Sr Specialist II, Environmental, Lake Charles Refinery

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As a Sr Specialist II, Environmental at Phillips 66, you will help ensure our operations protect people, communities, and the environment while supporting safe, reliable performance at our facilities. You will coordinate field assessments, oversee key environmental programs, and guide teams in meeting evolving regulatory requirements. In this role, you’ll collaborate across the site and with regulatory agencies to uphold our commitments to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and conduct field assessments of environmental issues to ensure operational activities meet company standards, permit conditions, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead oversight of environmental compliance programs across multiple media (such as air, water, wastewater, stormwater, groundwater, and waste), including permits, registrations, sampling plans, and monitoring activities.
• Plan and manage environmental audit and inspection programs, investigate incidents and compliance issues, and drive corrective and preventive actions through to closure.
• Monitor performance against health, safety, and environmental metrics, identify trends and risks, and recommend actions that improve compliance, environmental performance, and risk management.
• Provide specialist advice, guidance, and training on environmental requirements, policies, and procedures to operations, maintenance, and other stakeholders, translating regulatory obligations into practical expectations.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret environmental data from a wide range of sources, maintain accurate records and reports, and prepare required regulatory and internal submittals.
• Help design, implement, and improve environmental compliance and management programs, including spill prevention and sustainable environmental management initiatives, in line with changing regulations and industry best practices.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with regulatory agencies and internal partners by coordinating inspections, responding to information requests, and supporting permit applications, renewals, and negotiations.

What You’ll Bring – Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor’s degree
• 5 or more years of experience working with state and federal environmental regulations and/or permitting across one or more media (air, water, wastewater, stormwater, waste, etc.)
• Possess a valid driver's license
• Experience supervising or providing general guidance to less experienced colleagues
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC)
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodations, to comply with the following:

• • Operate company vehicle on site premises and/or public roads up to 5%
  • Work extended hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and holidays, and perform occasional on-call duties
  • Transport articles up to 50 pounds
  • Climb ladders and stairs up to 200 feet
  • Work safely near large, hot, high-speed machines, around chemicals and hydrocarbons under high pressure and heat, and in harsh weather conditions
  • Wear fire retardant clothing and personal protective equipment

What Makes You Stand Out – Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or Environmental discipline
• 8 or more years of experience working with state and federal environmental regulations and/or permitting across multiple media (air, water, wastewater, stormwater, waste, etc.)
• Demonstrated experience with air regulations, air permitting, environmental compliance, or emissions reporting
• Experience in refining or similar heavy industrial operations, applying environmental regulations to complex process facilities
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations and the ability to develop, implement, and improve programs to maintain compliance
• Demonstrated ability to plan and lead environmental audits, assess compliance performance, and implement effective corrective actions
• Proven skill in collecting, analyzing, and presenting environmental data to support decisions and communicate performance
• Experience engaging with regulatory agencies, including managing inspections, information requests, and permit negotiations
• Skill in communicating technical and regulatory information in clear, practical terms to a wide range of audiences
• Commitment to continuous learning in environmental health and safety, including emerging regulations, technologies, and industry best practices

Compensation Range

This position has a base salary range of $160,200 – $195,800.

At Phillips 66, we are committed to pay transparency and competitive, equitable compensation. Each role is assigned a salary grade with a defined pay range, benchmarked against industry peers. Where a candidate offer falls within the posted range depends on the candidate's experience, skills, and alignment with the role’s requirements. Offers are made to ensure internal equity and market competitiveness. Our compensation programs are designed to reward performance and support career growth.

The Lake Charles Refinery is located in Westlake, Louisiana. Refinery facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrocracking, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. Facilities also include a specialty coker and calciner. The refinery processes a mixture of light to heavy, low- and high sulfur and low- and high-acid crude oils. It receives domestic, Canadian and other foreign crude oil through truck, pipeline, marine transportation and terminals, including the Beaumont and Clifton Ridge terminals and the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. Lake Charles produces a high percentage of transportation fuels. Other products include off-road diesel, home heating oil, feedstock for our Excel Paralubes joint venture, specialty graphite petroleum coke and petroleum coke. Refined products are distributed in the southeastern and eastern United States by truck, rail car, barge or pipelines and exported to Latin America and West Africa.

Total Rewards

At Phillips 66, providing access to high quality programs and care for you and your family is important to us. Maintaining a culture of well-being — physical, emotional, social, and financial — is essential for a high-performing organization. When we are at our best, we are poised to deliver exceptional results — personally and professionally. Benefits for certain eligible, full-time employees include:

• Annual Variable Cash Incentive Program (VCIP) bonus
• 8% 401k company match
• Cash Balance Account pension
• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits with an annual company contribution to a Health Savings Account for employees on HDHP
• Total well-being programs and incentives, including Employee Assistance Plan, well-being reimbursement, and backup family care services

Learn more about Phillips 66 Total Rewards .

Phillips 66 has more than 140 years of experience in providing the energy that enables people to dream bigger and go farther, faster. We are committed to improving lives, and that is our promise to our employees and our communities. We are sustained by the backgrounds and experiences of our diverse teams, which reflect who we are, the environment we create and how we work together. We have been recognized by the Human Rights Campaign, U.S. Department of Labor and the Military Times for our continued commitment to inclusive practices and policies in the hiring and retention of those in the LGBTQ+ community and military veterans. Our company is built on values of safety, honor and commitment. We call our cultural mindset Our Energy in Action, which we define through four simple, intuitive behaviors: We work for the greater good, cultivate an environment of trust, seek different perspectives and pursue excellence.

Learn more about Phillips 66 and how we are working to meet the world's energy needs today and tomorrow, by visiting phillips66.com.

To be considered

In order to be considered for this position you must complete the entire application process, which includes answering all prescreening questions and providing your eSignature on or before the requisition closing date of 10/26/2026 .

Candidates for regular U.S. positions must be a U.S. citizen or national, or an alien admitted as permanent resident, refugee, asylee or temporary resident under 8 U.S.C. 1160(a) or 1255(a)(1). Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

Phillips 66 is an Equal Opportunity Employer