Principal Engineer - Environmental

Position Summary

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 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 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.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering required; Chemical Engineering preferred. Other Engineering, Environmental Engineering will be considered.
• Professional Engineer (PE) preferred
• MBA Preferred
  
  

Experience Requirements

• 10 years refining, or chemical industry experience required
• 6 years environmental regulatory experience including air regulatory compliance required
• 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 preferred
• 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
  
  

Major Accountabilities

• 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 oversite 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.
  
  

EXPECTED RESULTS

• Manage air regulatory programs
• Produce accurate and timely reports
• Develop and maintain environmental data management and reporting systems to track compliance
• Courteous and timely responses to information requests.
• Maintain highly organized records and reports in readily available location
• Support operational excellence with communication of environmental performance
• Excellent communication with peers, project team members and customers.
• Adherence to and promote company Mission and Values, standards, policies, and procedures
  
  

Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The Company will not sponsor immigration or work visas.

CVR Energy is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We encourage qualified minority, female, veteran, and disabled candidates to apply.