Senior Environmental Engineer

CVR Energy, Inc.•Wynnewood, OK

2d•Onsite

About The Position

This senior professional staff position leads overall compliance with local, state, and federal environmental regulations for the Wynnewood Refinery. The position will focus on air regulatory compliance and be responsible for: maintaining air permits and approvals; leading recommendations for improvement to compliance and management systems; assessing compliance for all air programs and support as needed for water and waste programs. Additional duties include preparing and delivering training and compliance procedures, reviewing documentation for accuracy and completeness. The position will also provide coverage for the Environmental Manager as needed. The position will require interfacing with Operations, Maintenance, Technical Services, Project Engineering, other refinery department personnel and contractors, and exposure to regulatory agencies and the public.

Requirements

10+ years refining, or chemical industry experience required, 15+ preferred
6+ years environmental regulatory experience including air regulatory compliance required, 10+ preferred
2+ year supervisor experience preferred, managing engineers or contractors in an environmental capacity
Desire to work in a team environment as an active member
Leadership and organizational skills to manage multiple programs and ability to complete multiple tasks with critical timelines
Mechanical aptitude, with strong mathematical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills required
Understanding P&ID's and PFD's required
Ability to alter work schedule to meet changing requirements
Fluent in English, strong written and presentation technical communication skills required
High level / advanced computer skills (Word processing, graphics, spreadsheet) required
Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The Company will not sponsor immigration or work visas.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering preferred. Other Engineering and related technical degrees will be considered
Professional Engineer (PE) preferred

Responsibilities

Track refinery environmental performance day-to-day as environmental engineer for refinery
Lead team responsible for environmental monthly, quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports, including NSPS /MACT reports, Air Emissions Inventory, and others to ensure reports are completed on-time
Respond to any agency inquiries for assigned programs
Stay up to date of new and emerging environmental regulations
Support the on-going effort to implement environmental data assurance project including implementing quality alerts
Complete the environmental KPI dashboarding for day-to-day real-time environmental compliance performance
Identify continuous improvement opportunities for refinery compliance with EPA and ODEQ requirements
Work with team members to ensure flare operations are monitored, CEMS performance is tracked, and required emissions testing is conducted timely.
Participate in regulatory inspections, audits, and reviews
Provide review and oversight for agency communications and reports
Manage time and resources to achieve deadlines; ability to prioritize tasks
Participate in the Root Cause Analysis program
Improve knowledge and skills through training, seminars, etc.
Must be able to interface with all levels of the organization
Regularly communicate with supervisor work progress questions and concerns
Be a trained member of the Emergency Operations Command team and available for emergency response callouts off hours.
Exposure to work near potentially volatile and combustible materials and chemicals.