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Environmental Compliance Managers qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupation roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field. Employers in manufacturing, energy, consulting, and government contracting regularly file LCAs through DOL and sponsor H-1B petitions for this role.
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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
Seeking a hands-on Environmental Compliance Specialist which is a field-based, operating-facility role for someone who has already supported environmental compliance in heavy industry, energy, power generation, solid waste, or comparable plant operations.
This role offers visible, meaningful work across a complex waste-to-energy facility and a network of transfer stations, landfills, and material-processing facilities. Working alongside the Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist, you will help maintain compliant air, CEMS, water, ash, solid-waste, and hazardous-waste programs while building depth in a practical, high-accountability operating environment.
The Environmental Compliance Specialist supports the Thermomechanical Treatment Facility and satellite sites across Central and Eastern Massachusetts. The role reports to the Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist and partners closely with the Regional Landfill Manager, Regional Environmental Director, plant operations, maintenance teams, consultants, laboratories, and regulatory agencies. Approximately half of the work supports the thermomechanical treatment facility and half supports transfer stations, landfills, and material-processing facilities. This is not a laboratory, academic, research, or audit-only role. This work requires routine site presence and direct involvement in facility environmental compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Support environmental compliance programs for air emissions, CEMS, ash, solid waste, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, and hazardous waste.
- Participate directly in facility permit applications, renewals, modifications, and supporting documentation for construction, operation, and expansion.
- Complete and review environmental testing, monitoring, data, records, and regulatory reports; ensure submittals are accurate, complete, timely, and retained to Reworld and regulatory standards.
- Conduct environmental walkdowns at SEMASS and satellite facilities; document findings, coordinate corrective actions with operations and maintenance, and follow actions through closure.
- Support air-emissions and CEMS activities, including review of emissions records, testing results, equipment logs, and related reports.
- Coordinate environmental testing and compliance work with consultants, engineers, contractors, and testing laboratories.
- Analyze environmental and operational data to identify compliance risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
- Support regulatory-inspection readiness and communicate technical compliance matters clearly to operating teams and external stakeholders.
- Monitor federal and state regulatory changes and help update permits, test plans, procedures, and compliance strategies.
- Support Reworld growth initiatives and community outreach for mercury and mercury-containing-product diversion.
Required Background
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, biology, or a related scientific discipline. Relevant power-plant, industrial-operations, or military experience may be considered in place of a degree.
- At least three years of direct, on-site environmental compliance experience in a heavy-industrial, energy, power-generation, waste-to-energy, landfill, transfer-station, recycling, material-processing, or comparable operating facility.
- Direct participation in environmental permits, permit renewals or modifications, regulatory reports or submissions, facility inspections, and corrective-action follow-up.
- Direct experience with environmental testing, monitoring, data review, documentation, or reporting across multiple programs, such as air, water, solid waste, ash, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, or hazardous waste.
- Familiarity with facility operations and with the practical demands of maintaining compliance in active industrial conditions.
- Experience working with operations, maintenance, contractors, consultants, laboratories, or regulatory agencies.
- Ability to use environmental or operational data-management tools and prepare clear technical records, reports, and presentations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to meet testing and reporting deadlines across multiple programs and agencies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
- Note that qualified candidates can point to an operating facility where they personally supported permits or regulatory reports, completed environmental inspections or monitoring, and followed compliance findings through closure.
Preferred Background
- Thermomechanical treatment, power-generation, boiler, combustion, air-pollution-control, stack-testing, or CEMS experience.
- Experience at transfer stations, landfills, material-processing facilities, recycling facilities, or other solid-waste operations.
- Massachusetts environmental compliance or MassDEP experience.
- Hazardous-waste experience, including RCRA, DOT, and related documentation.
- Experience coordinating outside testing laboratories, consultants, contractors, or engineers.
- Microsoft Copilot experience.
- Massachusetts Professional Engineer or Drinking Water Operator credential.
Work Environment and Travel
- Day travel of approximately 10%–20% to Reworld sites across Eastern and Central Massachusetts.
- Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work to support testing, permitting, inspections, and compliance deadlines.
- Work throughout active industrial facilities, including hot, cold, dusty, noisy, wet, and odorous areas.
- Ability to wear required PPE and a respirator; climb ladders and work at heights with fall protection; lift heavy objects; and perform tasks such as 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. Reworld™ reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate any benefit plan, in whole or in part, at any time.
Our DEI Commitment
Reworld is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affirmative Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Know Your Rights (Click to view poster)
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site because of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by going to Reworldwaste.com and clicking on the ‘Contact Us’ button. Under Inquires, select ‘Careers’ in the Interest field, fill out all required fields including your message. In the message section, please note this is a ‘Job Application Accommodation Request’.
