Environmental Specialist

HF Sinclair•Artesia, NM

22d•Hybrid

About The Position

HF Sinclair in Artesia, NM is seeking an Environmental Specialist to conduct environmental assignments and duties for the Environmental Department under minimal supervision. This role may direct or lead the work of others from time-to-time. The position involves providing technical guidance and ongoing support for the Refinery’s Title V air permit, including compliance determinations, monitoring requirements, deviation tracking, and reporting. The specialist will contribute to the continuous improvement of air compliance programs by strengthening workflows, procedures, training materials, and knowledge-sharing practices to improve reliability, efficiency, and sustained compliance performance. This role also supports and collaborates with operations, engineering, maintenance, and environmental peers to build organizational capability and resilience, and engages professionally and effectively with regulatory agencies through written correspondence, meetings, and verbal communications, representing the refinery with sound technical judgment and credibility.

Requirements

A minimum of eight years of job-related processing experience required
Some assignments may require at least five years of air quality experience with the majority of the experience being in a refinery setting
Strong foundational knowledge of air quality laws, regulations, and standards, including federal NESHAP/MACT/NSPS requirements and applicable state and local air district regulations for complex manufacturing facilities
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, meet demanding regulatory deadlines, and execute work efficiently in a fast‑paced operating environment with changing priorities
Ability to work effectively across disciplines and organizational levels, including collaboration with operations, engineering, maintenance, legal, technical specialists, and management
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making capabilities
Advanced working knowledge of environmental air quality regulations required depending on assignment
Ability to perform emissions calculations, preferably with a practical understanding of refinery processing programs
Advanced understanding of oil refining processes (process flow diagrams/mechanical flow sheets, chemical phase separations, and reactions)

Nice To Haves

Experience in oil refining processes preferred
Strong data analysis skills and experience working with emissions, compliance, or monitoring datasets using tools such as Excel or environmental data systems
Familiarity with community right-to-know and risk management rules and/or experience with fuels compliance
Strong time management and organizational skills

Responsibilities

Provide technical guidance and ongoing support for the Refinery’s Title V air permit, including compliance determinations, monitoring requirements, deviation tracking, and reporting
Contribute to continuous improvement of air compliance programs by strengthening workflows, procedures, training materials, and knowledge‑sharing practices to improve reliability, efficiency, and sustained compliance performance
Support and collaborate with operations, engineering, maintenance, and environmental peers to build organizational capability and resilience
Engage professionally and effectively with regulatory agencies through written correspondence, meetings, and verbal communications, representing the refinery with sound technical judgment and credibility
May manage the performance of air quality related work efforts which include the oversight of NSPS, MACT, EI, NSR, and Title V programs
May prepare reports pursuant to a consent decree and various permit conditions with respect to EPCRA, CERCLA and TSCA
May oversee budgeting costs associated with air quality compliance and contractor/consultant work products
May coordinate routine modeling and tracking of anti-backsliding provisions of the fuels’ toxic baseline and related fuels regulations
Special assignments or tasks assigned to the employee by their supervisor, as determined from time to time in their sole and complete discretion