Environmental Engineer

Overview

Start your career as an Environmental Engineer at Vopak and contribute to social themes such as energy security and energy transition. We offer you a working environment that is safe and pleasant and where equality, diversity and satisfaction are of paramount importance. Ready to develop yourself and make a positive impact? Improve the world and start as an Environmental Engineer at Vopak.

Your core responsibilities are:

• Daily work permit management: act as the designated requestor of permits required for maintenance projects and facility upgrades, ensuring the proper preparation and submission of all necessary documentation. Additionally, manage the full lifecycle of all issued permits, including tracking expiration dates, overseeing final sign‑off upon job completion, and maintaining a secure, auditable archive of all regulatory and legal permit paperwork.
• Ensure compliance with local, state and federal regulations, codes and standards related to air emissions, air quality, water quality, waste, and remediation activities.
• Monitor developments in environmental regulations and advise management regarding changes in regulations that could affect the Company.
• Act as the Company’s regional subject‑matter expert on air emissions and air quality issues and provide support to the business as needed, including but not limited to providing regulatory interpretations, instructions, and information regarding the current and expected regulatory environment and conducting file research.
• With input from the SHEQ Manager, develop and implement permitting strategies for site modifications and expansion projects.
• Actively participate in permitting, compliance and enforcement negotiations with regulatory authorities, including developing and presenting corrective and preventive action plans; negotiating settlement terms; and negotiating permit terms and conditions.
• Manage multiple environmental and engineering consultants in the preparation of air permit applications, conduct air emissions sampling, testing of pollution control equipment, conduct air dispersion modeling, and other required activities.
• Develop project scopes of work for consultants and contractors and assist in the selection of qualified consultants and contractors in coordination with other departments.
• Develop and implement annual air emissions control plans for the Company’s sites.
• Develop and implement site‑specific environmental procedures and practices related to air emissions and air quality.
• Develop and implement alternative operational plans to minimize emissions under upset and maintenance conditions.
• Act as owner of the site’s Risk Management Plan (RMP) program to ensure the RMP is current and complies with all applicable regulatory requirements.
• Act as primary Company representative or provide support for other staff during regulatory compliance audits by customers, government agencies, Company global or division representatives, and/or other third parties.
• Assist in developing and implementing Company Global policies and programs related to air emissions, air quality, and sustainability.
• Assist in developing the Environmental & Quality Department’s annual Regulatory Compliance Improvement Plan.
• Assist in developing the Environmental & Quality Department’s annual budget and maintain line budget responsibility for assigned accounts.
• Assist in conducting internal site compliance inspections and audits.
• Work with the Company’s Procurement System, requesting proposals, generating purchase orders.
• Prepare monthly SHEQ reports shared with the Business Unit / Global.
• Assist in performing new product reviews according to material properties, required infrastructure and permitting requirements.
• Provide direction and instruction to interdepartmental resources to ensure proper collection and maintenance of required data and records to demonstrate compliance with applicable local, state and federal regulations.
• Interface with a compliance management system to ensure accurate information is gathered and input in a timely manner.
• Schedule and manage required air emissions monitoring activities.
• Maintain a list of emission points and…