Environmental Professional III/IV

ONEOK•Midland, TX

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Environmental Professional III/IV (EP) serves as a senior technical leader responsible for establishing direction and promoting consistent environmental compliance across the Refined Product and Crude (RPC) segment. The EP leads regulatory engagement from initiation through resolution, independently directs audits and corrective actions, and applies sound technical judgment to address compliance matters while supporting business objectives and maintaining regulatory credibility. The role promotes accountability across cross-functional teams, translates complex environmental challenges into actionable strategies, and provides experienced leadership during time-critical situations. The EP also strengthens organizational capability through mentoring, training, and oversight of compliance systems. Responsibilities include waste management, SPCC/FRP, spill response, air permit compliance, water discharge permits, and project-related permitting, as well as effective collaboration and oversight of multiple compliance systems. The EP is expected to maintain a strong working knowledge of applicable state and federal environmental regulations and standards and their application to operations.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in environmental, natural science, engineering preferred and/or a combination of formal education and the following job related experience:
10 or more years of related experience in environmental compliance.
Knowledge of state and federal environmental regulations and standards and their applicability to operations.
Ability to analyze, research, compile, and prepare permit applications, logs, reports, and correspondence and company responses to agency requests.
Ability to evaluate, research, and interpret governmental regulations, equipment performance manuals, regulatory agency guidance and instructions, reports, correspondence, and company policies and procedures.
Ability to pay attention to details.
Ability to apply math, algebraic formulas, and statistics.
Ability to interact, advise and communicate effectively, exchange information/provide instructions, conduct verbal presentations.
Ability to develop communications utilizing fundamental technical writing skills.
Ability to present training materials.
Ability to utilize office equipment including computers and applicable job related software, including Microsoft Office tools.
Ability to operate relevant tools/equipment.

Responsibilities

Provide mentoring to lower level employees on compliance system management, assisting with compliance requirements and organizational procedures and tools.
Fully independent with a high level of decision rights and authority to execute responsibilities.
Evaluate patterns and identify enhancement opportunities for data collection tools and templates in order to improve the accuracy and quality of data collected for environmental compliance and remediation systems.
Provide subject matter expertise of compliance requirements and operating and construction parameters to answer questions regarding applicability of compliance systems.
Develop internal audit protocols to support the evaluation of facilities.
Lead representative in the evaluation and implementation of major emerging regulatory issues.
Represent the company position in national Industry Associations or in support of the company Regulatory Issue Guideline.
Analyze and develop corporate positions on applicability of environmental regulations for the organization and applicable operating assets and construction projects.
Able to apply risk based analysis of compliance related to operations or construction practices.
Recognize and resolve regulatory applicability issues.
Institutionalize corporate positions within compliance systems to ensure repeatable compliance.
Subject matter expert on one or more environmental programs and their applicability to the company's unique operating parameters and construction practices.
Recognize the need for and develop procedures and tools to facilitate and demonstrate compliance consistently across the organization’s operating assets and construction projects.
Evaluate existing procedures and tools for opportunities to improve compliance performance.
Review environmental inspection results and apply findings to operating segments, project execution processes or corporate compliance systems to enhance compliance.
Negotiate with contract and consultant resources that provide program level support to ensure an appropriate level of service and competitive rates for service are in place.
Develop organizational permitting strategies across operating segments and construction projects and provide reviews and comments on major permits.
Ensure quality and accuracy of practical permit conditions based on evaluation of compliance risk.
Coordinate and facilitate environmental permitting prior to, during, and after construction for maintenance, growth and large capital projects.
Manage compliance systems for an entire compliance program or business segment.
Initiate and implement system enhancements to improve compliance performance.
Develop training for new users on compliance systems and procedures.
Develop and implement new compliance systems.
Manage and participate in agency interaction at the program level and be able to negotiate segment or corporate level compliance or enforcement issues.
Effectively represent the company's operating parameters and construction practices and the applicability of environmental regulations along with rationale for compliance positions taken by the organization.
Collect and review environmental field samples (air, water and waste) for analysis.