Environmental Specialist - Waste & Water

Indorama Ventures•Springfield, MA

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About The Position

The Environmental Specialist maintains compliance with federal, Louisiana, and facility requirements governing wastewater, stormwater, hazardous and nonhazardous waste, used oil, universal waste, and spill prevention. The role supports the site’s ethylene manufacturing operations, wastewater-treatment system, maintenance activities, laboratories, contractors, and capital projects. The specialist serves as the primary environmental contact for the facility’s Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (LPDES) permit, administers industrial stormwater requirements and the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP), and maintains and implements the Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) plan where applicable. The role also manages nonhazardous industrial waste, wastewater-treatment sludge, contaminated soil, spent chemicals, debris, scrap materials, and other plant wastes. The position includes conducting field inspections and formal compliance audits; preparing, reviewing, and submitting Discharge Monitoring Reports; reviewing permit requirements, wastewater data, laboratory results, and operational trends; identifying potential permit-limit issues and initiating corrective action; and maintaining compliance records and data in accordance with regulatory and corporate requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or a related field.
3–10 years of relevant environmental or sustainability experience in a petrochemical/refining facility and/or corporate office.
Proficiency with SAP, the Internet, email, and Microsoft Office programs.
Experience with State of Louisiana environmental requirements.
Experience with RCRA regulations and SPCC, and general knowledge of the Clean Water Act.

Nice To Haves

Experience with TCEQ regulatory databases.

Responsibilities

Serve as the primary environmental contact for the facility’s LPDES permit.
Maintain a compliance calendar of sampling, monitoring, inspection, certification, notification, and reporting deadlines.
Translate LPDES permit requirements into operating procedures, sampling plans, and operator checklists.
Review wastewater-treatment data, laboratory results, and operating trends; identify results approaching permit limits and initiate corrective action.
Validate flow totals, composite-sampling periods, and monthly-average calculations.
Prepare, review, and submit Discharge Monitoring Reports through EPA NetDMR or the applicable LDEQ reporting system.
Administer industrial stormwater requirements and the facility’s SWPPP.
Maintain and implement the facility SPCC plan where applicable.
Serve as the facility’s RCRA program owner or principal technical resource.
Manage nonhazardous industrial waste, wastewater-treatment sludge, contaminated soil, spent chemicals, debris, scrap materials, and other plant wastes.
Conduct routine field inspections of wastewater, stormwater, and waste-management activities.
Perform formal compliance audits against LPDES permit conditions, RCRA requirements, Louisiana hazardous- and solid-waste regulations, SWPPP requirements, SPCC requirements, and facility environmental procedures.
Maintain environmental records electronically and in hard copy according to regulatory and corporate retention requirements.
Ensure data entered into corporate systems agrees with source documents and agency reports.
Track wastewater flow and analytical results, DMR calculations and submissions, stormwater inspections and sampling, waste generation and shipment quantities, waste profiles and determinations, manifests and disposal certificates, inspection findings, spill events, training completion, instrument calibration, and corrective-action status.