Title: Team Leader Environment

Location: Park Rapids, MN

Job Requisition ID: Req-272131

Time Type: Full time

About Lamb Weston

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries around the world.

A highly innovative global corporation with a start-up mindset, we empower every individual to make a genuine difference. You’ll gain access to hands-on training to fuel your growth and success, explore opportunities for new solutions, and you’ll join a winning team of 10,000+ people all dedicated to raising the bar – together.

If you have a strong drive for results, a desire to help us bring the world together through our fries, and are ready for a fresh challenge, we want to hear from you.

Job Description Summary

Under general supervision of the department manager, conducts the operations of the company’s Class A wastewater treatment facility. Responsible for coordinating operations and developing workplans for operations and maintenance personnel. Assists in the support and development of SOPs for the uninterrupted operation and maintenance of the pretreatment/headworks facility. Operation and maintenance of a biological nutrient removal wastewater treatment facility. Coordination of irrigation of plant effluent to permitted application sites in accordance with set discharge limits and agronomic rates throughout the year. Participates in environmental sustainability activities to support water efficiency, energy efficiency, and waste reduction efforts. Monitoring and control of the facility production and potable water systems and appropriation monitoring. Assists with ongoing data collection and monitoring for various regulatory programs. Entry level applicants will be expected to grow within this position to successfully upgrade required state licensing through education and testing to increase responsibility and earn incremental pay levels for each licensing status.

Job Description

• Supervision of wastewater plant operators, contactors, and farmer relation
• Manage, monitor, track, and oversee operations of the process wastewater treatment system and oversee operations of the drinking water and process water treatment systems.
• Responsible for understanding all wastewater permit regulations and guidelines for operation and discharge.
• Schedules or conducts corrective maintenance, preventative maintenance and inspections related to the facility equipment to ensure reliability for the uninterrupted operation of the wastewater treatment facility.
• Develop and implement procedures and workplans for the maintenance and operation of the wastewater treatment facility.
• Interface with farm operators on the scheduling and distribution of process water for land application.
• Coordination/scheduling of sample collection and data analysis with Company certified lab personnel and/or contract laboratory
• Analytical data management and QA/QC review
• Manage water/wastewater maintenance budget including development of water/wastewater budget line items.
• Work with environmental manager to complete periodic compliance reporting.
• Utilize information management software to track and document related compliance task completion.
• Participate in environmental sustainability activities to support water efficiency, energy efficiency, and waste reduction efforts.

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  Support environmental program management.
• Assist the Energy and Environmental manager, as necessary.

• Participate in capital planning process to ensure water/wastewater system needs are addressed in a timely manner.
• Implement continuous improvement activities to optimize system performance and reduce overall costs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Technical Qualifications:

• Degree in water technology, engineering, biology, or agronomy preferred.
• Progressive experience in the water or wastewater field and a Minnesota Wastewater Operators certificate or the ability to obtain licensing within one of employment.
• Knowledge of wastewater treatment systems, including biological treatment systems (anaerobic and aerobic with biological nutrient removal, BNR) as well as primary, secondary treatment and chemical treatment is desirable.
• Knowledge and experience in environmental laboratory methods and practices. Previous experience with lab accreditation preferred.
• Ability to interpret process control testing and lab results and utilize the data to apply corrective action to wastewater treatment processes.
• General knowledge of environmental regulations desired, including wastewater, air pollution control, spill control, and stormwater regulations.
• Good presentation skills preferred.
• Experience using computerized maintenance management systems.
• Demonstrated ability to apply math skills to manage systems.
• Strong English skills required.
• Strong mechanical aptitude required.
• Strong computer (MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, SAP, etc.) capabilities required

Equipment Operation:
Knowledge of operational practices and equipment used for wastewater and water treatment systems. Must learn and understand safe operating procedures, chemical safety, and spill prevention practices. Must learn and understand environmental permit conditions and what is necessary to demonstrate compliance with each condition. Understanding of food processing sanitation and quality control needs in manufacturing consumer food products.

Physical Demands:
Ability to work in office environment, manufacturing operations and environmental control systems. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Must be able to move up and down stairs throughout the shift. May be required to work off-shift or facility outage periods.

Basic & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Sustainability, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering, or a related technical field
• 0-3 years of environmental, sustainability, regulatory compliance, or related experience
• Working knowledge of environmental regulations and compliance requirements preferred

Physical Environment/Demands:

• Ability to lift up to X pounds and to stand, walk, bend, stoop, twist and turn frequently.
• Exposed to a noisy environment that varies from hot to cold in temperature
• Exposure to manufacturing environments for up to 8 hours per work day to include: loud noise, excessive heat, cold, wet, slippery conditions, dirt, fumes, smoke, smells and allergies
• Ability to do repetitious arm, wrist and hand movements required for job actions and procedures.
• Must be able to work with hands and arms overhead, and to work in or under the equipment.
• Requires manual dexterity, overall coordination and good balance to work both at ground level and in high places to perform job duties. Ability to operate work related equipment
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Industry-Competitive Benefits

Coupled with our compensation and bonus incentive programs, our benefits deliver rewards that are market competitive. Some of the most attractive elements of our benefit programs include:

• Health Insurance Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision

• Flexible Spending Accounts for Health and Dependent Care, and Health Reimbursement Accounts

• Well-being programs including companywide events and a wellness incentive program

• Paid Time Off

• Financial Wellness – Industry leading 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, Financial Planning Services, Employee Stock purchase program, and Health Savings Accounts, Life and Accident insurance

• Family-Friendly Employee events

• Employee Assistance Program services – mental health and other concierge type services

Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Anticipated Close Date

The anticipated close date is a good faith estimate for when this job will be closed. Some jobs may be unposted or filled earlier or later than the Anticipated Close Date depending on interview processes and business needs.

Anticipated Close Date: 12/29/2026

Pay Transparency

In compliance with applicable state and local laws, Lamb Weston has opted to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for this role. This compensation is specific to this position and takes into account a number of variables. Actual compensation may be higher or lower in the range posted based on various factors, including, but not limited to, job duties, experience and expertise. A candidate's work location could also impact the actual compensation being outside of the range to reflect local cost of labor. A reasonable annual estimate of the range for this role is listed below.

Pay Rate or Range: $64,900.00 - $97,360.00

Equal Opportunity Employer

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law