Senior Environmental Operations & EHS Leader

CHRISTOPER N. LONG

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BACKGROUND

Results-driven Senior Environmental Engineer with 29+ years of professional manufacturing, operations, management and EHS experience. Proven record of driving process improvement through collaboration and teamwork. Demonstrated leadership through a variety of supervisory positions via strong verbal and written communication. Effective time and team management skills ensure on-time execution of project schedules and workforce accountability. Proven record of effective customer relation management, strategic planning, tactical development, and budget administration. Broad experience in Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and driving change at a plant level.

EXPERIENCE

Hibbs Electromechanical Inc., Madisonville, KY· April 2025- August 2026

Solutions Provider

Served as point of contact for external heavy industry clients (mining, power, chemical, manufacturing)

Maintain current accounts while establishing new potential accounts.

Managed vendor relations to source parts quickly and provide quotes.

Mitigated facility downtime by coordinating fast—response equipment and new motor sales.

Partnered with field service and production teams to execute turnkey equipment changeouts.

Meet with accounts to evaluate pain points or potential failures, and business objectives.

Present solutions and offer objectives for rebuilding equipment vs. replacement.

Maintain long-term account by providing support, answering technical questions, and identifying future opportunities.

Culligan Water of Danville, Danville, KY · June 2024- march 2025

General Manager- Operations and Sales

Overseeing personnel safety, day-to-day operations of the dealership, including service scheduling, equipment installation, maintenance, and repairs.

Ensure efficient delivery of water treatment services to customers.

Monitor inventory levels and manage equipment procurement.

Maintain compliance with all local and state regulations regarding water treatment.

Recruit, hire, and develop a high-performance team across sales, service, and administrative roles.

Provide ongoing training and coaching to staff to enhance their skills and knowledge.

Develop and implement strategic plans to expand market share and customer base.

Collaborate with regional management to achieve company-wide objectives.

Promoting a positive Culligan image by staying well connected within the community.

Creating and fostering a successful work environment that promotes positive morale, productivity, and employee development.

Corning Incorporated, Harrodsburg, KY · May 1995- May 2024 (Retired)

EHS, Senior Environmental Engineer Nov 2021- May 2024

Implementation of the Environmental Management System (EMS) (ISO 14001).

On-time execution of environmental deliverables as defined by the facility’s environmental permit requirements.

Oversee and support environmental and safety assessments along with resulting mitigation activities that will identify, evaluate, and subsequently prevent non-compliant recurrences.

Manage all plant environmental permitting requirements and ensure non-issuance of notice of violation (NOV).

Facilitate root cause analysis of non-compliant events/situations involving environmental requirements.

Participate in evaluation of EMS objective planning and execution strategy to ensure goals reflect business conditions.

Provide oversight and consulting for employees and contractors ranging from individual operators to plant and division leadership for air, water, hazardous, and non-hazardous waste.

Evaluate plans, projects, purchases, and specifications to verify that environmental issues are appropriately escalated and mitigated in a proactive manner.

Provide technical expertise for educating and training facility personnel to adhere to environmental permit requirements.

EHS, Environmental Engineer Feb 2018- Oct 2021

Proactively determined the impact of manufacturing processes and equipment on environmental permits and ensure compliance.

Recognized environmental permit requirements, collect applicable data, and generate accurate reporting documentation.

Communicated environmental regulations as they pertain to the facility and advise plant leadership.

Participated in various regulatory and non-regulatory inspections and investigations.

Lead and facilitated facility efforts to respond to corporate audits and development of sustainable corrective action plans.

Supported various projects across several plant departments to leverage best work practices and ensure compliance with all environmental permit requirements.

OPS, Section Supervisor- Mixing Department- 2012-2017

Directed personnel safety, efficient team management, and drove quality accountability of the Mixing Department daily.

Ensured the mixing production process operated in compliance with established process control set points and in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOPs).

Developed, implemented, and monitored training, qualification, certification, and development programs for new and experienced operators on at least an annual basis.

Built effective relations with plant support groups, including Operations, Melting, Forming, BOD, Quality and Safety.

Ensured mixing team executed documented operating procedures and followed established document control protocols.

Drove operator accountability for alignment to established procedures and ensured their awareness and compliance to process document changes.

Integrated new technology and systems to improve process capability while ensuring operator safety was not impacted, and that process and change control expectations were followed.

Engaged in plant safety initiatives and projects focused on improving conditions in the mixing department.

Ensured that precise customer quality requirements for batch were met, and that batches were completed in accordance with batch management system (BMS).

Supported the plant’s dual mission to develop and advance product lineup and improve process capability while also maintaining low overhead.

Operations- Fusion Shift Supervisor 2007-2012

Served as the Fusion Shift Supervisor (FSS).

Maintained scheduling of rotating shift personnel, call-in list, and timecards.

Monitored daily operations of 6 major process lines and actively assisted or provided direction to 40+ union employees.

Maintained a safe work environment by engaging employees and monitoring their safety training, PPE utilization, and safe work practice adherence.

Monitored rotation/team performance to drive accountability and meet plant objectives.

Enforced adherence to all plant policies and procedures.

Helped facilitate the various requirements of plant experiments and projects to ensure development and customer satisfaction.

Union- Warehouse Operator/Sheet Glass Operator 1995-2006

Worked in Union workforce and was responsible for a variety of different tasks.

oWorked in warehouse department using forklift to transfer crates, raw materials, and executing crate changes when operations required assistance.

oWorked in primary production floor to maintain process and quality control duties to meet customer requirements set forth by standard operating procedures.

MEMBERSHIP & CERTIFICATION

RCRA Certified

EPA Method 9 Certified

CVI# for CFATS (DHS)

DOT Certified

ISO 14001 Certified

pH Benchmark certified

Green Belt Certified

EDUCATION

Harrodsburg High School (1986-1989)

oDiploma Conferred: May 1989

Tennessee Wesleyan College (1989-1993)

oMajor: Associates of Communications Marketing

oDegree Conferred: 2002

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