODMs to ensure NTGR products comply with environmental laws and regulations.
• Develop sustainable manufacturing and corporate social responsibility policies for NTGR.
• Develop contacts and relationships with regulating authorities and consultants to ensure NTGR understands product environmental compliance requirements.
• Work with NTGR legal to interpret environmental laws and regulations.
• Ensure NTGR environmental compliance records are complete and archived.
• Answer all customer questions regarding environmental compliance of NTGR products.
• Reply to inquiries from environmental regulating authorities.
• Develop and evangelize environmental compliance, sustainable manufacturing and CSR policy within NTGR.  
• People management including hiring, budgets and performance management.

 

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience as a people manager, with responsibilities for department budget, recruiting and performance management.    A minimum of 10 years’ experience within environmental compliance. 
• Thorough understanding of European Community RoHS, WEEE, EuP, REACH, Conflict Minerals, Battery Directives, China RoHS and sustainability programs.
• Must have exceptional skill at organizing tasks and efficiently managing their time.
• Excellent written and verbal English and language skills.
• Ability to generate logically constructed and complete process and procedures.
• Excellent project management skills.
• An BS/BA degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics,  Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering  is required.
• Travel up to 25% per year.  This would include quarterly visits to NTGR Suppliers or Customers and regulating authorities.