Lead in the development, implementation, and management of plant-wide environmental programs. Provides environmental expertise and supports plant personnel on various issues.
Lead in the development of environmental programs plant-wide that will enable first quartile industry quality compliance and performance.
Continued compliance with various governmental and corporate standards for environmental performance.
Provide technical and regulatory expertise to process engineering and capital projects with oversight from management.
Coordinate and lead the plant's compliance programs with respect to fugitive monitoring (LDAR), waste management, and storm water.
Assist and participate in defining and achieving Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) goals and maintaining accurate HSE Procedures.
Monitor and evaluate industry HSE best practices. Implement those practices that can improve HSE performance and/or efficiency and reduce costs.
Monitor processing industry HSE trends and changes. Monitor OSHA and EPA/TCEQ activity and publications. Lead the benchmarking of HSE RAGAGEP and other best practices with other Westlake plant sites. Recommends improvements in HSE work practices to the WLC HSE Manager.
Lead in the development and maintenance of HSE programs for the Westlake-Longview Plant, including the development of proactive management systems, effective checks and balances, and strategic planning activities that anticipate future regulatory compliance issues with oversight from management.
Participate, as needed, in trade associations, professional groups, and interplant Westlake discussions so that an effective network is maintained to assist in supporting Westlake Longview HSE initiatives.
Maintain a working knowledge of federal and state HSE requirements.
Serve as host for auditors/inspectors conducting compliance inspections/investigations.
Conduct internal inspections of facilities and communicates findings to management so that corrective action can be taken.
Prepare training modules and conducts training on HSE requirements.
Provide quality control via peer review of reports and documents generated by other members of the HS&E group.
Participate in off-hours on-call rotation for HSE.
Perform additional duties as assigned by HSE Manager.
B.S. degree in Engineering (chemical or mechanical) or related field is required.
Minimum 8 years of relevant HSE experience in a chemical/petrochemical/refinery environment.