Company:

INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA

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Senior Environmental Engineer  

INEOS Olefins and Polymers USA

Job title

Senior Environmental Engineer

Salary

$139,645 - $174,556 commensurate with experience

Location        

Chocolate Bayou Works – Alvin, TX

Organizational context
and job purpose

The Olefins & Polymers USA division of INEOS is one of the largest producers of olefins and polyolefins in North America. From its manufacturing locations at Chocolate Bayou and the Battleground Manufacturing Complex, it is a merchant marketer of butadiene, ethylene, polypropylene and high-density polyethylene with annual revenue of over $4b.

The Chocolate Bayou (CBW) Site is located in Southeastern Texas about 40 miles South of Houston and consists of two Olefins units that produce approximately 4.0bn pounds/year of ethylene, 2 Polypropylene units that produce approximately 1.0bn pounds/year of polypropylene, and the Light Ends storage & transfer facilities at Stratton Ridge.

There is a need for a Senior Environmental Engineer at CBW. The Senior Environmental Engineer provides leadership and technical support to CBW for the development and coordination of implementing compliance strategies that enable cost effective compliance with Local, State and Federal environmental requirements.  In this role, permit development, compliance plans and audits, and advocacy are executed to ensure that site operations are viable. The person in this role covers a diverse range of environmental media including air, water, waste, soil, groundwater, and wetlands. This role is the primary CBW representative for regulatory interactions with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), and other environmental authorities.

Responsibilities AND Accountabilities

Accountability 1

The position is accountable for understanding, cascading and putting into practice the INEOS 20 Principles. 

• Champion the INEOS 20 Principles.
• Apply them to all safety, health and environmental (SHE) goals and work processes.

Accountability 2

Collaborate with other CBW SHE professionals to develop and maintain site SHE management system (SMS) to ensure environmental compliance, reporting and record-keeping.

• Ensure compliance with existing environmental permits, including data collection and analysis, auditing, annual reporting, and trouble-shooting for improvements.
• Support overall business goals with minimal direction from management.
• Monitor developing regulations to identify those that affect the CBW, and take action to bring the site into compliance with these regulations. 
• Identify and pursue new process improvement tactics and tools that will drive performance and continuous improvement.
• Provide primary technical expertise for SHE systems and programs.

Accountability 3

Establish environmental performance expectations and requirements, required tactics and plans to drive and monitor performance, develop accountability and identify improvement opportunities.

• Develop a multi-year departmental improvement plan and assist in the development of the site’s SHE improvement plan.
• Participate in developing and updating Environmental elements of the business SMS.
• Cost center custodian, responsible for departmental spending and identifying cost saving initiatives.
• Establish key environmental performance indicators and targets for CBW and report end of month statistics to the CBW SHE Manager. 
• Establish tactics and tools that will engage all levels of the workforce in desired behaviors and activities that will derive desired performance results.
• Monitor environmental performance data and trends, audit to ensure compliance and suggest tactics to improve performance.
• Challenge status quo and constantly look for ways to improve systems and performance.

Accountability 4

Establishes a strong customer focus to ensure compliance with SHE policies and procedures.

• Develop and implement environmental strategies that balance regulations and business needs while ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Foster environmental awareness among employees and contractors.
• Liaise, cultivate, and develop solid relationships with internal and external stakeholders including regulators and community industrial associations to represent the company’s interest as appropriate.
• Include fellow work group members, employees across the organization, and occasionally external customers