Company:INEOS Oxide
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 PurposeINEOS Organization: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.
BUSINESS CONTEXT: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.
Purpose of the Job: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.
Responsibilities AND AccountabilitiesAccountability 1:
SHE
- 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, and US Federal regulatory agencies.
- Partners with Procurement to evaluate and on-board third-party contractors.
Accountability 2:
Manufacturing Excellence
- Promotes safety as the highest priority of the plant.
- Drives adherence to the 20 Principles of Safety and Life Saving Principles.
- Conduct routine Asset Care tours and participate in audits.
- Drives site to uphold all safety policies and standards.
- Ensures employees are complaint with training requirements.
- Lead teams that solve complicated issues involving HSE, operations, technical, and others.
- Identifies performance improvement opportunities in manufacturing facilities while collaborating with site personnel to improve performance.
- Champions change and continuous improvement.
- Knowledgeable of community concerns and local priorities.
- Develops capital projects to support the Long Range SHE Plan.
Accountability 3:
Business and Product Stewardship Support
- Serves as Transportation Event Co-coordinator.
- Provides guidance and oversite of SHE critical specifications and applications for EO railcars.
Skills/CompetenciesLevel of Education & Experience in general
- BS in STEM field (Engineering Preferred).
- 8-10 plus years of manufacturing experience in a chemical facility or refinery.
- 8-10 plus years of experience in compliance permitting and regulatory management.
- 3-5 years of supervision experience.
Technical Skills
- Safety: Knowledge of technical practices and programs used in the reduction or elimination of workplace hazards. This includes knowledge of worker safety regulations as they relate to manufacturing.
- Environmental Management System Design: Ability to design, develop and implement effective environmental management systems. This includes the ability to coach Associates how to effectively assess environmental management system designs and deployment.
- Environmental and Health & Safety Regulations: Knowledge of local, state and federal environmental, health and safety regulations; how to access resources (e.g., regulatory agencies, consulting firms, web-based information); and evaluate resources as applicable to chemical manufacturing facilities.
- Industrial Hygiene: Knowledge of procedures used to anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control physical, chemical, biological and ergonomic hazards.
- Process Safety: Solid understanding of Process Safety Management requirements and processes
- Advanced Regulatory Affairs: Regulatory Familiarization, Compliance and Enforcement as it relates to:
- EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
- LDEQ (Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality)
- USACE(United States Army Corps of Engineers)
- OSHA, ADA (America Disabilities Act)
- HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996)
- DOT (Department Of Transportation)
- WCAB (Worker's Compensation Appeals Board)
- DTSC (Department of Toxic Substances Control)
- Other regulatory entities related to the areas of responsibility
Behavioral Skills
- Exceptional communication skills, both oral and written
- Strong role model
- Prior Program Management
- Builds Effective Teams; Collaboration; Customer Focus; Cultivates Innovation; Demonstrates Courage; Drives Results; Ensures Accountability; Instils Trust and Exemplifies Integrity
ADA Physical requirements, visual acuity requirements and environmental conditionsOutsideLight Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects
- The worker is subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
- The worker is subject to outside environmental conditions: No effective protection from the weather.
- The worker is subject to both environmental conditions: Activities occur inside and outside.
- The worker is subject to extreme cold: Temperatures below 32 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
- The worker is subject to extreme heat: Temperatures above 100 degrees F for periods of more than one hour.
- The worker is subject to noise: There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard above the ambient noise level.
- The worker is subject to hazards: Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
- The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions: One or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, Odors, dusts, mists, gases, or poor ventilation.
Inside:Sedentary Work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time.
- Subject to inside environmental conditions: Protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes.
- The employee must have the ability to see written documents, computer screens, and to adjust focus.
- Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and make discriminations in sound.
PERFORMANCE INDICATORS- Inspection reports
- Aid in improving and sustaining a positive behavioural safety culture at INEOS Oxide-Plaquemine.
- Participation in Safety Meetings for the following departments on a monthly basis
- (Operations, Logistics, Office Personnel, Maintenance).
- Participation in the site Employee Safety Committee
- SHE Performance: Zero incidents
- Departmental Goals & Objectives ≥ 99%
- 100% compliance:
Meet all departmental annual training and progression goals: individual and direct/indirect reports as defined in annual performance assessment / previously listed in individual annual goals
Our culture is one of honesty and integrity with an emphasis on safety, health and environmental performance. On our team, people are acknowledged for embracing new practices that help create real value for customers.