Attention Staffing Agencies & Search Firms
Reworld may sometimes selectively collaborate with staffing agencies and search firms (Agencies). Reworld will only consider candidates from Agencies with whom a signed agreement and a duly authorized work order (for a specific role) has been duly executed. Any unsolicited candidate submissions or candidate submissions from Agencies that do not meet these criteria, will be deemed invalid and ineligible for any fees.
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
Seeking a hands-on Environmental Compliance Specialist which is a field-based, operating-facility role for someone who has already supported environmental compliance in heavy industry, energy, power generation, solid waste, or comparable plant operations.
This role offers visible, meaningful work across a complex waste-to-energy facility and a network of transfer stations, landfills, and material-processing facilities. Working alongside the Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist, you will help maintain compliant air, CEMS, water, ash, solid-waste, and hazardous-waste programs while building depth in a practical, high-accountability operating environment.
The Environmental Compliance Specialist supports the Thermomechanical Treatment Facility and satellite sites across Central and Eastern Massachusetts. The role reports to the Senior Environmental Compliance Specialist and partners closely with the Regional Landfill Manager, Regional Environmental Director, plant operations, maintenance teams, consultants, laboratories, and regulatory agencies. Approximately half of the work supports the thermomechanical treatment facility and half supports transfer stations, landfills, and material-processing facilities. This is not a laboratory, academic, research, or audit-only role. This work requires routine site presence and direct involvement in facility environmental compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Support environmental compliance programs for air emissions, CEMS, ash, solid waste, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, and hazardous waste.
- Participate directly in facility permit applications, renewals, modifications, and supporting documentation for construction, operation, and expansion.
- Complete and review environmental testing, monitoring, data, records, and regulatory reports; ensure submittals are accurate, complete, timely, and retained to Reworld and regulatory standards.
- Conduct environmental walkdowns at SEMASS and satellite facilities; document findings, coordinate corrective actions with operations and maintenance, and follow actions through closure.
- Support air-emissions and CEMS activities, including review of emissions records, testing results, equipment logs, and related reports.
- Coordinate environmental testing and compliance work with consultants, engineers, contractors, and testing laboratories.
- Analyze environmental and operational data to identify compliance risks, trends, and improvement opportunities.
- Support regulatory-inspection readiness and communicate technical compliance matters clearly to operating teams and external stakeholders.
- Monitor federal and state regulatory changes and help update permits, test plans, procedures, and compliance strategies.
- Support Reworld growth initiatives and community outreach for mercury and mercury-containing-product diversion.
Required Background
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, engineering technology, chemistry, biology, or a related scientific discipline. Relevant power-plant, industrial-operations, or military experience may be considered in place of a degree.
- At least three years of direct, on-site environmental compliance experience in a heavy-industrial, energy, power-generation, waste-to-energy, landfill, transfer-station, recycling, material-processing, or comparable operating facility.
- Direct participation in environmental permits, permit renewals or modifications, regulatory reports or submissions, facility inspections, and corrective-action follow-up.
- Direct experience with environmental testing, monitoring, data review, documentation, or reporting across multiple programs, such as air, water, solid waste, ash, stormwater, wastewater, potable water, or hazardous waste.
- Familiarity with facility operations and with the practical demands of maintaining compliance in active industrial conditions.
- Experience working with operations, maintenance, contractors, consultants, laboratories, or regulatory agencies.
- Ability to use environmental or operational data-management tools and prepare clear technical records, reports, and presentations.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to meet testing and reporting deadlines across multiple programs and agencies.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Teams, and SharePoint.
- Note that qualified candidates can point to an operating facility where they personally supported permits or regulatory reports, completed environmental inspections or monitoring, and followed compliance findings through closure.
Preferred Background
- Thermomechanical treatment, power-generation, boiler, combustion, air-pollution-control, stack-testing, or CEMS experience.
- Experience at transfer stations, landfills, material-processing facilities, recycling facilities, or other solid-waste operations.
- Massachusetts environmental compliance or MassDEP experience.
- Hazardous-waste experience, including RCRA, DOT, and related documentation.
- Experience coordinating outside testing laboratories, consultants, contractors, or engineers.
- Microsoft Copilot experience.
- Massachusetts Professional Engineer or Drinking Water Operator credential.
Work Environment and Travel
- Day travel of approximately 10%–20% to Reworld sites across Eastern and Central Massachusetts.
- Occasional evening, weekend, or holiday work to support testing, permitting, inspections, and compliance deadlines.
