ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER - MX

General Purpose

Leads environmental compliance, governance, and sustainability-related programs for GCC's Mexico Division. Serves as the primary environmental authority for Mexico, ensuring compliance with applicable environmental requirements, mitigating risk, and supporting operational excellence. Provides strategic direction and leadership to environmental personnel while collaborating with business leaders to drive environmental performance and regulatory alignment.

Main Responsibilities

• Oversees environmental compliance and program execution across all Mexico Division operations, including manufacturing, mining, logistics, and related facilities.
• Ensures compliance with applicable Mexican federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including LGEEPA, LGPGIR, Ley de Aguas Nacionales, Ley General de Cambio Climático, and applicable Normas Oficiales Mexicanas (NOMs).
• Facilitates engagement and maintains effective relationships with environmental regulatory authorities, including SEMARNAT, PROFEPA, CONAGUA, and applicable state and municipal agencies.
• Oversees environmental permitting, regulatory reporting, and agency correspondence to ensure timely and accurate compliance.
• Provides oversight of regulatory inspections and enforcement actions from preparation through closure.
• Identifies environmental compliance risks and performance gaps, partnering with operations to develop and implement mitigation strategies.
• Provides strategic environmental leadership to operations and business functions by setting priorities, providing technical direction, and ensuring environmental risks and requirements are effectively managed across projects, operations, and business initiatives.
• Supports environmental due diligence and integration activities related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or new projects.
• Monitors legislative, regulatory, and enforcement developments and advises leadership on compliance impacts and required actions.
• Provides input related to environmental expenditures and manages assigned environmental budgets to support cost-effective compliance.
• Establishes and maintains environmental training and competency development programs to support compliance and operational effectiveness.
• Directly leads, develops, and mentors environmental professionals, establishing performance expectations, building technical capabilities, and ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Provides leadership for the environmental function in Mexico, including workforce planning, talent development, succession planning, coaching, and performance management of environmental personnel.
• Develops and strengthens strategic relationships with external stakeholders—including local communities, academia, and civil society organizations—promoting collaboration, transparency, and the social license to operate in alignment with the organization's sustainability and environmental compliance objectives.
• Availability to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 25–35%).

Job Responsibilities

Authority

Additional requirements Pueblo & Trident Plants

Education

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

Required:
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Chemical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related field.

Preferred:
- Master's degree in Environmental Management, Sustainability, Engineering, or a related discipline.

Minimum Experience / Other Required Skills

• Fully bilingual in English and Spanish (C1-C2).
• 7 - 10+ years of environmental management experience within regulated industrial environments in Mexico.
• Experience leading environmental compliance programs across multiple sites or operations.
• Experience working with Mexican environmental regulatory authorities, including - SEMARNAT, PROFEPA, and CONAGUA.
• Experience leading cross-functional initiatives and collaborating with operational and business leaders.
• Experience managing and developing technical teams.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

Technical Skills and Knowledge

• Knowledge of Mexican environmental laws and regulations, including LGEEPA, LGPGIR, Ley de Aguas Nacionales, Ley General de Cambio Climático, and applicable NOMs.
• Environmental permitting, reporting, and compliance management.
• Environmental auditing and management systems (ISO 14001).
• Environmental risk assessment and mitigation planning.
• Regulatory inspections and enforcement response.
• Budget and project management.
• Environmental verification and reporting programs, including Industria Limpia, RENE, and Sistema de Comercio de Emisiones.

GCC Competencies / Position competencies

Exemption Status

Physical Demands & Work Conditions

Travel Requirements

Availability to travel domestically and internationally (approximately 25–35%).