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Job Title: Field Environmental Specialist
BPX Energy, a major oil and gas producer in the United States, is seeking an experienced Field Environmental Specialist to improve its expertise in unconventional gas, including shale, to deliver hydrocarbon production and technical knowledge worldwide.
About the Role:
The successful candidate will assist the business to safely and responsibly produce hydrocarbons as the field-based interface advising on the delivery of environmental policies and procedures to meet regulatory and BP requirements. This role will coordinate, execute, and track regulatory required compliance activities to ensure life-of-the-well environmental regulatory compliance with federal, state and local rules and regulations.
Main Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day field environmental support to business unit to ensure compliance with federal, state and local regulations while maintaining conformance with BP corporate requirements.
- Provide environmental support and mentorship, detailing vital information to the file or helping to initiate the permitting process when required, through electronic Management of Change (eMOC) review or by direct request for projects to ensure compliance obligations are met.
- Ensure compliance with SPCC requirements and assist with spill response and remediation activities, as needed, including IRIS and Enbase reporting, preparing loss of primary containment (LOPC)/release calculations and facilitating required reporting to applicable parties, including the EPA, NRC, TCEQ and/or RRC, LDEQ and/or local parish emergency planning commissions.
- Provide day-to-day technical support on waste tracking and waste management (field questions and issues from facility personnel regarding accurate waste management).
- Aid the Environmental Engineers in support of air, water and waste permitting and compliance programs.
Requirements:
- Minimum 3 years' experience in environmental compliance in the oil and gas industry.
- Experience with all aspects of oil and gas gathering, processing, treatment, compression, pumping, and storage including produced water gathering and disposal and electrical power infrastructure.
- General understanding of CWA, RCRA, SPCC/FRP, EPCRA, CERCLA, UIC, CAA, MBTA, ESA, TSCA and related interpretation, research, regulatory liaison and reporting requirements.
- Solid understanding of federal (EPA, BLM), state (Louisiana, Texas), and local environmental rules and regulations.
- Proactive in planning ahead and problem solving.
- Successful working independently and as a phenomenal teammate with the ability to build and maintain effective relationships with regulatory agency staff and all levels of company office and field staff.
What We Offer:
- Access to health, vision and dental insurance.
- Flexible working schedule.
- Paid time off policy.
- Discretionary annual bonus program.
- Long-term incentive program.
- Generous 401K matching program.
