Sr Specialist, Environmental Data & Systems

Phillips 66; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

VCIP bonus

401k match

Cash balance pension

Health Savings Account

Well-being programs

Employee Assistance Plan

Job summary

Phillips 66 is seeking a Sr Specialist for Environmental Data & Systems to lead ACTS governance and ensure compliant data workflows across midstream operations. You will translate environmental requirements into robust system specifications, partner with Environmental, Operations, Engineering, IT, and vendors, and drive data quality, validation, and reporting improvements.

The role requires experience with environmental data management and emissions reporting, plus hands-on knowledge of ACTS or

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Working knowledge of air compliance programs and emissions reporting.
• 5+ years of experience in environmental compliance, emissions reporting, environmental data management, or environmental management systems.
• Experience supporting, administering, configuring, or serving as a key user of an environmental or EHS information system (e.g., ACTS, Enablon, SpheraCloud, Cority, or similar platforms).
• Experience managing environmental data, including data quality, reporting, standardization, traceability, and QA/QC.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time to support facilities, workshops, testing, training, and implementation activities.

Responsibilities

• Lead ACTS governance, enhancement prioritization, vendor coordination, and alignment with requirements.
• Establish standardized ACTS processes for data management, emissions reporting, and regulatory obligations.
• Translate regulations and needs into requirements, workflows, rules, calculations, and reports.
• Build relationships across Environmental, Operations, Engineering, IT, and vendors through clear communication.
• Support and maintain data standards for facilities, pollutants, sources, and emission factors.
• Maintain change control, documentation, and audit trails for ACTS configurations and data changes.
• Lead UAT with test scenarios, validate calculations, document defects, and coordinate releases.
• Support data migration, system integrations, and reconciliation with other data sources.
• Monitor ACTS outputs used for emissions calculations and regulatory reporting.
• Investigate data issues, determine root causes, and communicate resolutions.
• Develop dashboards and reports giving leadership visibility into compliance and data quality.
• Support audits and reporting requests with reliable systems data and documentation.
• Collaborate with facilities and operations to improve data collection and standard practices.
• Provide day-to-day ACTS user support.
• Deliver role-based training and release communications.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives to standardize processes and improve timing.

Skills

Air compliance knowledge

Emissions reporting

Environmental data management

EHS information systems

Data quality QA/QC

Excel proficiency

Willing to travel

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ACTS

Enablon

SpheraCloud

Cority

Power BI

SQL

Job description

Total Rewards

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

The Sr Specialist, Environmental Data & Systems serves as the environmental subject-matter expert and primary business lead for ACTS, a third-party environmental management system used to support midstream environmental data management, emissions calculations, and compliance reporting. This role translates regulatory, operational, and reporting requirements into reliable business processes, data standards, system requirements, and user practices. The specialist partners with Environmental, Operations, Engineering, IT, and external vendors to improve data quality, reporting, compliance visibility, and system adoption across midstream operations.

What You’ll Do

• Lead ACTS governance, enhancement prioritization, vendor coordination, and alignment with business and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain standardized ACTS processes that support environmental data management, emissions calculations, compliance reporting, and regulatory obligations.
• Translate environmental regulations, permits, reporting obligations, and operational needs into functional requirements, workflows, validation rules, calculations, data definitions, and reports.
• Build trusted relationships across Environmental, Operations, Engineering, IT, project teams, consultants, and vendors through clear communication, practical problem solving, and dependable follow-through.
• Support and maintain data standards for facilities, equipment, pollutants, sources, operating parameters, permit limits, emission factors, calculations, and reporting attributes.
• Maintain appropriate change control, documentation, approval records, and audit trails for ACTS requirements, configurations, calculations, workflows, and data changes.
• Lead user acceptance testing by developing test scenarios, validating calculations and workflows, documenting defects, coordinating corrections, and confirming release readiness.
• Support data migration, system integrations, and reconciliation between ACTS and other environmental, operational, reporting, or enterprise data sources.
• Monitor ACTS data and outputs used for emissions calculations, Rolling 12 evaluations, regulatory reporting, GHG reporting, inspections, and other compliance decisions.
• Investigate data and calculation issues, determine root causes, coordinate corrective actions, and communicate impacts and resolution status to stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain dashboards, reports, data extracts, and performance metrics that give Environmental leadership and facility teams visibility into compliance status and data quality.
• Support environmental audits, inspections, management reviews, and reporting requests by providing reliable system data, documentation, and explanations of business processes.
• Partner with facility environmental specialists and Operations to improve source-data collection, timely data entry, record completeness, and consistent application of standard processes.
• Provide day-to-day functional support for ACTS users.
• Develop and deliver role-based training, job aids, procedures, and release communications.
• Lead or support continuous-improvement initiatives that standardize environmental processes, reduce manual work and rework, improve reporting timeliness, and strengthen compliance assurance.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Working knowledge of air compliance programs and emissions reporting.
• 5 or more years of experience in environmental compliance, emissions reporting, environmental data management, or environmental management systems.
• Experience supporting, administering, configuring, or serving as a key user of an environmental or EHS information system (e.g., ACTS, Enablon, SpheraCloud, Cority, or similar platforms).
• Experience managing environmental data, including data quality, reporting, standardization, traceability, and QA/QC.
• Intermediate proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
• Willing and able to travel up to 25% of the time to support facilities, workshops, testing, training, and implementation activities.

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in engineering.
• Experience with ACTS.
• Experience with Microsoft Power BI, SharePoint, Power Automate, SQL, data integration, ETL processes, or comparable reporting and analytics tools.
• Experience with oil and gas, midstream, energy, industrial, or other multi-site operational environments.
• Experience with environmental data governance, emissions calculation tools, permit compliance systems, system migrations, or enterprise reporting implementations.
• Demonstrated ability to learn complex environmental systems, analyze data, solve problems, and improve business processes.

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $140,400 - $171,600.

Midstream

The Phillips 66 Midstream business is a safe, reliable, and trusted provider for the movement, storage, gathering, and processing of liquid or gas energy via pipelines or terminals. We are an industry leader in logistics and operate or manage more than 70,000 miles of pipelines that transport crude oil from oil fields to refineries and finished products from refineries to storage terminals. We operate 39 terminals that supply finished products to consumer gas stations, as well as crude oil and NGL storage terminals and NGL fractionation facilities. Our capabilities include extensive natural gas gathering and processing operations, enhancing our wellhead-to-market strategy. We also provide the connectivity between the various Phillips 66 business units.

Total Rewards

Benefits

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards.

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To Be Considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 09/03/2026.

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer