Water and Waste Engineer

Sabic Americas, Inc.; Ottawa (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sabic Americas, Inc. is seeking an Engineer for EHSS Water/Waste in Ottawa. This role involves ensuring compliance with water and waste regulations, leading regulatory programs, and interacting with federal and state agencies to maintain environmental standards.

The ideal candidate should have a BS degree in Environmental Management or related fields, with a minimum of 3 years of experience in a chemical or industrial setting. Excellent communication skills and ability to analyze data are essential for success in this role.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years relevant experience in a chemical or industrial setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to collect and analyze relevant data.

Responsibilities

• Provide site leadership for assigned regulatory programs.
• Act as point of contact for Environmental compliance issues.
• Preparation and submission of Regulatory Permit applications.

Skills

Wastewater Treatment Processes

Regulatory Programs Management

Environmental Compliance

Communication Skills

Data Collection and Analysis

Education

BS degree in Environmental Management or related fields

Tools

Microsoft Office

IT Applications

Job description

The Engineer, EHSS Water/Waste is responsible for ensuring that the sites in the Shared Services Organization (Ottawa and Bay St. Louis) maintain compliance with water and waste regulations. The position has several essential functions and responsibilities.

How You Can Be the Impact

• Provide site leadership for assigned regulatory programs in Water, Waste, Land, & Hazardous Materials. Familiar with Wastewater Treatment Processes, Potable water requirements, Boilerhouse Treatment Processes, Hazardous & Non-Hazardous Waste Management, SARA 311/312 Tier II, SARA 313 TRI, CDR and Responsible Care 14001.
• Act as point of contact for Environmental compliance issues within manufacturing operations for assigned areas/medias.
• Preparation and submission of Regulatory Permit applications (NPDES), monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reporting for wastewater. Additional reporting requirements are: Tier II inventory report, RCRA annual report, TRI reports, antimony report, and USGS Well inventory report.
• Need to be hazardous waste certified annually. Manage all waste from working with waste shipments, signing manifests, weekly inspections at the Ottawa site. Completion of the annual Hazardous Waste report for both sites.
• Collect potable water samples and send to certified lab. Submit analytical analysis to state agency.
• Work with area operations and sustainability leader to meet environmental requirements and improve operating metrics by reducing emissions and/or energy consumption.
• Implement programs that achieve both regulatory requirements and operational flexibility.
• Manage and lead RC 14001 and Operation Clean Sweep programs.
• Key interfaces include working with Regional EHSS, Operations and Maintenance leaders and technicians, project engineers, process control engineers, EHSS Tech’s and Technology representatives, along with routine exposure to site level management.
• Individual will also interact with other sites around the business to translate best practices. The individual will interact with Federal & State agencies.

What Matters to SABIC

• A minimum of 3 years relevant experience in a chemical or industrial setting or a BS degree in Environmental Management, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Sciences, or Chemical Engineering.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to transfer relevant information efficiently and effectively using Microsoft Office applications and other IT applications.
• Ability to collect relevant data, history trends, process information, and study results to evaluate issues.
• Provide technical direction and execution of critical environmental programs.
• Experience with process programs including TRI, Tier II, EPCRA, RC 14001, NPDES, BMP, RCRA, Hazardous Materials, DOT/FRA, EPA, CERCLA, TSCA, CWA, Potable water and other standards related to various Federal and State agencies.
• Organizational skills to balance priorities between immediate work and longer-term strategical efforts.

Physical Requirements:

Walk for extended distances, climb stairs & ladders, leaning/kneeling to view equipment.