Sr. Environmental Engineer

The Opportunity

• Senior Environmental Engineer at a growth-oriented energy company

• Enjoy exposure to senior leaders while providing guidance and interpretation of environmental regulations

• Develop strategies and engineering solutions to resolve compliance issues

• Work with a team that includes other environmental engineers specializing in various environmental disciplines

 

Reporting to the Environmental Manager, you will provide exemplary customer service to our clients in the area of Federal & State Air compliance and hazardous/dangerous waste compliance.  As part of your specific responsibilities, you will:

• Build and maintain internal partnering relationships with Tacoma Refinery departments such as Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Safety, and the Laboratory--as well build an internal network across other Par Pacific refinery location.
• Establish and maintain external working relationships with regulatory agencies, trade associations, consultants, and contractors.
• Ensure environmental compliance manuals, procedures and guidelines are developed and/or are current.
• Complete accurate/timely compliance reports to applicable federal, state, and local agencies.
• Monitor environmental policies/regulations and establish compliance programs for the refinery.

 

Qualifications

To meet the basic qualifications for this role, you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. To comply with the regulations at this work location, successful applicants must be eligible to obtain a TWIC card (Transportation Worker Identification Credential). Please review eligibility criteria at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic. 

 

Qualifications for this role:

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Bachelor’s degree in chemical or environmental engineering, or in another relevant scientific/technical field to include chemistry, biochemistry, physics, required

• Minimum 5 years of experience in environmental compliance required
• Experience in air, water, spill prevention/response, or hazardous waste compliance, preferably in refining, petrochemical or manufacturing, preferred
• Comprehensive knowledge and experience working with federal, state, and local environmental regulatory requirements in the areas of clean air compliance OR hazardous and dangerous waste compliance required
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement environmental processes and programs specific to the business and its culture
• Excellent verbal and technical writing skills required
• Must be project and detail oriented with solid organizational abilities
• Self-motivated with the ability to achieve goals independently with minimal supervision
• Proficiency with MS Office applications required
• Experience using environmental agency reporting tools preferred
• Ability to work independently and effectively lead a team, communicate, and develop environmental training compliance across all professional groups in a refinery system
• Ability to safely conduct refinery field work both independently and as part of a team
• Position requires personnel to work onsite daily and is not a hybrid or remote position
• Flexibility to work more than 40 hours per week, swing shift, and in extreme weather conditions, such as extreme heat, cold, and rain is occasionally required during turnarounds or process shutdowns
• Employment is contingent upon favorable background and drug screening. Medical clearance to wear a respirator required.

 

Note: This description is intended to give you a general overview of the position and is not an exhaustive listing of duties and responsibilities.

 

More Good Reasons to work for Par:

 

WHO WE ARE:

Par Pacific is a growth-oriented company that owns and operates market-leading energy and infrastructure businesses in logistically-complex markets. Par Pacific combines experience in the oil and gas industry with corporate financing know-how. We bring this unique strength to complex markets where we seek out diamonds in the rough. As a nimble, entrepreneurial organization, we actively pursue new opportunities in response to local market demands and changing external environments.

 

Unique Culture

There is nothing ordinary about Par Pacific -- a niche player in the energy space that operates in logistically complex markets. And there's certainly nothing ordinary about Par Pacific people. We are driven, hardworking, entrepreneur-minded professionals that love to win. If that describes you, you'll f