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Lead the development and execution of a risk-based environmental compliance strategy across global d Industrial Solutions manufacturing sites. Provide strategic direction, technical expertise, and compliance assurance to ensure environmental obligations are understood and met, significant risks are proactively identified and reduced, and effective systems are sustained. Partner with site EHS, Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Legal, Corporate Environmental, and segment leadership to embed environmental compliance into operational planning, decision-making, and continuous improvement.
Site leadership remains accountable for day-to-day operational compliance; this role provides segment-level strategy, technical oversight, governance, management system development, policy adaptation, verification, and escalation to enable consistent performance across the assigned sites.
Key Responsibilities
Environmental Strategy and Risk Reduction
- Develop and execute a multi-year environmental compliance strategy and annual priorities aligned with business operations, regulatory exposure, and significant environmental risks.
- Assess the environmental risk profile across sites; prioritize resources and initiatives based on potential regulatory, operational, and environmental consequences.
- Integrate environmental requirements into business planning and management of change for new equipment, processes, chemicals, capacity expansions, and facility modifications.
- Develop and deploy environmental management systems and governance.
- Identify emerging regulatory requirements and translate them into practical implementation plans, standards, and site actions.
Regulatory Compliance and Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership on environmental permitting/licensing, including applicability, inventories, calculations, permit applications/renewals/modifications, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting.
- Oversee compliance programs for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, including characterization, generator status, storage, labeling, transportation, disposal, manifests, and vendor oversight.
- Provide technical oversight for wastewater/stormwater/drinking water permits, sampling, discharge limits, treatment performance, inspections, reporting, and unauthorized discharge investigations.
- Guide site programs for spill prevention and response, chemical management, storage tanks, environmental releases, and emergency response.
- Ensure a process exists to periodically reconcile permits, registrations, and authorizations with actual equipment, materials, processes, emissions, discharges, production volumes, and operating conditions.
- Provide oversight and technical guidance on required government mandated reports as required by law.
Other Key Responsibilities
Assurance and Incident Management
- Lead a risk-based environmental compliance assurance approach incorporating legal compliance audits, site reviews, self-assessments, critical-obligation verification, and follow-up on significant findings.
- Provide oversight of environmental incidents, releases, permit deviations, exceedances, and Notices of Violation; support timely notification, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and prevention of recurrence.
- Validate the completeness and accuracy of significant environmental data, calculations, regulatory submissions, and supporting records.
- Track high-risk and overdue corrective actions, verify effectiveness of significant controls, and escalate material compliance risks to appropriate leadership.
- Create a site recovery program for at-risk/high risk locations.
Systems, Standardization and Continuous Improvement
- Develop and sustain common environmental compliance tools, procedures, permit registers, obligation matrices, compliance calendars, dashboards, and technical guidance.
- Use Benchmark Gensuite and other approved digital tools to improve compliance visibility, action tracking, reporting quality, and consistency across sites.
- Apply data analytics and appropriately governed AI-enabled solutions to identify trends, simplify administrative work, and support earlier risk identification.
- Analyze findings, incidents, regulatory events, and site performance to identify systemic issues and deploy scalable preventive improvements and best practices.
- Coordinate technical performance of consultants, laboratories, waste vendors, and other environmental service providers.
Leadership, Governance and Performance
- Partner with Corporate Environmental, legal, site and business leaders to clarify environmental responsibilities, build capability, and integrate compliance into routine operating reviews.
- Establish and monitor meaningful indicators covering critical obligations, permit deviations, audit findings, corrective-action timeliness and effectiveness, and significant environmental events.
- Provide clear, risk-based updates and recommendations to segment EHS and business leadership, including progress against strategic priorities.
- Coach and influence cross-functional teams without relying on direct reporting authority; share lessons learned and effective practices across sites.
- Assist in developing training programs to enhance capability and compliance in IS BU sites.
Job Requirements
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, or related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of eight years of progressive environmental compliance experience, preferably in manufacturing or industrial operations, including multi-site responsibilities.
- Demonstrated expertise across multiple environmental regulatory programs, particularly air emissions and permitting, waste, wastewater/stormwater, chemical management, spill prevention, and regulatory reporting.
- Ability to independently interpret regulations and permit conditions, assess applicability, identify compliance gaps, and implement practical, risk-based solutions.
- Experience developing compliance strategies, leading cross-functional initiatives, conducting assurance activities, and influencing site and business leadership.
