Environmental Engineer

Koch Methanol, a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions (KAES) company, is seeking a contribution-motivated individual for an Environmental Engineering opportunity with our Methanol Facility in St. James, Louisiana.

The Environmental Engineer role is a diverse role that will be responsible for managing programs across air, water, & waste compliance systems. This role will continuously develop and implement programs, systems, and tools to support compliant operations with applicable state and federal regulations. This position will work closely with Plant Operations and Engineering to learn the manufacturing process and ensure compliance obligations are clearly understood and being met at the facility.

This role operates on a 9/80 schedule.

As an Environmental Engineer, you will work to identify and implement solutions which benefit stewardship and compliance goals for our St. James, Louisiana Methanol Facility. You will work with multiple teams onsite on strategies and solutions designed to improve or maintain environmental performance in air quality, water quality, or waste minimization. As member of the site's Environmental Health & Safety Team, you will:

• Participate in a cross-training and continuous-learning atmosphere while striving to be innovative
• Develop relationships with operations, maintenance, and others at the site to develop a platform that encourages learning and proactive mitigation
• Ensure all compliance programs are "audit ready" and participate in agency interactions
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations
• Participate in and lead community engagement activities

• Compliance Ownership for Programs under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA and other regulations relevant to Koch Methanol St. James
• Support site permitting efforts for routine renewals and development projects
• Partner with site teams to implement Compliance Programs to meet relevant regulations & compliance requirements
• Coordinate and/or conduct EH&S field sampling and inspections to support current and future EH&S efforts
• Lead EH&S audit teams, incident investigations, and projects requiring EH&S expertise
• This position will have support from site and corporate resources

• Education of Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or other related STEM field
• Understand and own all environmental calculations related to permits, emissions, and releases.
• Knowledge of state and federal environmental regulations; including experience documenting regulatory applicability determinations, submitting reports, and field implementation of program requirements at a large industrial or manufacturing facility

• 2-5 years of regulatory environmental compliance experience in an industrial or manufacturing setting
• Experience working with local, state and federal environmental agencies personnel
• Experience of Compliance Program ownership

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship

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As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Methanol produces and supplies the methanol that has become an essential part of our daily lives - and is a key ingredient in products like clothing, cosmetics, paints, plywood and adhesives - in addition to fueling ships, buses, trucks, fuel cells and cooking stoves. Our goal is to be the preferred supplier of methanol to our customers who depend on us for our reliability and quality of service.

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