Environmental Engineer

The Environmental Engineer provides multi-media environmental support for a large, complex chemical manufacturing site, supporting both project execution (construction/commissioning/start-up) and routine operations. This role drives regulatory and permitting compliance across air, water/wastewater, stormwater, waste management (RCRA), and partners closely with engineering, operations, and maintenance to ensure compliant, safe, and sustainable performance.

• Serve as the site environmental focal point for air, water, and waste programs.
• Maintain a compliance calendar and ensure accurate, on-time submittals (agency reports, certifications, notifications, permit deliverables).
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical procedures, training, and field execution.

• Ensure compliance with air permit conditions (monitoring, recordkeeping, reporting, etc.).
• Maintain emissions calculations (combustion sources, process vents, tanks/transfer, fugitive/LDAR, control devices, startups/shutdowns/malfunctions).
• Support air permitting actions (minor/modifications, construction permitting/NSR as applicable, operating permit changes), including technical narratives, emissions inventories, and controls documentation when needed.
• Manage vendor testing and compliance demonstrations (e.g., stack testing and related compliance demonstrations, where applicable), and corrective actions.

• Oversee compliance for wastewater and stormwater obligations (industrial stormwater, construction stormwater, outfalls, sampling plans, BMPs, SWPPP).
• Interface with site wastewater treatment operations to ensure permit and operational compliance.
• Support spill prevention and response program alignment (e.g., SPCC concepts where applicable) and incident documentation/root cause follow-up.

• Ensure compliant hazardous and nonhazardous waste characterization, inventory, storage, labeling, inspections, manifesting, and disposal.
• Manage waste vendor relationships and waste minimization initiatives.

• Provide environmental due diligence for MOC/design changes affecting permits and compliance.
• Support pre-startup readiness: compliance systems, monitoring, training, and contractor alignment.
• Support regulatory interactions tied to accidental release prevention and emergency planning.

• Bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, chemical engineering, environmental science, or related discipline.
• 3 - 5+ years environmental experience in the chemical/petrochemical manufacturing environment.
• Experience with: air permitting/compliance (emissions calculations, inventories, control device compliance, deviations, reporting); water/stormwater compliance (sampling, SWPPP/BMPs, discharge requirements); waste management (hazardous waste regulations and practical execution).
• Strong technical writing capability for permits, reports, regulatory correspondence, and procedures.
• Ability to work effectively in the field and influence cross-functional partners in operations and engineering.

• Louisiana regulatory experience (LDEQ air, water, and waste programs).
• Experience supporting major capital projects, commissioning, and start-up of new process units.
• Familiarity with LDAR program administration and fugitive emissions calculation methodologies.
• Experience with environmental management systems (ISO 14001 concepts), electronic compliance tools, and emissions/wastewater data systems.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or ability/intent to obtain.

• Regulatory judgment and practical problem-solving.
• Strong ownership mindset; drives issues to closure.
• Clear communicator with agencies, contractors, and operations teams.
• High attention to detail and documentation quality.
• Comfort operating in dynamic project/start-up conditions.

• Combination of office and field work in an operating chemical facility and active construction/start-up environment.
• Must be able to wear required PPE and access process areas, climb stairs/ladders, and work around industrial equipment.
• Occasional off-hours support for startups, upsets, and regulatory deadlines