Duties and Responsibilities • Ensure safe and environmental compliance is achieved. • Responsible for developing the site’s safety and health program to include training on specific plant policies and procedures, proper PPE and its use, and monitoring work practices in all work groups to determine the industrial hygiene impacts to the worker • Establish, conduct, or respond to health and safety assessments/analyses in plant (e.g., medical surveillance, worker exposure, ISO/OHSA’s assessment, defining drug/alcohol testing protocol) to minimize health and safety risks. • In conjunction with site leadership, lead the implementation of the facility HSE strategy including review and approval of programs and initiatives, review and approval of HSE-related suppliers and design firms, compliance tracking and review/approval of designs for HSE remedial systems and initiatives. Develop implementation strategies, implement, evaluate and/or certify effective implementation of Federal, State and Local regulatory requirements, as well as the Company’s internal HSE standards. Conduct risk assessment by identifying and assessing potential magnitude of risk (e.g., environmental, safety, regulatory, production feasibility and quality) and creating contingency plans. • Audits INEOS safety policies and procedures, facilitation and maintenance of behaviour based safety systems, case management, and analysis of safety incidents and behaviours. • Ensure compliant execution of facility Air Emissions Management and permitting regulatory obligations, including oversight of Title V requirements, deviation, reporting, etc. • Prepare for plant emergency situations by coordinating medical response program and emergency response organization. • Apply for, file, maintain and renew operating/regulatory permits or certificates to ensure compliance with Federal, State, Local government and internal company regulations and expectations. • Contribute to safety or environmental training by i

A wholly-owned subsidiary of Chinese based, Wanhua Chemical Group Company, LTD. Wanhua Chemical Group Co., Ltd. operates three major industrial complexes; two in China (Yantai and Ningbo) and one in Hungary. Wanhua Chemical US Holding Incorporation will build their first MDI Plant in the US as part of their long-term globalization strategy. HSSEQ Manager (US Project)Duties & ResponsibilitiesProvide corporate leadership for Wanhua’s US operations in the areas of health, safety, security, environmental, and quality.Responsible for identifying, developing, and implementing the necessary HSSEQ systems to support Wanhua’s US project and future operations. This includes attracting the appropriate talent to support the following HSSEQ capabilities:Environmental Permitting and ComplianceProcess Safety ManagementConstruction SafetyFacility SecurityOffice SafetyIndustrial HygieneOccupational HealthPersonal SafetyProduct SafetyResponsible for HSE support of Wanhua’s recently commissioned Technical Center and Laboratory in the Woodlands, Texas.

Provided global leadership and oversight for INVISTA’s environmental compliance capability.Supported the company health and safety capabilities in the development and implementation of various health and safety management systems.As the Senior Environmental Leader, key participation in INVISTA’s EHS oversight/governance program.Responsible for the development and implementation of INVISTA EHS Compliance system, ensuring EHS core values were integrated into company operations, with EHS risks understood and controlled.Provided global resources and processes to support the assessment and management of risks within critical EHS compliance areas, including Title V Certification and Air Permitting in US sites; EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment), SA (Safety Assessment), OHA (Occupational Health Assessment) requirements in China; certificate of authorization requirements in Canada, BWON (Benzene Waste Operations NESHAP), LDAR (Leak Detection and Repair) Fugitive Emissions, Safe Work Practices, EHS Self-Assessments, Change Management, Critical EHS Operating Parameters, Process Safety Management, EU REACH, Product Safety/ProductStewardship, and Environmental Data Management.Responsible for the execution of EPA consent Decree and Texas Compliance Agreement.Provided global leadership for several major capital projects that triggered PSD air permitting in the State of Texas.Established and participated on several steering teams that provided a platform to ensure effective and timely planning and acquisition of federal and state air permits.

Successfully led the development and implementation of an enterprise work process that allowed operating sites and businesses to effectively assess and manage environmental, health, safety, security, and product safety risks. Supported operating sites through Health and Safety program development and implementation for OSHA’s VPP certification program.Participated as senior technical advisor on INVISTA’s STAR program (internal health and safety voluntary protection program established for non-US operating sites).Worked with VP of EHS and other EHS and operations leader, to identified, track, and manage actions from key EHS metrics. Developed and led global assessment of company process safety systems, focusing on key findings and PSM areas, such as company culture, operating procedures, facility siting, process hazard analysis, and employee ownership, addressed in the Baker report from the BP Texas City incident.Directed Regional EHS Managers, supporting the respective operating sites in each region, ensuring that appropriate resources and work processes were available to successfully implement INVISTA’s EHS policies, practices, and performance standards.Ensured that Regional EHS Managers worked with operating sites to improve personal safety areas relative to save work permitting and practices included hazard recognition, confined space, Hot work, electrical safety, Energy control, equipment isolation, and blindngLed the development of corporate assessment of OSHA National Emphasis Program areas, assessing health in key areas relative to recognize and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), such as Facility Siting, Safety Instrumented Systems, Relief Systems, Knockout Pots, Flares, RVs, Mechanical Integrity, Operating Procedures, and Management of Change.Appointed member of corporate EHS executive leadership team, which included the CEO, COO, Operating VPs, Business Presidents, EHS legal, and Global Compliance VP.

