Environmental Engineer

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Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group:

Health Safety Environment and Security

Worker Type:

Regular

Posting Start Date:

February 23, 2022

Business unit:

Downstream

Experience Level:

Experienced Professionals

Job Description:

What's the role -

This position provides regulatory and compliance environmental support to Shell Deer Park. The position support unit environmental engineers in delivering regulatory and company environmental training and applies requirements across multiple process units. The position educates and partners with plant personnel, community members, and regulators to create and implement innovative solutions to achieve extraordinary environmental performance.

Dimensions:

The position has site-wide programmatic scope and influences Shell personnel, contractors and incident investigation teams. There are no direct reports, and minimal discretionary spend authority associated with the position. The Environmental Engineer provides air, water and waste regulatory support for compliance and permitting, program development, agency interface and reporting for Shell Deer Park. This position helps deploy site environmental compliance processes and actively engages all levels of the workforce across the Operations, Maintenance, and Projects teams to enable continuous improvement.

Accountabilities:

Provide hands-on environmental support to plant personnel across the Deer Park site including regulatory and Shell Group standards

Monitor site performance against permit and other regulatory requirements and identify opportunities to continuously improve

Communicate and ensure alignment with process units on permit and compliance requirements.

Perform emissions calculations and understands the impact of various operating conditions on

emissions.

Be an environmental focal point for environmental guidance, communications, and questions for the operating and maintenance organization

Prepare agency incident reports, maintenance notifications, periodic reports, and enforcement responses for agency submittal

Support the environmental department in reviewing and updating departmental databases for completeness and accuracy

Participate in 24-hour on-call rotation to determine reportable quantity releases and report incidences to appropriate regulatory agencies within required timeframes.

Interacts with external regulatory agencies and auditors.

Provide turnaround support by preparing environmental impact statements and ensuring environmental issues are adequately addressed

Create, develop and implement projects, programs, and assigned initiatives

Develop and implement operator environmental tools to proactively monitor compliance

Evaluate environmental incidents, which includes calculations, ranking, and classifying all emission events

Support preparation and maintenance of agency documents such as air permits, emission reports, incident reports, variance petitions, and other surveys

Perform emissions calculations and understand the impact of various operating conditions on emissions

Assist in the selection of air pollution control technology for new or modified equipment

Understand management systems and work with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to deliver programs that fulfill requirements and deliver performance results

Review, interpret, and clarify regulatory and legal requirements applicable to Deer Park, and takes initiative to ensure site programs comply with requirements

Assist in the delivery of environmental training to address regulatory and Shell Group standards, site environmental policies, programs, and procedures

Analyze site environmental data and trends, communicates results, and recommend interventions to improve performance

Conduct field reviews, audits, and investigations

Assess change in method of operation or modifications for environmental regulatory impacts, i.e. NNSR.

Respond to agency enforcement actions by providing quality information in a timely manner.

Manage change within assigned process areas in accordance with site and department procedures.

Monitor, track, and update environmental incidences within the site tracking systems

Implement process unit environmental testing requirements and coordinate all activities related to source testing as required.

Perform assigned air, water, and waste environmental tasks

Support some emissions calculations for emissions events, emissions inventory, TRI inventory, rule, MSS and permit compliance, etc.

Participate in spill, release, and emissions event/incident investigations as assigned

Participate in agency inspections/investigations/audits and assist with preparing responses as assigned.

Assist water engineer with NPDES/TPDES regulations, permitting, and compliance and preparing monthly DMRs; groundwater remediation rules and activities; and, drinking water rules and regulations

Support waste engineer in RCRA, DOT, and TX waste regulations, permitting, and compliance; preparing waste profiles, waste manifests and annual waste summary reports; and sampling/testing, characterization/classification, and disposal of all waste

Manage, review, and summarize data associated with internal and external reporting

Responsible for any environmental tasks that may be assigned to manage environmental department workload and site environmental compliance

Skills and Requirements

What we need from you -

Must have legal authorization to work in the US on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer.

Minimum of 7 years experience in Environmental within a petrochemical or refining manufacturing facility.

Experience in interpreting and implementing environmental regulatory requirements

Experience with obtaining or renewing operating permits (ie. CAA, NPDES, PSD, NSR, Title V)

Experience in directly interfacing with state or federal regulatory agencies

Degree required: BS in Engineering or Sciences

Certifications Required: None specified

The candidate should also have excellent verbal and written communication skills and possess the ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Good interpersonal skills and a high degree of work organization are expected.

Proven capability to learn and understand complex requirements

Language(s) Needed: Must have excellent verbal and written skills in English

Company description

Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical companies with about 84,000 employees across more than 70 countries. We aim to meet the world’s growing need for more and cleaner energy solutions in ways that are economically, environmentally and socially responsible. We have expertise in exploration, production, refining and marketing of oil and natural gas, and the manufacturing and marketing of chemicals.

As a global energy company operating in a challenging world, we set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors. We are judged by how we act and how we live up to our core values of honesty, integrity and respect for people. Our Business Principles are based on these. They promote trust, openness, teamwork and professionalism, as well as pride in what we do and how we conduct business.

Building on our core values, we aspire to sustain a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone feels respected and valued, from our employees to our customers and partners. A diverse workforce and an inclusive work environment are vital to our success, leading to greater innovation and better energy solutions.

An innovative place to work

There’s never been a more exciting time to work at Shell. Everyone here is helping solve one of the biggest challenges facing the world today: bringing the benefits of energy to everyone on the planet, whilst managing the risks of climate change.

Join us and you’ll add your talent and imagination to a business with the power to shape the future – whether by investing in renewables, exploring new ways to store energy or developing technology that helps the world to use energy more efficiently.

A rewarding place to work

Combine our creative, collaborative environment and global operations with an impressive range of benefits and joining Shell becomes an inspired career choice.

We’re huge advocates for career development. We’ll encourage you to try new roles and experience new settings. By pushing people to reach their potential, we frequently help them find skills they never knew they had, or make career moves they never thought possible.

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According to the United Nations, the global population could increase to more than 10 billion people. A key role for society – and for Shell – is to find ways to meet the growing demand for energy, with less carbon emissions. We need people who dare to think differently – to take part in developing tomorrow’s energy solutions today.

Company info

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Website : https://www.shell.com