- Working knowledge of ISO 14001, environmental management systems, digital compliance platforms, data analytics, and practical AI applications.
- Strong analytical, communication, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills; able to set priorities and execute with limited supervision.
- Professional certifications such as CHMM, PE, QEP, REM, or local equivalent preferred.
- Ability to travel to assigned manufacturing sites as business needs require.
Measures of Success
A clear and executed environmental compliance strategy; timely identification and reduction of significant environmental risks; reliable regulatory obligation and permit management; effective closure of high-risk findings; fewer repeat compliance issues; accurate reporting; and demonstrable improvements in site capability and compliance assurance.
Competencies
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $148,400 – $190,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
- Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
- Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.
Job Locations:
680 E. Swedesford Road
Suite 100 and 200
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
United States
Lead the development and execution of a risk-based environmental compliance strategy across global d Industrial Solutions manufacturing sites. Provide strategic direction, technical expertise, and compliance assurance to ensure environmental obligations are understood and met, significant risks are proactively identified and reduced, and effective systems are sustained. Partner with site EHS, Operations, Engineering, Facilities, Legal, Corporate Environmental, and segment leadership to embed environmental compliance into operational planning, decision-making, and continuous improvement.
Site leadership remains accountable for day-to-day operational compliance; this role provides segment-level strategy, technical oversight, governance, management system development, policy adaptation, verification, and escalation to enable consistent performance across the assigned sites.
Key Responsibilities
Environmental Strategy and Risk Reduction
- Develop and execute a multi-year environmental compliance strategy and annual priorities aligned with business operations, regulatory exposure, and significant environmental risks.
- Assess the environmental risk profile across sites; prioritize resources and initiatives based on potential regulatory, operational, and environmental consequences.
- Integrate environmental requirements into business planning and management of change for new equipment, processes, chemicals, capacity expansions, and facility modifications.
- Develop and deploy environmental management systems and governance.
- Identify emerging regulatory requirements and translate them into practical implementation plans, standards, and site actions.
Regulatory Compliance and Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership on environmental permitting/licensing, including applicability, inventories, calculations, permit applications/renewals/modifications, monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting.
- Oversee compliance programs for hazardous and non-hazardous waste, including characterization, generator status, storage, labeling, transportation, disposal, manifests, and vendor oversight.
- Provide technical oversight for wastewater/stormwater/drinking water permits, sampling, discharge limits, treatment performance, inspections, reporting, and unauthorized discharge investigations.
- Guide site programs for spill prevention and response, chemical management, storage tanks, environmental releases, and emergency response.
- Ensure a process exists to periodically reconcile permits, registrations, and authorizations with actual equipment, materials, processes, emissions, discharges, production volumes, and operating conditions.
- Provide oversight and technical guidance on required government mandated reports as required by law.
Other Key Responsibilities
Assurance and Incident Management
- Lead a risk-based environmental compliance assurance approach incorporating legal compliance audits, site reviews, self-assessments, critical-obligation verification, and follow-up on significant findings.
- Provide oversight of environmental incidents, releases, permit deviations, exceedances, and Notices of Violation; support timely notification, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and prevention of recurrence.
- Validate the completeness and accuracy of significant environmental data, calculations, regulatory submissions, and supporting records.
- Track high-risk and overdue corrective actions, verify effectiveness of significant controls, and escalate material compliance risks to appropriate leadership.
- Create a site recovery program for at-risk/high risk locations.
Systems, Standardization and Continuous Improvement
- Develop and sustain common environmental compliance tools, procedures, permit registers, obligation matrices, compliance calendars, dashboards, and technical guidance.
- Use Benchmark Gensuite and other approved digital tools to improve compliance visibility, action tracking, reporting quality, and consistency across sites.
- Apply data analytics and appropriately governed AI-enabled solutions to identify trends, simplify administrative work, and support earlier risk identification.
- Analyze findings, incidents, regulatory events, and site performance to identify systemic issues and deploy scalable preventive improvements and best practices.
- Coordinate technical performance of consultants, laboratories, waste vendors, and other environmental service providers.
Leadership, Governance and Performance
- Partner with Corporate Environmental, legal, site and business leaders to clarify environmental responsibilities, build capability, and integrate compliance into routine operating reviews.
- Establish and monitor meaningful indicators covering critical obligations, permit deviations, audit findings, corrective-action timeliness and effectiveness, and significant environmental events.
