Unit Environmental Engineer

Texas, United States of America

Job Family Group :

Health, Safety, Security, and Environment

Worker Type : Regular

Posting Start Date : August 20, 2025

Business unit :

Downstream and Renewables

Experience Level :

Experienced Professionals

Job Description : What's the role

The role of Environment is to support the delivery of Shell's Strategic Ambitions and Aspired Portfolio through our Winning Capabilities in a complex world subject to diverse economic, societal, environmental, and political drivers. Effective management of our environmental risks and opportunities is integral to this success, and we are committed to protecting the environment, respecting our neighbors, causing no harm to people, and helping the world move towards a lower carbon future.

The environment focus is embodied in the comply / improve / prepare agenda, which : ensures external regulatory compliance in operations, ensures internal environmental compliance in all Shell activities, facilitates environmental performance improvements in business execution, and prepares for the environmental challenges and opportunities of the future. The Environment discipline focuses on seven key environmental risk areas : GHG, Air, Soil and Groundwater, Impact Assessment, Sensitive Areas, Waste, and Water.

What you'll be doing

Monitor site performance against permit and other regulatory requirements, and identify opportunities to continuously improve

Communicate and ensure alignment with process units on permit and compliance requirements

Be an environmental focal point for environmental guidance, communications, and questions for the operating and maintenance organization

Prepare agency incident reports, maintenance notifications, periodic reports, and enforcement responses for agency submittal

Support the environmental department in reviewing and updating departmental databases for completeness and accuracy

Participate in 24-hour on-call rotation to determine reportable quantity releases and report incidents to appropriate regulatory agencies within required timeframes

Provide turnaround support by preparing environmental impact statements and ensuring environmental issues are adequately addressed

Create, develop, and implement projects, programs, and assigned initiatives

Develop and implement operator environmental tools to proactively monitor compliance

Evaluate environmental incidents, which include calculations, ranking, and classifying all emission events

Support preparation and maintenance of agency documents such as air permits, emission reports, incident reports, variance petitions, and other surveys

Assist in the selection of air pollution control technology for new or modified equipment

Understand management systems and work with operations, maintenance, and engineering teams to deliver programs that fulfill requirements and deliver performance results

Review, interpret, and clarify regulatory and legal requirements applicable to Deer Park, and take initiative to ensure site programs comply with requirements

Assist in the delivery of environmental training to address regulatory and Shell Group standards, site environmental policies, programs, and procedures

Analyze site environmental data and trends, communicate results, and recommend interventions to improve performance

Conduct field reviews, audits, and investigations

Assess changes in method of operation or modifications for environmental regulatory impacts, i.e., NNSR

Respond to agency enforcement actions by providing quality information in a timely manner

Manage change within assigned process areas in accordance with site and department procedures

Monitor, track, and update environmental incidents within the site tracking systems

Implement process unit environmental testing requirements and coordinate all activities related to source testing as required

Perform assigned air, water, and waste environmental tasks

Support emissions calculations for emission events, emissions inventory, TRI inventory, MSS, and permit compliance, etc.

Participate in spill, release, and emissions event causal investigations as assigned

Participate in agency inspections, investigations, audits, and assist with preparing responses as assigned

Manage, review, and summarize data associated with internal and external reporting

Responsible for any environmental tasks that may be assigned to manage environmental department workload and site environmental compliance

What we need from you

Must have legal authorization to work in the USA on a full-time basis for anyone other than current employer

Required :

Minimum of 8 years' experience in Environmental within a petrochemical or refining manufacturing facility

Bachelor's degree

Experience in interpreting and implementing environmental regulatory requirements

Preferred :

Experience in Olefins production unit

Experience in Texas environmental regulations

Experience with implementing and / or compliance with the following regulations :

Benzene Waste Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (BWON)

Ethylene Production Maximum Achievable Control Technology (EMACT)

Hazardous Organic National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (HON)

Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing : National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (MON)

Experience with complying with, obtaining or renewing operating permits (ie. Clean Air Act (CAA), Prevention Significant Deterioration (PSD), Texas New Source Review (NSR), Texas Permit by Rule (PBR), and Title V)

Experience in directly interfacing with state or federal regulatory agencies

Must have command knowledge of Excel and Word

Ability to communicate up and down the line of management

Preferred experience with the following programs :

Sphera Incident Reporting

Pi Vision

OpsEnvironmental

Power Aps

Power Bi

Sharepoint

Intellatrac

The base salary range for this position is $122, 000 - $182, 000 per year. Individual pay will be based on various factors, such as relevant work experience, education, certifications, skill level, seniority, and internal equity.

For regular full-time or regular part-time employees of the Company (participating companies as listed in the Summary Plan Description), insurance coverage options include medical, dental, vision coverage, life Insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs. Employees also participate in a company pension plan and a 401(k) plan. Paid leave includes up to 6 weeks of paid vacation time, up to 11 paid holidays, and parental leave offering 16 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents, and 8 weeks of paid leave for non-birthing parents.

Additionally, employees are eligible for short-term disability leave for up to 26 weeks at 100% or 50% of base pay as well as Long-Term Disability insurance. Shell also offers other compensation such financial reimbursement for adoption, wellness, education, and personal learning expenses, and some roles are eligible for discretionary long-term incentives. For interns, eligible benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life insurance, Business Travel Accident Insurance, and Occupational Accidental Death Benefit programs; participation in a 401(k) plan; and paid leave for up to 11 paid holidays. Additional information on Shell's US benefit programs can be found at .

You bring your skills and experience to Shell and in return you work with talented, committed people on one of the most important challenges facing our planet. You'll have the opportunity to develop the skills you need to grow in an environment where we value honesty, integrity, and respect for one another. You'll be able to balance your priorities as you become the best version of yourself.

Progress as a person as we work on the energy transition together

Continuously grow the transferable skills you need to get ahead

Work at the forefront of technology, trends, and practices

Collaborate with experienced colleagues with unique expertise

Achieve your balance in a values-led culture that encourages you to be the best version of yourself

Benefit from flexible working hours, and the possibility of remote / mobile working

Perform at your best with a competitive starting salary and annual performance related salary increase - our pay and benefits packages are considered to be among the best in the world.

Take advantage of paid parental leave, including for non-birthing parents

Join an organization working to become one of the most diverse and inclusive in the world. We strongly encourage applicants of all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultures, abilities, sexual orientation, and life experiences to apply

Grow as you progress through diverse career opportunities in national and international teams

Gain access to a wide range of training and development programs

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Shell in The United States

Shell has been in the US for more than 100 years, leading the sector in energy, petrochemicals and refined products. Today, we provide millions of Americans with the energy needed to heat and cool their homes and power the economy.

We operate in all 50 states, from our Deep-Water platforms in the Gulf of America to the Pennsylvania Chemicals complex and our miles of pipelines throughout the US.

We reach our customers through our 13,000 branded retail stations, and we are number 1 in gasoline sales. We also own the #1 brand of motor oil in the U.S. - Pennzoil® - made from natural gas.

We are excited to play a key role in the move to net carbon emissions while providing the oil and gas needed by society for many decades to come.

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