Air Permit Manager

At a glance

Position:Air Permit Manager

Primary Location:Deer Park (TX, USA), Texas, United States of America

Additional Locations: Freeport (TX, USA) Texas City (TX, USA) Texas + More - Less

Schedule:Full time

Date Posted:05/03/2024

Job Number:R2051112

Position Type:Regular

At Dow, we believe in putting people first and we’re passionate about delivering integrity, respect and safety to our customers, our employees and the planet.

Our people are at the heart of our solutions. They reflect the communities we live in and the world where we do business. Their diversity is our strength. We’re a community of relentless problem solvers that offers the daily opportunity to contribute with your perspective, transform industries and shape the future. Our purpose is simple - to deliver a sustainable future for the world through science and collaboration. If you’re looking for a challenge and meaningful role, you’re in the right place.

About You and This Role:

Dow has an exciting opportunity for an Air Permit Manager to support its sites in Texas. This role directly impacts Dow's sustainability. The role will align to Dow's Design Your Day approach and allows employees flexibility by choosing when to work remotely and when to attend on-site activities based on project work and role needs.

As the Air Permit Manager, you will be responsible for supporting the facilities (plants, maintenance, logistics, R&D) to ensure all potential air emissions are properly authorized with favorable conditions/limits (via excellent applications and negotiations with environmental agencies), you will assist plants in understanding what they need to do to ensure and demonstrate compliance, and facilitate environmental agency investigations.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with businesses to review proposed project changes to evaluate permitting needs and provide optimal solutions to maximize value for Dow, ensure project timelines are met and ensure the protection of air quality

• Lead air approval projects through the preparation of permit (NSR, NNSR, PSD, PBR, Standard, Title V off-permit notifications and minor and significant revisions) applications [ask probing questions to ensure completeness, perform emission calculations, complete application forms] and agency negotiations to ensure permit conditions that provide competitive advantage

• Partner with plant personnel in the implementation of air approvals into plant operating discipline by providing interpretation guidance and inspiring open communication and leveraging between plants

• Calculate netting of key emissions (NOx, CO, PM, VOC, GHG)

• Provide technical input and/or lead efforts to evaluate Industrial Park impact to permits for integrated sites

• Lead agency information requests to ensure accurate, timely responses

• Evaluate potential impact of proposed regulations on site plants and facilities; provide constructive comments to agencies for flexibility that is protective of the environment

• Pursue excellence in operating discipline to ensure consistency among regional air permit managers

• Partner with consultants to perform impacts and other modeling

• Handle a variety of tasks simultaneously and prioritize effectively to meet internal and external deadlines

• Demonstrate strong logical thinking and computational skills in order to perform emission calculations

• Enthusiastically pursue a standard of excellence by developing innovative solutions to provide maximum operational flexibility and competitive advantage

• Have a strong sense of integrity

• Value working constructively in teams, as well as independently.

• Demonstrate strong written and oral communications skills, as this position requires interaction with various levels of Dow management, as well as interaction with government agencies.

• Enjoy leading project meetings and giving presentations to small and medium sized groups of people

• Work schedule is optional 9/80 or conventional 5 - 8's

• Work is primarily in office/as well as remote work, with minimal travel to Austin and occasional visits to plants

• Submit accurate air permit application and conduct associated negotiations to ensure timely receipt of air permit with optimal conditions for construction of a new or modified facility

• Prepare accurate air permit renewal applications in partnership with consultants ensuring less than optimal conditions are addressed and calculations are consistent with air emissions reporting

• Calculate economics of projects versus environmental impact (BACT analysis)

• Lead ad-hoc team to quickly resolve compliance issue by utilizing the power of diversity

• Facilitate compliance with air permit by partnering with plant and EH&S personnel to understand permit requirements and incorporate those requirements into the plant’s operating discipline in order to ensure on-going compliance and facilitate agency investigations

• Work with plants to resolve Title V deviations through permit changes

Required Qualifications:

• A minimum of a bachelor's degree in an engineering, science or other related disciplineorrelevant military experience at or above a U.S. E6 ranking or Canadian Petty Officer 2nd Class ranking

• A minimum of 5 years of involvement in air permitting (application development and negotiating conditions/limits) for chemical/petrochemical production facilities is required.

• Proficient in standard MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

• A minimum requirement for this U.S. based position is the ability to work legally in the United States. No visa sponsorship/support is available for this position, including for any type of U.S. permanent residency (green card) process.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with agency investigations is preferred.

• Experience in Texas Air Permitting is preferred.

• A degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering is preferred.

Additional Note:Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Benefits – What Dow offers you

We invest in you.

Dow invests in total rewards programs to help you manage all aspects of you: your pay, your health, your life, your future, and your career.  You bring your background, talent and perspective to work every day. Dow rewards that commitment by investing in your total wellbeing.

Here are just a few highlights of what you would be offered as a Dow employee:

• Equitable and market-competitive base pay and bonus opportunity across our global markets, along with locally relevant incentives.

• Benefits and programs to support your physical, mental and emotional well-being, to help you get the care you need...when you need it.

• Competitive retirement program that may include company-provided benefits, savings opportunities, financial planning and educational resources to help you achieve your long term financial-goals.

• Become a Dow shareholder through various employee stock programs.

• Opportunities to learn and grow through training and mentoring, work experiences, community involvement and team building.

• Workplace culture empowering role-based flexibility to maximize personal productivity and balance personal needs.

• Global Paid Time Off (PTO) policies:

• Paid time off for new parents (birthing and non-birthing, including adoptive and foster parents).

• ​Paid time off to care for family members who are sick or injured.

• Paid time off to support volunteering and Employee Resource Group’s (ERG) participation.

Join our team, we can make a difference together.

About Dow

Dow (NYSE: DOW) is one of the world’s leading materials science companies, serving customers in high-growth markets such as packaging, infrastructure, mobility and consumer applications. Our global breadth, asset integration and scale, focused innovation, leading business positions and commitment to sustainability enable us to achieve profitable growth and help deliver a sustainable future. We operate manufacturing sites in 31 countries and employ approximately 35,900 people. Dow delivered sales of approximately $45 billion in 2023. References to Dow or the Company mean Dow Inc. and its subsidiaries. ​​​​Learn more about us and our ambition to be the most innovative, customer-centric, inclusive and sustainable materials science company in the world by visitingwww.dow.com.

As part of our dedication to the diversity of our workforce, Dow is committed to equal opportunities in employment. We encourage every employee to bring their whole self to work each day to not only deliver more value, but also have a more fulfilling career. Further information regarding Dow's equal opportunities is available onwww.dow.com.

Dow is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to providing opportunities without regard for race, color, religion, sex, including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity, national origin, age, disability and genetic information, including family medical history. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may call us at 1-833-My Dow HR (833-693-6947) and select option 8.