- Provide clear, risk-based updates and recommendations to segment EHS and business leadership, including progress against strategic priorities.
- Coach and influence cross-functional teams without relying on direct reporting authority; share lessons learned and effective practices across sites.
- Assist in developing training programs to enhance capability and compliance in IS BU sites.
Job Requirements
Education and Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Health & Safety, or related technical discipline; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum of eight years of progressive environmental compliance experience, preferably in manufacturing or industrial operations, including multi-site responsibilities.
- Demonstrated expertise across multiple environmental regulatory programs, particularly air emissions and permitting, waste, wastewater/stormwater, chemical management, spill prevention, and regulatory reporting.
- Ability to independently interpret regulations and permit conditions, assess applicability, identify compliance gaps, and implement practical, risk-based solutions.
- Experience developing compliance strategies, leading cross-functional initiatives, conducting assurance activities, and influencing site and business leadership.
- Working knowledge of ISO 14001, environmental management systems, digital compliance platforms, data analytics, and practical AI applications.
- Strong analytical, communication, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills; able to set priorities and execute with limited supervision.
- Professional certifications such as CHMM, PE, QEP, REM, or local equivalent preferred.
- Ability to travel to assigned manufacturing sites as business needs require.
Measures of Success
A clear and executed environmental compliance strategy; timely identification and reduction of significant environmental risks; reliable regulatory obligation and permit management; effective closure of high-risk findings; fewer repeat compliance issues; accurate reporting; and demonstrable improvements in site capability and compliance assurance.
Competencies
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $148,400 – $190,000 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
- Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
- Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
BENEFITS
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.
Job Locations:
680 E. Swedesford Road
Suite 100 and 200
Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087
United States
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote environmental compliance specialist jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in environmental science, engineering, or a related field
- Knowledge of federal and state environmental regulations including Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act
- Experience conducting environmental audits, inspections, or compliance assessments
- Proficiency preparing and submitting environmental permits and regulatory reports
- HAZWOPER certification or willingness to obtain within 90 days of hire
- Ability to interpret technical data and communicate findings to non-technical stakeholders
Tips for Your Remote Environmental Compliance Specialist Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote environmental compliance specialist openings from across the U.S. in one place. Check it regularly and apply to roles that match your regulatory background as soon as they post, since remote positions at distributed teams fill quickly.
Show your async compliance documentation skills
Remote environmental compliance employers want to see that you can produce clear, self-contained work. Bring writing samples, permit applications, audit reports, or inspection checklists you've authored solo. Strong written output proves you can operate without constant back-and-forth.
Demonstrate proficiency with remote compliance tools
Name the platforms you know in your resume and interviews: environmental management systems like Cority or Enablon, digital permit tracking software, and cloud-based document management. Specific tool experience reassures remote hiring managers that you won't need a learning curve on day one.
Prepare for async-first remote interviews
Many distributed environmental compliance teams use video screening rounds and written assessments before live interviews. Practice explaining complex regulatory scenarios clearly in writing and on video. Concise, well-organized answers signal you can communicate effectively across time zones.
Remote Environmental Compliance Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote environmental compliance specialist job?
Target companies with distributed teams: environmental consulting firms, renewable energy developers, and industrial manufacturers that operate across multiple sites and manage compliance centrally. Remote employers screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and proficiency with digital compliance tracking tools. Candidates who can demonstrate they've managed regulatory deadlines and audit documentation independently, without daily supervision, have a real edge.
Which companies hire remote environmental compliance specialists?
Remote environmental compliance specialist roles are posted by Arclin, GAI Consultants, and Sound Transit and others right now, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These include remote-first environmental consulting firms, distributed energy and utilities companies, and large industrial organizations that manage compliance across multiple facilities from a centralized team.
Can you get a remote environmental compliance specialist job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles are harder to land because employers expect you to work independently from day one with minimal hand-holding. Your best path is through remote-friendly consulting firms or companies with structured onboarding. Showing completed environmental coursework, relevant certifications like CHMM or RCRA training, and a demonstrated ability to self-manage projects goes a long way toward opening those doors.
Do you need a degree for remote environmental compliance specialist jobs?
Usually, but the field increasingly weighs demonstrated skills alongside formal education. Many remote employers accept candidates with an associate degree or vocational background in environmental science or health and safety if they hold relevant certifications and can show hands-on compliance work. Practical results, such as audit history or permit management experience, often count as much as a four-year degree.
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