What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Engineer position at Koch?
Your Job
Koch Fertilizer, LLC is looking for an Environmental Engineer to join our Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) team in Wever, Iowa. This individual will have direct responsibility for coordinating and maintaining company policies adhering to local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations. This position is key to ensuring compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), RCRA, Clean Air Act (CAA), and Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) programs.
What You Will Do
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Fertilizer delivers a full line of fertilizers designed to boost crop performance and help growers reach their yields. Our team also brings logistical expertise and a wide range of invaluable services, from delivered freight and logistics capabilities to online shipment tracking.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
Koch Fertilizer, LLC is looking for an Environmental Engineer to join our Environmental, Health, & Safety (EHS) team in Wever, Iowa. This individual will have direct responsibility for coordinating and maintaining company policies adhering to local, state, and federal environmental, health, and safety regulations. This position is key to ensuring compliance with the Clean Water Act (CWA), RCRA, Clean Air Act (CAA), and Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) programs.
What You Will Do
- Permit Management: Oversee permit amendments (including but not limited to PSD Construction permits and Title V Operating Permit).
- Reporting: Provide prompt reporting of any reportable environmental spills or releases. Manage semi-annual reporting for Title V deviation and LDAR monitoring reports, and handle annual reporting activities, including Tier II, Greenhouse Gas Reports, Toxic Release Inventory, and Emissions Inventory Questionnaire.
- Environmental Incident Management: Lead investigations and manage remediation for environmental incidents, including process upsets, spills, and reportable quantity events. Ensure prompt reporting of any reportable spills or releases and addressing environmental issues and waste for the site.
- Compliance & Auditing: Maintain environmental records in compliance with state and federal regulations. Participate in compliance audits, track the status of any issues, and keep up-to-date records of all required monitoring data and activities.
- Testing & Inspections: Oversee stack testing, annual RATAs, permit deviations, and recordkeeping. Routinely perform and document site RCRA, storm water, SPCC inspections, and visible emission checks.
- Training & Education: Train employees in the areas of safe chemical handling, spill control, pollution prevention, and environmental permit compliance. Maintain up-to-date training records.
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering or environmental science or three or more years of experience managing environmental projects and initiatives in an industrial manufacturing setting.
- Experience working with environmental permits and compliance.
- Experience supporting environmental compliance in the chemical industry or other industrial manufacturing, analytical laboratory, or environmental consulting environment.
- Experience in major and minor source air permitting.
- Experience or knowledge of wastewater analysis.
- Experience with environmental regulations related to manufacturing operations.
- Fertilizer manufacturing experience.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch Ag & Energy Solutions company, Koch Fertilizer delivers a full line of fertilizers designed to boost crop performance and help growers reach their yields. Our team also brings logistical expertise and a wide range of invaluable services, from delivered freight and logistics capabilities to online shipment tracking.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).
