Senior Environmental Engineer - Air Lead

Location

La Porte, TX - (Hybrid)

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Olefins and Polymers USA LLC

Senior Environmental Engineer - Air Lead

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$142, (commensurate with experience)

La Porte, TX - (Hybrid)

The Olefins & Polymers USA (O&P) division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex (BMC), it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4b.

The BMC plant, which is located in La Porte, Texas, manufactures more than 2.5 billion pounds of polyethylene and polypropylene annually. These materials are used in many applications such as containers for milk, water, fruit juice and other liquids, high gloss containers, rope, carpet backing, piping, films, and non-woven textiles.

The Senior Environmental Engineer Leads the Air Compliance efforts, which requires a strong background in air compliance and experience interacting with permitting authorities. This position leads air regulatory compliance activities for the BMC site, which has New Source Review (NSR), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), Permits by Rule (P ), Standard Permits, and Title V (TV) permits. The role involves considerable interaction with BMC Operations, Laboratory, Maintenance, Safety, and Management personnel.

The position reports to the business Environmental Manager as part of the business Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) team.

This role is the primary O&P representative for air compliance interactions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and other environmental agencies.

• Champion the INEOS 20 Principles
• Apply them to all safety, health and environmental (SHE) goals and work processes

• Ensure compliance with existing environmental permits, including data collection and analysis, auditing, annual reporting, and trouble-shooting for improvements
• Support overall business goals with minimal direction from management
• Monitor developing regulations to identify those that affect the CBW, and take action to bring the site into compliance with these regulations
• Identify and pursue new process improvement tactics and tools that will drive performance and continuous improvement
• Provide primary technical expertise for SHE systems and programs

• Support development of a multi-year departmental improvement plan and assist in the development of the site’s SHE improvement plan
• Participate in developing and updating Environmental elements of the business SHE Management System (SMS)
• Cost center custodian, responsible for departmental spending and identifying cost improvement initiatives.
• Establish key environmental performance indicators and targets for BMC and report end of month statistics to the Business Environmental Manager & BMC SHE Manager
• Establish tactics and tools that will engage all levels of the workforce in desired behaviors and activities that will derive desired performance results
• Monitor environmental performance data and trends, audit to ensure compliance and suggest tactics to improve performance
• Challenge status quo and constantly look for ways to improve systems and performance

• Develop and implement environmental strategies that balance regulatory compliance and business needs
• Support O&P Environmental Manager on ESG reporting efforts for BMC site, as needed
• Foster environmental awareness among employees and contractors
• Liaise, cultivate, and develop solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders including regulators and community industrial associations to represent the company’s interest
• Include fellow work group members, employees across the organization, and occasionally external customers in the decision-making process as warranted to obtain good information, make appropriate decisions, and ensure…