Environmental Specialist II

About the role

Deer Park Refining Limited Partnership (DPRLP) known as PEMEX Deer Park is a highly complex refinery located 18 miles east of Houston in Deer Park, TX, and is a part of the PEMEX group which is a fully integrated oil company in the Americas, working across the entire value chain: exploration, production, industrial processing/refining, logistics and marketing. PEMEX Deer Park provides a diverse and inclusive work environment that employs approximately 1000 employees with another 1200 contractors on site. The refinery’s rated capacity is 340,000 barrels per day and has the feed flexibility to process multiple grades of crudes to produce the high-quality transportation fuels the world needs. The PEMEX Deer Park site is co-located with other 3rd party chemical facilities allowing for further integration and optimization of the refinery and its products. We set high standards of performance and ethical behaviors and offer challenging and fulfilling job opportunities in a number of fields. We take great pride in our ability to ensure the health and safety of our workers and the environment while being a good neighbor and have a positive impact on the local community where we work.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day oversight and compliance assurance for the refinery LDAR program.
• Manage fugitive emissions contractors, including staffing, training, safety performance, invoicing, and contract administration.
• Maintain and improve LDAR databases and software platforms, including SkyBridge desktop and mobile applications.
• Coordinate leak monitoring activities and ensure regulatory monitoring requirements are completed as scheduled.
• Stay current on and implement regulatory changes under HON, NSPS Subparts VV/VVa/GGGa, Texas HRVOC (30 TAC Chapter 115), BWON, Subpart QQQ, Method 9, and related rules.
• Manage the redocumentation of 1 unit per year.
• Annual 3rd party audit scheduling for TX-HRVOC compliance.
• Ensure timely first attempt, final repair, and Delay of Repair (DOR) management in accordance with the most stringent applicable requirements.
• Serve as the site regulatory assurance focal point and SME for all fugitive emissions program elements.
• Prepare, quality-check, and submit routine and exception reports to regulatory agencies.
• Maintain complete, audit-ready compliance documentation, procedures, site orders, and records.
• Lead or support regulatory inspections, environmental audits, agency requests, and consent-decree compliance activities.
• Coordinate site-wide Optical Gas Imaging (OGI) camera inspections and follow-up corrective actions.
• Lead or facilitate investigations of fugitive emission sources and support corrective action development and implementation.
• Support inventory development and internal environmental reporting activities.
• Facilitate cross-functional communication and issue resolution between Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Environmental, HSSE, monitoring personnel, and contractors.
• Ensure DORs and fugitive emissions work items are incorporated into turnaround and maintenance work scopes.
• Support Management of Change (MOC) activities related to equipment additions, removals, and monitoring population changes.
• Participate in environmental reviews of capital projects and unit modifications that may impact fugitive emissions compliance.
• Support benzene fenceline monitoring contractors and analytical vendors, as applicable.
• Coordinate field investigations associated with elevated benzene monitoring results and support root cause analyses.
• Compile supporting documentation for corrective actions and compliance demonstrations.
• Support BWON and CWT compliance activities, including Method 21 monitoring, inspection QA/QC, repair tracking, and conduct sampling activities and/or coordination.
• Act as Subject Matter Expert for Boiler MACT and conduct necessary inspections and reporting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of refinery, petrochemical, environmental compliance, process engineering, operations, or related experience.
• Working knowledge of LDAR programs, fugitive emissions regulations, and regulatory compliance practices.
• Experience managing contractors and coordinating cross-functional compliance activities.
• Strong technical writing, data management, and regulatory reporting skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and environmental compliance databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with refinery LDAR software platforms such as SkyBridge or equivalent systems.
• Familiarity with EPA Method 21 monitoring, Optical Gas Imaging (OGI), BWON, HON, and benzene fenceline monitoring programs.
• Experience supporting regulatory inspections, environmental audits, and consent decree requirements.
• Knowledge of refinery operations, maintenance work processes, and turnaround planning.

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED equivalent (degree preferred)

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Future growth opportunities within the company
• Collaborative, creative environment that encourages contribution to processes, decisions, planning and culture