- Work throughout active industrial facilities, including hot, cold, dusty, noisy, wet, and odorous areas.
- Ability to wear required PPE and a respirator; climb ladders and work at heights with fall protection; lift heavy objects; and perform tasks such as 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. Reworld™ reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate any benefit plan, in whole or in part, at any time.
Our DEI Commitment
Reworld is an Equal Opportunity Employer, has developed an Affirmative Action Program (AAP), and will not discriminate against any qualified applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability (including perceived disability, physical, mental, and/or intellectual disabilities), veteran status, liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Know Your Rights (Click to view poster)
If you are an individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site because of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by going to Reworldwaste.com and clicking on the ‘Contact Us’ button. Under Inquires, select ‘Careers’ in the Interest field, fill out all required fields including your message. In the message section, please note this is a ‘Job Application Accommodation Request’.
Attention Staffing Agencies & Search Firms
Reworld may sometimes selectively collaborate with staffing agencies and search firms (Agencies). Reworld will only consider candidates from Agencies with whom a signed agreement and a duly authorized work order (for a specific role) has been duly executed. Any unsolicited candidate submissions or candidate submissions from Agencies that do not meet these criteria, will be deemed invalid and ineligible for any fees.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Environmental Compliance Manager
Align your credentials to SOC codes
Environmental Compliance Managers are typically classified under SOC 11-9199 or 17-2081. Pull your O*NET profile for your exact title and confirm your degree field matches before applying. Mismatched credentials are a common RFE trigger for this role.
Target regulated-industry employers first
Companies in oil and gas, chemical manufacturing, utilities, and aerospace face mandatory EPA and state compliance requirements. These employers hire Environmental Compliance Managers year-round and are far more likely to have existing H-1B sponsorship infrastructure than general consulting firms.
Verify prevailing wage before negotiating
Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up Level I through Level IV wage rates for your SOC code and target metro area. Your offer must meet or exceed the certified LCA wage, so knowing the floor before negotiating protects both your petition and your salary.
Search verified H-1B sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter by occupation and location on Migrate Mate to find employers with confirmed LCA filing history for environmental compliance roles. This cuts out companies that claim to sponsor but have no DOL disclosure record for your job category.
Confirm the employer files cap-subject H-1Bs
Government agencies and some nonprofits are cap-exempt, meaning they don't go through the annual lottery. If you're coming off OPT or another cap-subject status, clarify early whether the employer files cap-subject or cap-exempt petitions, since the timeline and process differ significantly.
Request the LCA before signing an offer
Your employer must file and receive a certified LCA from DOL before submitting the I-129 to USCIS. Ask for confirmation of LCA filing status during the offer stage. Delays at this step are the most common reason Environmental Compliance Manager H-1B timelines slip past the intended start date.
H-1B Visa Environmental Compliance Manager: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Environmental Compliance Manager role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. USCIS treats Environmental Compliance Manager positions as specialty occupations when the role requires at least a bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, chemistry, or a closely related field. If the job description accepts any bachelor's degree regardless of field, the employer may face an RFE challenging specialty occupation status. Employers strengthen the petition by tying specific compliance duties to degree-level knowledge in a defined field.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for this role?
Manufacturing, oil and gas, chemical processing, utilities, aerospace, and environmental consulting firms generate the most H-1B LCA filings for Environmental Compliance Manager positions. These industries operate under strict EPA, OSHA, and state environmental regulations that require dedicated compliance staff. You can browse employers with confirmed filing history for this occupation on Migrate Mate before applying.
How does the DOL prevailing wage requirement affect this role specifically?
The employer must certify on the LCA that your offered wage meets or exceeds the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code, job level, and worksite location. For Environmental Compliance Managers, wages vary significantly by industry and region. Use the OFLC Wage Search to look up the applicable level before you negotiate, since the certified wage becomes the legal floor for your entire H-1B period.
Can I change employers mid-H-1B if I'm working as an Environmental Compliance Manager?
Yes, H-1B portability under AC21 lets you transfer to a new employer once your I-129 has been pending for 180 days or is approved, as long as the new role is in the same or a similar occupational classification. For Environmental Compliance Managers, a move between regulated industries typically qualifies, but a shift into a general management role with no compliance duties could raise a portability challenge.
What documentation should I gather before an employer files my H-1B petition?
You'll need academic transcripts and degree certificates showing a qualifying field of study, a credential evaluation if your degree is from outside the U.S., any professional licenses relevant to your state's environmental compliance requirements, and a detailed job description tying your duties to specialized knowledge. Some states require specific certifications for certain compliance functions, so confirm whether your target employer's role carries any state-level licensing obligations before the petition is filed.