Director of Environmental

Description

Director of Environmental

Position Title: Director of Environmental

Function / Department: Environment, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S)

Reports To: President

Direct Reports: Site Environmental Managers and specialists at Gramercy and St. Ann; environmental engineers, compliance analysts, monitoring technicians

Sites of Responsibility: Gramercy Alumina Refinery (Gramercy, Louisiana, USA) and St. Ann Bauxite Operations (Discovery Bay / St. Ann Parish, Jamaica)

Location / Base: Gramercy, Louisiana (primary), with recurring on-site presence in St. Ann, Jamaica

Travel: Approximately 20–35%, including regular international travel to Jamaica

Jurisdictions United States (Federal / State of Louisiana) and Jamaica, with the ability to extend to other jurisdictions for potential M&A or other reasons

Position Summary

The Director of Environmental provides strategic and operational leadership for all environmental compliance, stewardship, and sustainability activities across Atalco's integrated bauxite-to-alumina value chain. The role holds single-point accountability for environmental performance at two geographically and jurisdictionally distinct operations: the Gramercy alumina refinery in Louisiana, United States, and the St. Ann bauxite mining operation in Jamaica.

Reporting to senior leadership, the Director sets environmental policy and standards, ensures full compliance with all applicable United States federal and Louisiana state regulations as well as Jamaican national environmental and mining law, and drives a proactive culture of environmental risk management, continuous improvement, and responsible resource stewardship. The role is central to protecting Atalco's license to operate, managing all permitting, exploration, alumina processing, bauxite residue and mined-land liabilities, safeguarding air, water, and land resources, and maintaining constructive relationships with regulators, communities, and other stakeholders in both countries.

Scope of Operations

Gramercy Alumina Refinery — Gramercy, Louisiana, USA

A Bayer-process alumina refinery on the Mississippi River that converts imported bauxite into smelter- and chemical-grade aluminas. Key environmental features and risk areas include Title V air emissions sources (calcination, digestion, power/steam generation), process and stormwater discharges to the Mississippi River under a Louisiana water discharge permit, bauxite residue (red mud) storage and management areas, caustic and chemical handling, spill prevention, and hazardous and industrial waste management within a densely regulated US industrial corridor. This scope is expanding to cover gallium extraction from the Gramercy Bayer process, as well as potentially the beneficiation of critical minerals and other elements from the bauxite residue.

St. Ann Bauxite Operation — St. Ann Parish, Jamaica

An open-pit bauxite mining, drying, and export operation set in Jamaica's karst limestone terrain. Key environmental features and risk areas include permitting, exploration, sensitive specie preservation and relocation, land clearing and progressive mine development, mined-land reclamation and restoration, dust and air quality management from mining, trucking, railing, and drying, material handling/conveying, ship loading, protection of groundwater and surface water resources, biodiversity and reforestation obligations, haul-road and shipping-terminal impacts, and management of overburden and red-earth materials—all governed by Jamaican environmental permits, licenses, and mining lease conditions.

Key Responsibilities

Environmental Strategy & Leadership

Define and own the environmental strategy, policy, standards, permits, and related management systems that apply consistently across both operations while respecting each jurisdiction's legal requirements.

Establish a single, harmonized environmental management framework (aligned to ISO 14001 principles) that sets a common standard of performance while accommodating US and Jamaican regulatory differences.

Serve as the company's principal environmental authority, advising the executive team and Board on environmental risk, liabilities, obligations, capital requirements, and emerging regulatory developments.

Embed environmental accountability into operational decision-making, capital planning, and site leadership performance objectives.

Regulatory Compliance — Gramercy (United States)

Ensure full and continuous compliance with all applicable US federal and Louisiana state environmental requirements, including the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).

Own the site's Title V air operating permit, Louisiana water discharge (LPDES) permit, and all related permits, ensuring conditions, monitoring, and reporting obligations are met.

Maintain compliant relationships and correspondence with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and applicable local agencies.

Oversee Toxic Release Inventory (TRI / Form R), Tier II, greenhouse gas, and other mandated federal and state reporting.

Direct Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC), stormwater, and hazardous/industrial waste programs.

Optimize management of environmental liabilities and closure related plans.

Regulatory Compliance — St. Ann (Jamaica)

Ensure full compliance with Jamaican environmental and mining legislation, including the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA) Act, environmental permits and licenses, and conditions of the Mining Act and applicable Special Mining Leases.

Maintain effective working relationships with the National Environment and Planning Agency (NEPA), the Natural Resources Conservation Authority (NRCA), the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Mines and Geology Division / Commissioner of Mines, and applicable local agencies.

Manage environmental permit and license applications, renewals, Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs), environmental permit conditions, and related matters for mine exploration, development and expansion.

Ensure compliance with mined-land reclamation, restoration, and post-mining land-use obligations under Jamaican law and lease commitments.

Bauxite Residue, Waste & Materials Management

Direct the safe management, processing, monitoring, and long-term stewardship of bauxite residue (red mud) storage areas at Gramercy, including structural integrity, seepage control, water balance, and closure planning.

Oversee management of overburden, red-earth, tailings, and process waste materials at St. Ann in line with permit conditions and reclamation plans.

Ensure hazardous, industrial, and general waste is characterized, stored, transported, and disposed of in compliance with applicable regulations at both sites.

Air, Water, Land & Biodiversity

Oversee air emissions monitoring, control, and dust management across refining from bauxite discharging through to final product loading (Gramercy) and mining/drying/shipping (St. Ann) activities.

Manage water resources, process water, wastewater, and stormwater programs, including discharge monitoring, groundwater and surface-water protection, and water quality reporting.

Lead progressive mined-land reclamation, revegetation, reforestation, and biodiversity protection programs at St. Ann, and land stewardship and site remediation at Gramercy.

Permitting, Monitoring & Reporting

Own the full lifecycle of environmental permits, licenses, and authorizations at both operations—applications, renewals, modifications, and condition tracking.

Ensure timely, accurate, and defensible environmental monitoring, recordkeeping, and regulatory reporting in both jurisdictions.

Maintain an audit-ready compliance calendar and documentation system spanning both sites.

Incident Management & Emergency Response