Environmental Engineer

Overview

Contribute. Grow. Lead...with Oxy Chem. Looking for a challenge? Desire to achieve your true potential? Oxy Chem is a growing, action-oriented, safety driven chemical manufacturing company continually striving to be the best in the business while staying focused on environmental protection. The secret to our success has and will continue to be our people. Occidental Chemical Corporation (Oxy Chem) is a leading North American manufacturer of PVC resins, chlorine and caustic soda – key building blocks for a variety of indispensable products such as plastics, pharmaceuticals and water treatment chemicals.

Other Oxy Chem products include caustic potash, chlorinated organics, sodium silicates, chlorinated isocyanurates and calcium chloride. Oxy Chem's market position is among the top three producers in the United States for the principal products it manufactures and markets. Based in Dallas, Texas, the company has manufacturing facilities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America.

In a fast-paced industry that demands precision, we create a supportive workplace where the safety and well-being of our employees are paramount. We are committed to rewarding top performers, offering very competitive pay and benefits, and providing tremendous career development opportunities.

• Essential Functions
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  • Provide technical leadership and direction through development and implementation of programs by:
    • Being the expert on safety procedures, with emphasis on the 5 Key Procedures;
    • Providing clear interpretation of laws, regulations, permits, and associated Oxy procedures;
    • Determining applicability of interpretations to Site operations;
    • Integrating HES&S requirements into work processes, procedures, and guidelines to ensure continual compliance;
    • Attaining competency in fall protection, life critical guarding, fall arrest equipment, and scaffolding.
  • Assist facility with regulatory permitting, emissions reporting, wastewater monitoring, solid waste management, sampling and testing programs, and other activities to maintain compliance.
  • Obtain and maintain all required permits, licenses and/or exemptions.
• Create and/or optimize Site HES&S resources, programs and work processes, including:
  • Title V, UIC, RCRA, NPDES, and MI Part 5 permitting and compliance;
  • Develop and deliver environmental and safety training for the site;
  • WERCS database environmental approval for Site chemical changes;
  • Communicate changes to HES requirements, ensuring understanding and implementation;
  • Develop and deliver compliance systems, tools, training, and coaching, as applicable
• Personally demonstrate and encourage behaviors that embrace excellence in HES&S processes, standards, and procedures.
  • Follow the Ludington Guiding Principles.
  • Actively participate in plant safety meetings.
  • Develop and distribute safety meeting topics and information, as needed.
• Demonstrate leadership in contractor safety oversight by:
  • Working with the project teams to develop and implement Safety Activity Plans;
  • Supporting the development and implementation of the contractor safety process, including scorecard requirements, tailgate meetings and Job Safety Analysis (JSA) use;
  • Mentoring the site’s contractor safety representative;
  • Co-leading, with the site contractor rep, the annual contractor performance review process.
• Conduct and participate in Corporate-wide HES&S audits and self-assessments to ensure compliance with internal and external requirements.
• Serve/lead on Site and Corporate teams formed to address specific local and/or corporation initiatives
• Member of:
  • Site Emergency Manager on call rotation (on-call ~5 weeks/year)
  • Safety Solutions Team
• Utilize and support the management of change (MOC) process to review/implement HES&S and plant modification proposals.
• Demonstrate empathy and selflessness
• Ability to effectively juggle competing priorities
• Willing and able to effectively intervene to ensure compliance with HES&S expectations
• Exhibit situational leadership by assessing personnel development levels and coaching appropriately
• Supports the Food Safety Program and Quality Program. Adheres to FDA requirements.
• Lead and participate in root cause investigations and corrective action processes.
• Coordinate governmental compliance inspections and responses to inquiries

• BS Degree in environmental engineering OR other degreed person with previous environmental experience is required
• Excellent interpersonal skills (Encourage teamwork by exhibiting humility and embracing feedback)
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• 5 years experience with HES&S regulations, standards, programs, and work processes is desired
• Demonstrated project management skills are desired
• Demonstrated teaching/training facilitation experience

• The successful candidate is expected to develop an in-depth understanding of plant operations. This will likely include an period of time working directly within operations.

• Assignment, Review and Approval of Work
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  Assignments are normally…