What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Engineer - Waste Focused position at Flint Hills?
Your Job
Flint Hills Resources Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota is hiring an Environmental Engineer (Waste Focused) to join our team. We are seeking a principled entrepreneur to support our efforts to continually innovate and transform our environmental compliance systems and promote environmental stewardship. The ideal candidate must be able to embrace and lead change, possess strong interpersonal and analytical skills, and efficiently balance multiple priorities. The position requires strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of audiences.
Our Team
At Flint Hills Resources your career and professional development are a top priority and critical to advancing environmental stewardship beyond base compliance. This includes a personal development plan and dedicated regulatory and professional skills training. This role can enable upward development leading to increasingly challenging roles within the department, as well as across Flint Hills Resources and Koch Industries.
What You Will Do
- Apply subject matter expertise and excellent communication skills to help operation, business team and project management capabilities understand, identify and meet environmental compliance requirements and drive environmental excellence through continuous improvement.
- Become an owner or custodian of assigned environmental programs. This may include reading and interpreting regulations, preparing and submitting periodic compliance reports, and maintaining compliance records as required by company policy and environmental regulations.
- Partner with facility waste contractors and site waste technicians to ensure timely and compliant management of waste.
- Perform routine inspections of waste storage areas to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Motivate, influence and drive good business decisions forward while working with a diverse workforce.
- Must demonstrate initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision and as part of a team.
- Participate in facility audits and conduct independent audits to verify and enhance environmental performance.
- Ability to travel up to 10%
Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)
- Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical or Civil Engineering; Environmental Science; or a related science discipline
What Will Put You Ahead
- Experience in a refinery or petrochemical setting
- Experience in environmental compliance
- Knowledge of federal and state laws governing environmental compliance
- Knowledge of state and federal waste management regulations
For this role, we anticipate paying $90,000 - $120,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Hiring Philosophy
All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Flint Hills Resources is an industry-leading refining company making the oil and transportation products that keep the world moving. We make a large supply of fuel for gas stations and airports in addition to transporting crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products through 4,000 miles of pipeline - delivering energy to farmers, manufacturers and families. Our team champions innovation and excellence to help power modern life.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Our Benefits
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.
Equal Opportunities
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).
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Salary : $90,000 - $120,000