Senior Environmental Engineer

Ember Grey; Oklahoma; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Long-term opportunity

Job summary

Ember Grey in Oklahoma is seeking a Senior Environmental Engineer to lead air regulatory compliance for our refinery operations. You will drive permitting, reporting, and continuous improvement while collaborating with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Technical Services, contractors, and regulatory agencies.

The role emphasizes leadership, data-driven approaches, and timely responses to inspections, with opportunities to influence environmental performance across the site.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical/Environmental Engineering or related discipline.
• 10+ years in refining/petrochemical environments; 15+ years preferred.
• 6+ years in environmental regulatory experience with a focus on air programs.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead environmental compliance across the refinery, with primary responsibility for air regulatory programs.
• Manage and maintain air permits, approvals, and environmental compliance systems.
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual environmental reporting, including NSPS, MACT, and emissions inventories.
• Monitor refinery environmental performance through KPIs, dashboards, CEMS data, flare monitoring, and emissions testing.
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve compliance with EPA and state environmental regulations.
• Lead responses to regulatory agency inquiries, inspections, audits, and reviews.
• Ensure environmental documentation, records, and reports are accurate, complete, and submitted on time.
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Project Engineering, Technical Services, and contractors to resolve environmental compliance issues.
• Support environmental data assurance, root cause analysis, training, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Provide environmental leadership and coverage for the Environmental Manager when required.
• Participate in emergency response activities and provide off-hours support when necessary.

Skills

Air regulatory compliance

Regulatory reporting

Leadership

Data analysis

P&IDs and PFDs

Regulatory permitting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical/Environmental Engineering

PE license preferred

Tools

EPA regulations databases

Environmental management systems

Job description

Seeking a Senior Environmental Engineer to lead environmental regulatory compliance for a major refinery operation in Oklahoma.

This is a senior-level position focused heavily on air regulatory compliance, environmental permitting, reporting, and continuous improvement, while working closely with Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Technical Services, contractors, and regulatory agencies.

What you’ll do:

• Lead environmental compliance across the refinery, with primary responsibility for air regulatory programs
• Manage and maintain air permits, approvals, and environmental compliance systems
• Oversee monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual environmental reporting, including NSPS, MACT, and emissions inventories
• Monitor refinery environmental performance through KPIs, dashboards, CEMS data, flare monitoring, and emissions testing
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve compliance with EPA and state environmental regulations
• Lead responses to regulatory agency inquiries, inspections, audits, and reviews
• Ensure environmental documentation, records, and reports are accurate, complete, and submitted on time
• Work closely with Operations, Maintenance, Project Engineering, Technical Services, and contractors to resolve environmental compliance issues
• Support environmental data assurance, root cause analysis, training, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Provide environmental leadership and coverage for the Environmental Manager when required
• Participate in emergency response activities and provide off-hours support when necessary

What we’re looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Engineering, Environmental Engineering, or related technical discipline
• 10+ years of experience in refining, petrochemical, or chemical manufacturing environments; 15+ preferred
• 6+ years of environmental regulatory experience, with strong air compliance expertise
• Strong knowledge of EPA and state environmental regulations, permitting, NSPS, MACT, emissions reporting, and air programs
• Experience working with refinery or chemical plant operations and understanding P&IDs and PFDs
• Previous supervisory or leadership experience managing engineers, environmental professionals, or contractors preferred
• Strong analytical, mathematical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
• Excellent written, verbal, and technical presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple regulatory programs and critical deadlines simultaneously
• Professional Engineer (PE) license preferred
• Ability to work effectively across all levels of an industrial organization

What’s on offer:

• Senior-level environmental engineering position within a major refinery operation
• Significant ownership of air regulatory compliance and environmental performance
• Opportunity to work directly with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and regulatory agencies
• Opportunity to drive environmental compliance, reporting, and continuous improvement
• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Long-term opportunity with a major U.S. refining and energy organization