What are the responsibilities and job description for the Refinery HSE Manager position at Allegiance Refining LLC?
Allegiance Refining, LLC is located in San Antonio, Texas. We operate by three tenets:
Safety: We aim for everyone to go home safely every day and strive for an accident and incident-free workplace.
Stewardship: We are stewards of the assets we operate and are committed to being safe and environmentally responsible.
Service: We strive to provide first-class service to our customers.
PURPOSE AND ROLE
This Refinery HSE Manager position is responsible for leading a department of health & safety, environmental, process safety management, emergency response, and security professionals for refinery, pipeline and terminal locations.
JOB DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES
- Helps maintain the safety of refinery, pipeline and terminal operations.
- Ensure compliance with State and Federal regulations, as well as Company HSE guidelines
- Coordinate various internal auditing processes to ensure compliance with standards and procedures
- Ensure all required recordkeeping and reports are made per regulatory requirements
- Provide technical and regulatory expertise to assist staff and field personnel in the solution of complex health, safety, and environmental problems
- Create, implement and manage HSE processes, and ensure that systems are in place to improve performance, help lower risks in the workplace, and drive HSE strategies to “best in class” performance
- Initiate HSE awareness programs to improve employee-owner awareness
- Manage the annual employee medical surveillance program
- Accountable for developing and supporting departmental goals
- Track and analyze key HSE Performance Indicators, and develop appropriate action plans
- Member of the Incident Command Team and required to respond/direct emergency response activities
- Serve as a resource/consultant to staff and field management regarding the development of new capital projects to ensure that HSE standards are met
- As a key member of the Director of Refining Operations’ staff, participate in the development of refinery management philosophy, as well as support and implement management policies and practices
- Regularly communicate with other company refineries to identify “Best Practices,” and develop a plan for implementation locally
- Maintain and improve the performance of department personnel. This includes organizational changes to meet changing needs, hiring of new personnel, and administering a personnel performance improvement program that includes goal setting, performance evaluations, and counseling to achieve high standards of performance
- Development and control of the department budget, and identify opportunities for cost improvements
- Support contractor management initiatives such as new contractor onboarding and evaluations
- Oversee and manage both internal and external audits
- Manage the company’s drug and alcohol testing program to ensure compliance
- Actively engage in community and industry involvement initiatives. Facilitate company-wide monthly safety meetings
EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
- 15 years of HSE experience in petroleum or chemical manufacturing plant, including a minimum of 5 years of supervisory experience
- Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering, Health & Safety, Chemical Engineering, or similar, MBA a plus
- Strong leadership skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Effectively communicate with personnel at all organizational levels, vendors, and state/federal regulators
- Ability to foster teamwork
- Working knowledge of Environmental, Health & Safety, Process Safety Management, and Security regulations
- Highly developed planning and organizational skills
- Demonstrate good methodical decision making during problem-solving
- Perform all duties independently
- Ability to conduct thorough incident investigations
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a changing environment to meet customer and business needs
- Willingness to respond 24/7 to unscheduled call-ins, holiday or weekend work
- Willingness to work scheduled and unscheduled plant outages
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is:
- Regularly required to walk, sit, talk, and hear.
- Occasionally required to stand; use hands to grasp, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms; and may occasionally be required to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
- Pulmonary function level must be adequate for supplied breathing air certification.
- Specific physical requirements and/or environmental exposures are an essential part of the job.
Allegiance Refining, LLC operates (The San Antonio Refinery “TSAR”) offers equal employment opportunity and treatment to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, or any other protected status.