Description: Completed NSPS Subpart YYY applicability for confidential client.Technical specialist in air-quality compliance, permitting and industrial operations.Specific working knowledge of NESHAP and MACT rules (40 CRF PARTS 61 AND 63) as they pertain to petroleum refining and chemical manufacturing.Developed HRVOC third-party fugitive emissions auditing protocol as required by Texas regulation V, for client.Managed a technical team in the preparation of NNSR/PSD and Title V permit applications for both renewals and new projects for confidential client.

Responsible for water quality management and environmental compliance for 300,000 BPD refining and petrochemical complex. Successfully developed and implemented compliance and permitting strategies associated with NPDES/TPDES industrial wastewater treatment permits, stormwater management, OPA spill response requirements, SPCC, Texas General Land Office Oil Spill requirements, USCG dock operating requirements, Safe Drinking Water Act, public water system, US Army Corps of Engineers dredge and fill permits, MARPOL, NSPS, QQQ, HON MACT wastewater, and environmental laboratory QA/QC program.Developed and implemented key process for treating, and recycling off-site oily material from pipeline operations in terminal locations throughout Texas and Oklahoma. Senior Technical Lead responsible for the development of refinery’s MACT DD (Off-Site Waste Recovery Operations) compliance program, resulting in overall net savings in excess of $2 million.Senior technical lead responsible for the assessment and development of compliance strategies associated with HON F and G (Process vents, Storage Vessels, Transfer Operations, and Wastewater), including stream and product determinations/designations for Group I and II materials.Assisted Operations in the development of wastewater treatment plant operating tools.Environmental technical advisor to project for several multimillion dollar environmental improvement projects, including the installation and upgrade of secondary containment facilities, installation of Stormwater management systems, identifying and mapping sewer systems, reconfiguration and separation of wastewater streams for compliance with BWON and HON.Successfully negotiated USCOE permit for filling on-site wetlands to allow construction of several process units, establishing mitigation offsets through NRDA process.As Project Manager, completely integrated the facilities OSHA emergency response requirements and oil spill response requirements into one system.

Supervised and developed eight persons technical, environmental staff at Koch’s 60,000 BPD refinery and petrochemical facility.Responsible for the development, implementation and maintenance of environmental compliance systems in areas including wastewater, solid waste, hazardous-waste, remedial activities, and air-quality.Facility leader in identifying/discovering environmental costs/opportunities and managing their impacts on current and future operations.Insured facility’s compliance with Flexible Air Permit and other PSD permits.Responsibility for compliance with all other related programs, such as Benzene, NESHAP, SOCMI, HON, and NSPS and TNRCC associated regulations.Senior technical advisor to the entire Corpus Christi complex on water quality related issues.Managed the company’s interest in association with the Asset Purchase Agreement between Koch and Kerr-McGee/Southwestern Refining.

Provided environmental leadership, technical guidance, and project management for the refinery and associated business teams in the areas of solid and hazardous waste management, wastewater and storm water management, site investigations and remediation activities, groundwater management, and spill/release response for 290,000 BPD fuels refinery. Successfully managed team responsible for permitting (RCRA, NPDES, air-quality), regulatory analysis, compliance monitoring, environmental review of projects, development, implementation, and optimization of environmental programs, and the development of environmental training programs., The Waste Management and Remediation Support Group included two environmental engineers, two environmental technicians, and associated outside consultants/contractors.As Quality Assurance Officer to the on-site environmental laboratory, successfully obtained state laboratory certification for NPDES compliance sampling and analyses, working with laboratory manager and chemists.Technical advisor to legal team during NPDES Consent Order negotiations with Region V EPA.Successfully removed the refinery from State’s Superfund list, working with legal counsel and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.

Responsible for daily process and compliance monitoring of the onsite wastewater treatment facility.Served as technical advisor to project team during $11 million dollar wastewater treatment plant upgrade and expansion.Conducted pilot tests on new oil/water separators.Conducted air sampling on open aeration basis in an effort to gather design data for fixed covers.Served as lead environmental engineer during Toxicity Reduction Investigation and Toxicity Reduction Evaluation.Isolated the toxicant to non-polar organic compund and recommended end of pipe treatment as opposed to source reduction upstream. Involved with the design and installation of a Powered Activated Carbon system to remove toxicant.Compliance monitoring associated with the facility’s RCRA Part B permit for its onsite land farm and hazardous waste storage facility.