Responsible for managing all aspects of environmental, health and safety, and regulatory compliance.
Participates in objective setting, plan development and performance review of plant performance.
Ensures compliance with all applicable regulations and permits under OSHA (including PSM), EPA, DENR, TTB, FRA and any other non-financial regulating body.
Owns overall management system structure for compliance assurance and integrates all compliance tools into plant operations.
Ensures all plant modifications receive appropriate permitting approval in timely manner to support construction schedule and all plant/system changes are managed through plant Management of Change (MOC) procedure.
Maintains positive, proactive relationships with all regulatory contacts creating easy communication flow and positive view of plant by regulators.
Ensures systems are in place to provide complete compliance with all regulations.
Ensures training systems provide proper platform to promote ever increasing standards for safe work execution.
Works with plant leadership team to implement changes that increase performance in all EH&S areas.
Ensures all required compliance audits are performed, gaps are communicated and deficiency plans are developed and implemented.
Develops leading and lagging measures that clearly articulate plant performance.
Writes monthly reports on accomplishments, gaps and improvement plan progress.
Develops and implements succession plan for future plants and projects.
This position is salaried exempt status, which means you are not eligible for overtime pay.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s (or higher) degree in Engineering, Safety or Environmental Sciences required.
10 years of overall work experience in operating industrial facility required.
5 years experience in a Health, Safety, or Environmental role working in an industrial facility subject to OSHA 1910 and applicable EPA regulations or comparable experience required.
Experience with state pollution control standards preferred.
San Antonio, TX
Valero Energy Corporation operates as an independent petroleum refining and ethanol producing company in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Refining, Ethanol, and VLP (Valero Energy Partners LP). The company is involved in oil and gas refining, marketing, and bulk selling activities. It produces conventional and premium gasolines, gasoline meeting the specifications of the California Air Resources Board (CARB), diesel fuels, low-sulfur and ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuels, CARB diesel, other distillates, jet fuels, asphalts, petrochemicals, lubricants, and other refined petroleum products.
As of December 31, 2018, the company owned 15 petroleum refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3.1 million barrels per day. It markets its refined products through wholesale rack and bulk markets; and through approximately 7,000 outlets under the Valero, Beacon, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, and Texaco brand names. The company also produces and sells ethanol, distiller grains, and corn oil primarily to refiners and gasoline blenders, as well as to animal feed customers.
It owns and operates 14 ethanol plants with a combined ethanol production capacity of approximately 1.73 billion gallons per year. In addition, the company owns, operates, develops, and acquires crude oil and refined petroleum products pipelines, terminals, and other transportation and logistics assets that provides transportation and terminaling services. The company was formerly known as Valero Refining and Marketing Company and changed its name to Valero Energy Corporation in August 1997. Valero Energy Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas.