HSE Specialist - Environmental Execution at Chevron

The Environmental Execution Specialist is a critical position for maintaining environmental compliance within the Refinery. This position works in the Healthy, Safety, and Environmental (HSE) Compliance Team and routinely works with Refinery business unit customers to facilitate compliance with environmental regulations for air, water, and hazardous waste. The primary responsibility is to provide support for the Refinery's Title V air permit. Environmental Execution Specialists provide guidance on the applicability of regulations to Operations, evaluation of alternatives, and notifications and reporting. Additionally, the Specialists is a point of contact with regulatory agencies, and coordinate and facilitate meetings between agency representatives and business units.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

• Partner with Refinery customers, inc. Operations and Maintenance, Capital Projects and Technical to provide guidance on the applicability of regulations, evaluation of alternatives, and meet regulatory notification and reporting requirements.
• Serve as primary point of contact for regulatory agency requests, inc. local Air District. Coordinate and facilitate meetings between agency representatives and Refinery customers, inc. participating in agency audits to demonstrate compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide guidance and support for the Refinery's Title V air permit, including monitoring and reporting.
• Facilitate compliance with other environmental regulations, including air, water, and hazardous waste. Build subject matter expertise through methodical reviews of situations and consideration of alternatives.
• Cite examples, challenge assumptions and employ technical experts and legal reviews as needed to fully vet recommendations, ensure soundness of decisions, and manage confidential information appropriately.
• Provide effective advocacy with internal and external stakeholders, including regulatory agencies, to communicate the refinery's positions on applicability of regulations and regulatory actions. Facilitate and report source testing and emergency spill response and agency release notifications.
• Provide Management of Change (MOC) environmental regulatory reviews for air, soil, water, and waste.
• Manage key environmental contracts and relationships with external contractors, such as source testing companies or laboratories, who provide services to the Environmental Team.
• Provide occasional off-hours support, including environmental on-call rotation and turnaround support coverage.
• Perform error-free work on documents, forms, and reports. Employs quality reviews and critical thinking skills to identify follow up items and engage key customers to drive items to completion.
• Provide back-up and vacation coverage for other team members.
• NOTE: This is a safety sensitive position.

Required Qualifications:                                                              

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, or a related field.
• Ability to interpret complex environmental regulations for multiple media, including air quality, water quality, and hazardous waste.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively influence beyond function, lead, communicate, and facilitate at all levels.
• Ability to compose concise, clear communications and notifications to agencies, and represent the Refinery in face-to-face meetings.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Demonstrated ability to align multi-functional stakeholder groups, including management.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative: anticipate situations, identify issues and close gaps, and involve the appropriate stakeholders in recommendations and the decision-making process.
• Demonstrated ability to complete multiple high priority and complex assignments concurrently with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate in a team environment.
• NOTE: HSE staff at this location are subject to Transportation Worker Identity Credential (TWIC) background checks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in environmental regulatory compliance or related fields. Refinery or chemical plant experience.

Experience with environmental impact assessments and environmental permitting processes

Relocation Options:

Relocation will be considered.

International Considerations:

Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.

U.S. Regulatory notice:

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, reproductive health decision-making, military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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