• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of existing Texas and Federal Air regulations and proposed environmental regulations to ensure continued compliance.
• Forecasts the impact of regulatory changes on refinery operations and advises and recommends to management effective methods to implement changes.
• Negotiates with regulatory agencies favorable environmental permits for the refinery, reviews refinery processes, and recommends changes to maintain compliance.
• Develops and implements environmental compliance programs at the refinery.
• Understands and interprets regulatory requirements and determines the impact of these requirements on refinery operations.
• Presents issues to refinery management and corporate to develop corrective actions, if required.
• Communicates effectively and clearly the refinery’s positions to 1) regulatory agencies, 2) corporate, and 3) civic organizations.
• Ensures assigned Spill/Upset/Emission Event/Reporting requirements are satisfied in accordance with all applicable regulations.
• Ensures assigned federal, state or applicable government reporting obligations (e.g., SARA 313 reports; Emission Inventories; NSPS Reports; MACT Reports; TCEQ Regulation Reports, Title V, etc.) are completed in a timely and compliant manner.
• Ensures operational records necessary to demonstrate compliance with assigned environmental regulations/programs are acquired, recorded, and properly retained.
• Ensures emission control equipment inspections required by environmental regulations and programs assigned are properly satisfied, recorded, and reported to state, federal, or other government authorities, as applicable.
• Ensures on-going compliance with assigned environmental regulations and permits.
• Communicates effectively with Engineering and Operations personnel to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and permits is continually achieved.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

This position is salaried exempt status, which means you are not eligible for overtime pay.

• Bachelor’s or higher level degree - in Engineering or a related Science required.
• 5 years of Environmental Engineering or related refinery engineering experience required.
• Master’s or higher level degree - in Engineering preferred.
• Title V permitting experience preferred

All successful candidates must be eligible to obtain a TWIC card (Transportation Worker Identification Credential). It is Valero’s policy that employees must wear this card at all times while working at the refinery. Please review eligibility criteria at https://www.tsa.gov/for-industry/twic.

Position level and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Valero's employees are the heart of its success, and there is a reason why the company is an employer of choice in the fuels manufacturing and marketing industry. It’s not just the excellent benefits package, or the opportunities for personal growth, it’s also the caring and committed culture of the organization that makes everyone feel like they’re truly part of a team. For more information, visit Valero.com.

Valero is an EEO/AA Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected status, including race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

Please be advised, if you are viewing this position on a website that lists an estimated salary rate/range, it was not provided by Valero. Valero’s market specific salary rate/range will be provided during the recruiting process and tends to be higher than what is estimated by such websites.

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