Senior Environmental Engineer (Gonzales, LA Based)

Description

The company is a Fortune 500 manufacturer of industrial gases and chemicals, founded in 1940, that describes itself as a world-leading industrial gases business.

This Senior Environmental Engineer role is open now in Gonzales, Louisiana, in the Greater Baton Rouge area.

You will coordinate environmental compliance across several facilities, mainly in Louisiana, covering air, water, waste and related media, from permitting and reporting to program development.

The team wants someone who can lead on technical matters, work closely with operations staff, and raise environmental performance across several plants.

The company supplies gases and chemicals used in space launches, hospital care and large production plants.

Responsibilities

• Keep environmental compliance programs running and improve them across air, water, waste, drinking water and related regulated areas.
• Lead or join root cause investigations and put corrective actions in place.
• Prepare permit applications and negotiate permits with regulators.
• Build and develop permitting strategies and coordinate permit work for projects and facility changes.
• Carry out environmental regulatory reviews of plant operations and capital projects.
• Prepare and send compliance reports to local, state and federal agencies.
• Prepare and keep up waste profiles and get approvals from waste disposal sites.
• Advise on waste characterization, manifests and shipping rules.
• Train facility staff on permit conditions and regulatory duties.
• Build and improve compliance tools, monitoring, sampling and testing programs.
• Track new regulations and assess how they affect operations.
• Improve compliance assurance tools and environmental performance programs.
• Take part in company-wide environmental improvement efforts and work groups.
• Work with project teams to find EHS risks and improvement opportunities.
• Support audits, inspections and compliance reviews by regulators and internal auditors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Science; Chemical Engineering preferred.
• Around 5-7 years of environmental regulatory compliance experience across several media, including air, water, waste and permitting.
• Proven experience supporting federal and Louisiana environmental compliance programs.
• Experience with permitting and compliance managed by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ).
• Experience obtaining, defining and maintaining environmental permits and approvals for Louisiana industrial facilities.
• Experience with LDEQ multimedia programs, including air permitting, wastewater permitting, hazardous waste management, stormwater compliance, EPCRA reporting and environmental reporting systems.
• Solid grasp of compliance requirements across multiple media, including air, water, waste and permitting.
• Experience reading environmental regulations and applying them to industrial operations.
• Clear communication and training skills, so you can explain regulatory requirements to facility staff.
• Strong project management, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work on your own and lead multidisciplinary teams.
• Proven ability to juggle several priorities and partners without close supervision.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel.
• Ability to learn compliance management and regulatory reporting platforms quickly and use them well.
• Ability to work in both office and industrial field settings.
• Ability to travel about 25% to support regional facilities.
• Advanced degree in Engineering or a related field is desirable.
• Experience with SAP Compliance and Event Management and reporting tools such as CDX, NetDMR, Tier2 Submit, TRI-MEweb or similar electronic reporting platforms is preferred but not required.
• Title V Air Permit experience is preferred but not required.
• Experience with Texas environmental programs and TCEQ requirements is preferred but not required.

Conditions

Based in Gonzales, Louisiana, in the Greater Baton Rouge area.

Work splits between office and industrial field settings.

About 25% travel to support compliance work at regional facilities.

Frequent contact with operating facilities, project teams, regulators and environmental consultants.

Chance to work across a varied set of industrial gas and chemical manufacturing operations.

The company welcomes applicants of all backgrounds and offers equal opportunity.

Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Medical, dental and vision insurance, starting on day 1.
• 401(k) with company core contribution and match, fully vested at 100%.
• Paid vacation, holidays and sick time.
• Paid parental leave of up to 8 weeks.
• Backup child and adult care benefit.
• Adoption assistance.
• Flexible spending accounts for medical and dependent daycare costs.
• Health savings account.
• Life insurance with AD&D paid by the company, plus supplemental AD&D.
• Legal plan and identity theft coverage.
• Employee assistance program.
• Other supplemental benefits available.