How to hire an environmental affairs corporate director

How to hire an environmental affairs corporate director, step by step

Here's a step-by-step environmental affairs corporate director hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an environmental affairs corporate director job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new environmental affairs corporate director
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   First, determine the employments status of the environmental affairs corporate director you need to hire. Certain environmental affairs corporate director roles might require a full-time employee, whereas others can be done by part-time workers or contractors.

   Determine employee vs contractor status

   Is the person you're thinking of hiring a US citizen or green card holder?

   Yes

   No

   You should also consider the ideal background you'd like them an environmental affairs corporate director to have before you start to hire. For example, what industry or field would you like them to have experience in, what level of seniority or education does the job require, and how much it'll cost to hire an environmental affairs corporate director that fits the bill.

   This list shows salaries for various types of environmental affairs corporate directors.

   Type of Environmental Affairs Corporate Director	Description	Hourly rate
   Environmental Affairs Corporate Director		$46-139
   Call Center Manager	Call center managers specialize in overseeing call center operations and agents' performances, ensuring that customers are satisfied. Aside from this, they are mostly involved in hiring and training new agents, shaping them into productive workforce members... Show more	$11-28
   Consultant/Project Manager	Consultants/project managers act as planners, leaders, and advisors in business enterprises. These professionals facilitate meetings and establish positive relationships with vendors, management, and clients... Show more	$35-65

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Corporate Affairs
   • Regulatory Compliance
   • Environmental Compliance
   • Risk Management
   • Sustainability
   • Emergency Response
   • Hazardous Waste
   • EMS
   • EHS
   • Compliance Issues
   • Hazardous Materials
   • Employee Engagement
   • Compliance Program
   • Corporate Strategy

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   Responsibilities:

   • Lead implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley and develop training program used to instruct all domestic and international finance employees.
   • Identify and prepare external communications of company sustainability achievements to be share with customers and stakeholders.
   • Develop and implement programs for compliance with state DEP, federal EPA, and OSHA programs.
   • Assist corporate and location sales and marketing functions with sustainability initiatives, sales and customer service.
   • Develop business activity forecasting systems streamlining overall property costs including inventory, product lead times, dead stock and payroll.
   • Work closely with accounting department providing information each payroll as well as monthly, quarterly and annually for reporting requirements.

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in your environmental affairs corporate director job description is a great way to entice the best and brightest candidates. An environmental affairs corporate director salary can vary based on several factors:

   • Location. For example, environmental affairs corporate directors' average salary in north dakota is 33% less than in california.
   • Seniority. Entry-level environmental affairs corporate directors earn 67% less than senior-level environmental affairs corporate directors.
   • Certifications. An environmental affairs corporate director with a few certifications under their belt will likely demand a higher salary.
   • Company. Working for a prestigious company or an exciting start-up can make a huge difference in an environmental affairs corporate director's salary.

   Average environmental affairs corporate director salary

   $168,238yearly

   $80.88 hourly rate

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   Entry-level environmental affairs corporate director salary

   $97,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 16, 2025

4. Writing an environmental affairs corporate director job description

   An environmental affairs corporate director job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. Below, you can find an example of an environmental affairs corporate director job description:

   Environmental affairs corporate director job description example

   PURPOSE OF POSITION:
   
   Primary Purpose: Provide corporate direction on environmental compliance matters and activities in all aspects of corporate and field-level operations. Maintain effective relationships with corporate and field-level managers, plant supervisory personnel, and federal, state, and local regulatory officials. Develop, direct, and maintain corporate environmental programs for more than 200 facilities in California, Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Arkansas, Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Analyze federal, state, and local regulations for applicability to operations and create or modify programs accordingly, provide environmental litigation support, perform comprehensive environmental audits at Foster Farms facilities, report and oversee emergency response issues, manage all aspects of remediation activities, investigate employee pesticide exposures, train Foster Farms personnel on environmental topics, manage due diligence assessments during property transactions, negotiate penalties and other compliance matters with regulatory agencies, and respond to public concerns.
   
