Senior HSE Engineer — Upstream Compliance Leader

Continental Resources; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Continental Resources is seeking a Senior HSE Engineer to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives for upstream oil and gas operations. The role emphasizes air emissions quantification, waste assessment, and subsurface remediation within regulatory frameworks.

You will provide technical leadership, model emissions, oversee compliance projects, and support regulatory interactions while collaborating with operations and facility teams to maintain HSE excellence.

Qualifications

• The candidate holds a Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Mechanical, or Chemical Engineering.
• The candidate is a Registered Professional Environmental Engineer.
• The candidate has at least five years of environmental engineering experience.
• Experience in E&P and multi-site environmental compliance is preferred.
• Familiarity with data management tools such as Spotfire and SQL is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and implement tools to model air emissions and train staff.
• Provide on-call analysis of environmental risks and compliance status.
• Provide technical justification of emission calculations for regulatory inquiries and permit negotiations.
• Lead groundwater/subsurface remediation risk analyses.
• Lead waste stream characterization, treatment, and compliance options.
• Support HSE and PHMSA compliance staff as needed.
• Attend operations meetings and coordinate with site staff and facility engineering.
• Maintain knowledge of local, state, and federal Air Emission Control and Remediation regulations.
• Manage air permit applications and regulator communications for assigned regions.
• Assist in state/federal agency meetings regarding HSE issues.
• Coordinate emissions testing and oil & gas sampling projects.
• Deliver environmental compliance training to company personnel.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Analytical skills

Process chemistry

Oil & gas equipment

Excel modeling

Communication

Collaboration

Planning & prioritizing

HSE compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental/Mechanical/Chemical Engineering

Registered Professional Environmental Engineer

5+ years environmental engineering experience

Tools

Spotfire

SQL

Process simulation software

Job description

Continental Resources is seeking a Senior HSE Engineer to lead environmental, health, and safety initiatives for upstream oil and gas operations. The role emphasizes air emissions quantification, waste assessment, and subsurface remediation within regulatory frameworks.

You will provide technical leadership, model emissions, oversee compliance projects, and support regulatory interactions while collaborating with operations and facility teams to maintain HSE excellence.