Environmental Manager

Interested in joining a winning team? A team whose employees share in the ownership of the business and are empowered to make a difference?

Organizational Context and Job Purpose

INEOS is a global manufacturer of petrochemicals, specialty chemicals and oil products. It comprises 15 businesses each with a major chemical company heritage. Its production network spans 65 manufacturing facilities in 16 countries throughout the world. INEOS products make a significant contribution to saving life, improving health and enhancing standards of living for people around the world. Its businesses produce the raw materials that are essential in the manufacture of a wide variety of goods: from paints to plastics, textiles to technology, and medicines to mobile phones - chemicals manufactured by INEOS enhance almost every aspect of modern life.

Ethylene oxide (EO) is an important building block for the preparation of a wide variety of EO derivatives (EODs), including various surfactants, as well as a host of other chemical intermediates including Glycol Ethers, Polyethlene Glycols, Ethanolamines, and Alkyl Alkanolamines.

INEOS Oxide is one of the world’s leading producers of Ethylene Oxide (EO) and Ethylene Oxide Derivatives (EODs). We currently have a total EO and EOD capacity of 920 kta spread across five different production units throughout Europe and the US. These units have leading cost economics, due to economies of scale, state-of-the-art technology, strategic locations, etc. Our EO project in the US is targeting the fast-growing merchant EO market, building on our experience and leadership position in Europe.

The US Environmental Manager manages the Bayport (Pasadena, TX) and Plaquemine, LA Environmental departments and contributes to the Business by developing, improving, overseeing, and implementing SHE policies, procedures, and supporting programs. Oversite includes the following areas:
Environmental Management Systems (Air, Waste, Wastewater) across two sites, compliance laws and requirements, federal, state, and local regulations, codes, and standards. Business support includes Product Stewardship, EO Rail Safety, and Transportation Emergency Response.

The employee leads a staff of engineers and specialists that manages the Oxide US Manufacturing environmental matters and regulatory compliance requirements. These include filing, maintaining, and renewing operating/regulatory permits or certificates to ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local government and inter INEOS regulations and expectations. Collaborates with internal and external legal counsel. The Environmental Manager develops required training materials to maintain compliance with environmental requirements.

The employee represents INEOS Oxide in communications with local community advisory panel, industry groups, and all regulatory agencies for routine reporting, inspections, and enforcement actions.

• Provides strategic direction and direct supervision to a diverse group of personnel to include establishing goals, mentoring, accountability, development, and performance management.
• Drives safety as the highest priority by driving the INEOS 20 Principles.
• Responsible for maintaining the Environmental assets and systems integrity.
• Establishes and communicates expectations, monitors performance, and holds stakeholders accountable for results.
• Reports out to site on successes, opportunities, and priorities.
• Measures and communicates SHEQ metrics.
• Collaborates with internal and external resources in the development of mutually beneficial solutions to US Oxide SHEQ challenges.
• Lead site cultural improvement through employee engagement, ownership, accountability, and behavioural based safety efforts.
• Oversees SHE turnaround planning and execution.
• Leads and supports the incident reporting and formal investigation systems.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance to all laws and regulations, certifications, permits, and INEOS initiatives.
• Serves as site and company representative on industry and community committees.
• Delivers site compliance results to Local, TX, LA,…