Lead Environmental Specialist - Waste & Water

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position Lead Environmental Specialist - Waste & Water through 11/17/2026 at 11:59 p.m.
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The Lead Environmental Specialist – Waste & Water provides technical leadership and day-to-day environmental compliance support for the Chevron Pasadena Refinery, with primary responsibility for the facility’s waste and water environmental programs.

This position serves as a key environmental advisor to refinery Operations, Maintenance, Engineering/Projects, Turnarounds, and other business partners. The role interprets environmental requirements, provides field-based compliance support, coordinates regulatory deliverables, identifies and mitigates environmental risk, and drives continuous improvement in waste and water management practices.

The position requires a strong combination of technical environmental knowledge, regulatory competency, field engagement, leadership, and practical refinery operating experience.

• Lead day-to-day implementation and oversight of refinery waste-management programs, including hazardous, industrial, non-hazardous, and recyclable waste streams.
• Provide technical guidance regarding Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements and applicable Texas waste-management requirements.
• Manage waste characterization, profiling, container management, labeling, accumulation, transportation, manifesting, recycling, and disposal activities.
• Conduct or oversee waste-area and container inspections and support management of satellite and other accumulation areas.
• Coordinate off-site shipments with transporters and treatment, storage, and disposal facilities.
• Maintain and renew waste profiles and ensure required waste documentation is accurate and complete.
• Support implementation of Chevron’s Third-Party Waste Stewardship process, including evaluation and documentation associated with waste-management facilities.
• Maintain appropriate waste shipment, manifest, bill of lading, inventory, and supporting compliance records.
• Coordinate regulatory waste reporting and data-quality reviews.

• Serve as the lead environmental resource for refinery water and wastewater compliance activities.
• Provide environmental support to Operations for wastewater collection, treatment, discharge, stormwater, and associated water-management activities.
• Coordinate required environmental sampling, monitoring, inspections, recordkeeping, and compliance evaluations associated with refinery water programs.
• Review operational changes, maintenance activities, projects, and abnormal operating conditions for potential wastewater or water-compliance implications.
• Support investigation, documentation, and follow-up of wastewater excursions, spills, releases, or other environmental events.
• Coordinate with laboratories, Operations, technical resources, and contractors to ensure required environmental data and supporting documentation are available and appropriately reviewed.
• Support permitting and regulatory activities associated with refinery water and wastewater programs.

• Provide environmental guidance for spills, releases, cleanup activities, waste disposition, and remediation.
• Support collection and evaluation of environmental samples when required.
• Provide field environmental support during planned and unplanned operating events.
• Assist Operations and response organizations with environmental considerations associated with incident response and recovery.
• Support environmental investigations, corrective actions, and lessons learned.

• Serve as the Waste/Water…