Title: Senior Environmental Engineer

Location: Pasadena TX

BASIC FUNCTION

Provides regulatory expertise, coaching, and hands-on support to drive environmental compliance and permitting, regulatory reviews, performs required activities to maintain compliance with air, water, solid waste. Activities include preparing permit applications amendments and renewals, regulatory reports, defining programs and procedures, maintaining records, maintaining compliance assurance, training, and regulatory reviews.

Responsibilities

Prepare permit applications, amendments, and renewals including NSR non-attainment, Title V, NSPS
Perform regulatory applicability reviews, NOCS, and required plans such as SWPPP, SPCC, etc.
Monitor activities required to maintain and demonstrate regulatory compliance with air, stormwater, potable water, solid waste, and wetlands rules.
Provide regulatory expertise, coaching, and hands-on support to drive environmental compliance.
Monitors site performance against permit and other regulatory requirements and identifies opportunities to improve continuously
Duties include a large number of scheduled periodic reporting requirements internally as well as to federal, state, and local agencies. Responsible for maintaining contingency plans required by regulatory rules and conducting periodic site inspections to monitor compliance with these requirements
Review new and updated rules, determine plant impacts, and propose procedural changes to comply.
Train personnel and conduct audits to verify compliance
Maintains plans and environmental records required for environmental compliance in an up-to-date condition
Conducts routine site inspections of the Bayport facility to verify procedural compliance with regulatory requirements
Monitors the status of environmental control equipment to verify the correct operation
Provides environmental support to turnarounds and projects
Review air, water, and solid waste regulations and assess their impact on Bayport.
Provides annual training to Plant Personnel on waste handling and assists with training on other environmental topics.
Participates in company-wide work groups as needed. Updates solid waste profiles, and handling procedures, coordinates waste removal from the site, and signs hazardous waste manifests.
Oversees the efforts of contract personnel assisting with environmental compliance efforts
Understands, supports, and complies with all plant safety policies and procedures, including the use of loss control software for loss control reporting and communication
Responds to agency enforcement actions by providing quality information in a timely manner
Hosts environmental inspections, provides requested information, and leads negotiations with regulatory agencies on environmental issues
Submit required regulatory reports and forms
Other duties as assigned

CORE VALUES

Must exhibit and demonstrate our 5 Core Values

Caring: Dedicated to Safety, Employees, Customers, Community and Environment
Trustworthy: Living a Culture of Openness, Honesty and Collaboration
Focused: Creating Value by Delivering the Right Solutions
Innovative: Daring to be different by finding New Ways
Fun: Embracing our Diverse Family and Celebrating our Success

COMPETENCIES

Job Knowledge - Understands facets of the job, is aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current
Productivity - Manages workload, works efficiently, meets goals and objectives
Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve product/services
Safety - HSSE - Works in a safe manner, uses PPE, recognizes hazards, makes safety suggestions and observations, current on Training Mine

Qualifications/Experience Required

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering (Other technical degrees will be considered depending upon the experience level of the individual)
5 or more years of experience in related field, knowledge/experience of state and federal environmental regulations, and ability to acquire knowledge of plant operations
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work independently and collaboratively

Preferred Qualification/Experience

Experience within a petrochemical, refining or chemical manufacturing facility
Experience directly interfacing with state or federal regulatory agencies
Experience working with operators, maintenance technicians and engineers

Physical Capacity Requirements

This position requires the incumbent to:

Follow safety requirements for the role including any use of personal equipment, aids, or tools
Read technical procedures and materials in English
Ability to read interpret and develop documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals
Wear mandatory FRC and PPE (foot, head, ear, eye, and hand protection) when inside the plant environment, or where directed by signage or procedure
Routinely reacts to visual, aural, and other signals, including alarms and instructions, and is required to inspect work including at high elevations above grade visually
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Frequent bending, reaching, lifting, walking, and climbing
Wear all required personal protective equipment, including but not limited to a respirator where directed by signage or where safety precautions are necessary
Sit or stand for extended periods of time
Work at the computer for significant periods of time throughout the day
Required to reach overhead and at shoulder level with hands and arms
The noise level in the work environment may be loud and requires that hearing protection be worn in identified areas
Must demonstrate fine and gross hand manipulation including pinching, gripping, turning, and keyboarding
Works in temperature extremes due to weather conditions and operating equipment
Walk ½ a mile per job
Move about all areas of the plant, including catwalks, deck grating, wet and muddy areas, and uneven surfaces
Climbs and works at various heights and may work in a standing, sitting, lying down, crouched, or kneeling position
Ascend and descend stairs and stationary vertical ladders as part of normal work activity and emergency situations
Must be capable of lifting/carrying/pushing/pulling up to 25 pounds
Access confined spaces and pressure vessels through standard 24" manways
Climb up to 100 feet in height
Additional requirements are required if a participant in the ERT program

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