   The End Result: The Director of Environmental Affairs minimizes corporate costs through effective resource management and coordinates and facilitates corporate compliance efforts through oversight, training, and information dissemination.
   
   ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
   
   Manage (create and maintain) all corporate environmental programs, plans, reports, permits and fee payments for Foster Farms holdings nationally. Review for accuracy, assess overall process, and develop list of improvements based on findings.
   
   Initiate Environmental Compliance Audits (internal and/or external) at Foster Farms' plants in order of priority (e.g., processing, truck shops, feed mills, hatcheries, and ranches). Document observations and regulatory citations, implement corrections, and inform appropriate managers.
   
   Develop and implement an environmental training program and schedule for Foster Farms' facilities to satisfy federal and state annual training requirements for storm water, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, chemical spill prevention and response, pesticide handling and management, Hazardous Materials Business Plan training, etc. Train key plant team members multiple times, to ensure a thorough understanding of regulatory requirements.
   
   Perform environmental due diligence assessments for all potential property/company purchases to determine extent of environmental liability.
   
   Perform assessment of Foster Farms' Environmental Program to determine efficacy of the following programs: air quality, storm water, hazardous waste, universal waste, CAFO, hazardous materials, chemical spill prevention and response, and pesticide handling and management. Create list of improvements based on findings.
   
   Manage federal underground storage tank (UST) upgrade process and groundwater remediation projects for Foster Farms, act as emergency response lead during chemical spills and as Foster Farms representative following complaints by environmental agencies, and create and maintain a database of compliance tasks and Safety Data Sheets to facilitate compliance efforts and reduce response time to agencies.
   
   Manage the internal evaluations of programs and methodologies to ensure their effectiveness and minimize cost and corporate/individual liability, comment on developing regulations to minimize their impact on Foster Farms' operations, find ways of eliminating waste and low-cost legal methods for disposing of wastes that cannot be eliminated, evaluate and modify (as needed) current operating practices to protect the environment and reduce liability (e.g., institute diesel tank inspection program), manage superfund assessments and assist with their resolution, and provide Foster Farms' team members with guidance on miscellaneous issues (e.g., mosquito abatement). Work with corporate staff to develop and maintain corporate sustainability programs.
   
   

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5. Post your job

   There are various strategies that you can use to find the right environmental affairs corporate director for your business:

   • Consider promoting from within or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to find candidates who meet your education requirements.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to reach potential job candidates.

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   • Post your environmental affairs corporate director job on Zippia to find and recruit environmental affairs corporate director candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   Recruiting environmental affairs corporate directors requires you to bring your A-game to the interview process. The first interview should introduce the company and the role to the candidate as much as they present their background experience and reasons for applying for the job. During later interviews, you can go into more detail about the technical details of the job and ask behavioral questions to gauge how they'd fit into your current company culture.

   Remember to include a few questions that allow candidates to expand on their strengths in their own words. Asking about their unique skills might reveal things you'd miss otherwise. At this point, good candidates can move on to the technical interview.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new environmental affairs corporate director

   Once you've selected the best environmental affairs corporate director candidate for the job, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, this letter should include details about the benefits and perks you offer the candidate. Ensuring that your offer is competitive is essential, as qualified candidates may be considering other job opportunities. The candidate may wish to negotiate the terms of the offer, and you should be open to discussion. After you reach an agreement, the final step is formalizing the agreement with a contract.

   You should also follow up with applicants who don't get the job with an email letting them know that you've filled the position.

   After that, you can create an onboarding schedule for a new environmental affairs corporate director. Human Resources and the hiring manager should complete Employee Action Forms. Human Resources should also ensure that onboarding paperwork is completed, including I-9s, benefits enrollment, federal and state tax forms, etc., and that new employee files are created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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