Environmental Superintendent

CF Industries•Donaldsonville, LA

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Environmental Superintendent is responsible to manage technical support and staff to ensure effective environmental systems are maintained for compliance and excellence. The position generally oversees the multimedia environmental programs for the Location. Areas of responsibility include managing environmental compliance (monitoring, reporting, and recordkeeping), development and maintenance of environmental permits and procedures, release reporting/investigation, and environmental training and support to facility personnel to ensure environmental systems are effective to maintain compliance with governmental regulations and company policies/practices. As a member of the EHSS Department leadership, the position plays a critical role in engaging and incorporating environmental stewardship in the overall EHS culture. This position serves as a technical resource and communicates environmental expertise to reduce risk and drive continuous improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering (preferred) or equivalent environmental engineering/science with related technical and regulatory experience in chemical/refining industry.
Strong air, water, and/or waste expertise is required.
A minimum of 10 years (12+ years preferred) of environmental experience in chemical manufacturing, consulting, or regulatory role.
Advanced technical knowledge of environmental regulations, application of pollution abatement processes, equipment, and procedures.
Working understanding of chemical operations, safety systems, and environmental metrics.
Experience with electronic tools/systems, simulation software, and tracking mechanisms.
Proven ability to collaborate and drive results with personnel in other departments/functions.
Strong time management and organizational skills; including the ability to prioritize and effectively manage multiple tasks and projects with competing demands
Good interpersonal skills and the ability to influence culture.
Excellent verbal communication and technical writing skills.
Knowledge of applicable federal, state, and local environmental standards, codes, regulations, and laws.
Must be able to acquire Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC).

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering

Responsibilities

Supervise the environmental team of engineers and technicians to assure compliance with federal, state, and local laws and regulations and company policies and standards
Clarify and communicate current and potential EHS regulatory and company requirements
Work with affected departments to create/maintain EHS policies, systems, and processes that meet or exceed the regulatory and company requirements with a focus on multimedia environmental considerations
Identify improvement opportunities for implementation of environmental systems
Facilitate and support company incident reporting/investigation process
Build and maintain relationships internally and externally for the continuous improvement of the environmental programs, including service on company committees as required
Maintain a team for thorough, practical knowledge of regulatory and corporate EHS requirements and effectively communicate that knowledge to inter-department team members
Set work priorities/plans and contribute to requests from other department personnel relative to assigned functions for multimedia or specific medium area
Reviews internal and external reports
Assesses process data for environmental attributes on performance and trends, and actively pursues opportunities for continuous improvement
Provide guidance to facility regarding air, water, and waste management practices
Ensure the facility’s systems and associated practices are maintained to minimize risk and ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local regulations as well as company standards
Assist in incident investigation, as it relates to environmental considerations, as well as evaluations to identify trends and incident precursors to identify key areas of improvement, root-cause analyses, and corrective/preventative actions
Participate in company audits and site inspections by regulatory personnel for assigned media
Support other department roles, including service in other environmental areas as backup
Collaborate with the appropriate departments and management to ensure environmental fundamentals and best practices are integrated, understood, and implemented in appropriate areas such as operating procedures, engineering practices, and asset integrity
Maintain a training program for assigned media programs which highlights the desired culture, vision, expectations, standards, roles, and responsibilities
Assure adequate procedures and systems are in place for compliance and as contributions to other department standard operating procedures and practices
Completes other assignments or functions as requested by EHSS Manager
Facilitate the completion of required activities and measurements for environmental regulatory compliance parameter sampling and monitoring (internally and third-party)
Review internal and third party activities and measurements to validate that it meets regulatory compliance requirements
Evaluate measured environmental parameters and identify to facility management any non-compliance issues.
Proactively identify potential environmental non-compliance issues and provide recommendations for resolution and system improvements.
Assure timely submission of regulatory application(s) to ensure valid permits to operate.
Work with affected leadership to ensure that all terms and conditions are consistent with operations.
Ensure relevant environmental training is provided to facility personnel so that environmental regulatory and company responsibilities are communicated and understood
Assure accuracy of prepared and timely internal and external report submittals
Manage site-wide air, water, and waste programs
Provide oversight to project teams and relative MOC activities and AFE/WR
Encourage use of company site and corporate tracking tools and systems for EMIS, etc.
Manage environmental team members to assure each is developed professionally to meet environmental objectives matched with interests and skill sets
Be a leader in EHS culture by initiating, promoting and developing processes, practices, and activities that advance and sustain CF’s EHS culture.
Be an educator and mentor to empower and engage others in creating and sustaining CF’s EHS culture.
Serve as a resource to help remove barriers for meeting EHS objectives.
Promote and demonstrate the value of continuous improvement of EHS performance.
Promotes and adheres to all EHS regulations and company policies.
Keeps up to date with company EHS policies as new information is made available.
Remains current in practice areas through participation in internal and external professional development opportunities.
Actively participate and engage as a member of the EHS team, collaborate, and contribute to the overall improvement of EHS.
Actively participate in inter-company activities as requested, including as a member of the CF Industries Corporate Environmental Council.
Understands and complies with established departmental processes and procedures designed to support internal controls efforts.
Identifies and brings to the attention of department management internal controls deficiencies.
Assist in personnel development in alignment with environmental competency expectations.