Environmental Engineer

OxyChem; Ludington (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading chemical manufacturing company located in Ludington, Michigan, seeks a professional to support HES&S programs, policies, and procedures. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, conducting audits, ensuring compliance with environmental and safety regulations, and delivering training. Candidates should have a BS in environmental engineering and at least 5 years of relevant experience. The role requires excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to juggle competing priorities while maintaining safety and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• 5 years experience with HES&S regulations, standards, programs, and work processes is desired.
• Demonstrated project management skills are desired.
• Ability to effectively juggle competing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction on HES&S programs.
• Conduct and participate in HES&S audits and compliance inspections.
• Develop and deliver environmental and safety training for the site.

Skills

Environmental compliance knowledge

Safety expertise

Excellent written and verbal skills

Project management skills

Teaching/training facilitation experience

Excellent interpersonal skills

Education

BS Degree in environmental engineering or equivalent

Job description

This position supports plant personnel in developing, implementing, and sustaining HES&S programs, policies, procedures, and systems to comply with federal, state, local, and OxyChem requirements. This position will provide safety expertise alongside environmental compliance knowledge.

The role supports daily production and maintenance in environmental and safety activities, with eventual expertise expected in all HES&S disciplines.

Essential Functions

• 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

Qualifications

• 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

Post-employment Requirement

• 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.