OxyChem Environmental Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the site expert on safety procedures, with emphasis on the 5 Key Procedures.
• Interpret applicable laws, regulations, permits, and Oxy procedures and apply them to site operations.
• Integrate HES&S requirements into work processes, procedures, and guidelines to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Develop competency in fall protection, life-critical guarding, fall arrest systems, and scaffolding.

Environmental Programs and Permitting

• Support regulatory permitting, emissions reporting, wastewater monitoring, solid and hazardous waste management, and sampling/testing programs.
• Obtain and maintain required permits, licenses, and exemptions, including Title V, UIC, RCRA, NPDES, and MI Part 5.
• Manage WERCS environmental approvals for site chemical changes.

Training, Communication, and Systems

• Develop and deliver environmental and safety training.
• Communicate HES&S requirement changes and ensure effective implementation.
• Develop and maintain compliance systems, tools, training, and coaching resources.

Contractor and Plant Safety

• Lead contractor safety oversight, including Safety Activity Plans, JSAs, tailgate meetings, and scorecard requirements.
• Mentor the site contractor safety representative and co-lead annual contractor performance reviews.
• Actively participate in plant safety meetings and develop safety topics as needed.

Audits, Investigations, and Change Management

• Conduct and participate in corporate and site HES&S audits and self-assessments.
• Lead and support root cause investigations and corrective action processes.
• Support management of change (MOC) reviews for HES&S and plant modifications.
• Coordinate regulatory inspections and responses to agency inquiries.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering or a related field with environmental experience.
• 3 years of HES&S regulatory and program experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred

• Project management and training facilitation experience.
• Fraud Statement