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.
Qualifications
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.
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.