Specialist III, Environmental, Billings Refinery

Phillips 66 & YOU - Together we can fuel the future

As a Specialist III, Environmental , you will help ensure our operations protect people, communities, and the environment while supporting safe, reliable refinery performance. You will coordinate field assessments, oversee key hazardous waste and environmental compliance programs, and guide teams in meeting evolving regulatory requirements. In this role, you'll collaborate across the refinery and with regulatory agencies to keep 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 and regulatory requirements.
• Lead oversight of hazardous waste management programs, including Federal and State hazardous waste regulations, waste characterization, waste accumulation requirements, and related permits, registrations, and reporting obligations.
• Manage hazardous waste profiles and disposal approvals, coordinate waste characterization and sampling activities as needed, and work closely with laboratories, transporters, and disposal vendors to ensure compliant waste management.
• Prepare and maintain required environmental reports, plans, manifests, contingency plans, training records, and other hazardous waste documentation, ensuring timely, accurate submittals and recordkeeping.
• Monitor and maintain compliance programs for hazardous waste, universal waste, used oil, spill prevention (including SPCC), and applicable environmental regulations; interpret new or revised regulations and incorporate changes into refinery practices.
• Investigate environmental incidents and compliance issues, manage audit assignments, perform field inspections, and drive corrective and preventive actions to closure.
• Provide specialist guidance and training on environmental requirements to operations and maintenance personnel, translating regulatory and permit obligations into practical expectations.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with regulatory agencies, including coordinating inspections, audits, and ongoing correspondence.
• Collect, analyze, and interpret environmental data to identify trends, optimize work processes, and support decisions that improve environmental performance and risk management.
• Continuously build technical capabilities and stay current on environmental regulations, technologies, and industry best practices, while participating in environmental on-call and call-out coverage as needed.

What You'll Bring - Required

• Legally authorized to work in the job posting country
• Bachelor's degree
• 3 or more years of experience working with state and federal environmental regulations and/or permitting, preferably in hazardous waste management, waste compliance, industrial environmental programs, or related areas
• Must be willing and able, with or without reasonable accommodation, to comply with the following:

• • Travel 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
  • Maintain face daily for proper respirator/face mask seal (some examples include being free of facial hair and/or clean shaven)

What Makes You Stand Out - Preferred

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering, Science, or Environmental discipline
• 5 or more years of experience working with state and federal environmental regulations and/or permitting, preferably in hazardous waste management, waste compliance, or industrial environmental programs
• Experience in refining or similar heavy industrial operations, applying environmental regulations to complex process facilities
• Strong knowledge of environmental regulations, particularly hazardous waste management requirements, 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
• Ability to collaborate with all levels of the organization and with contract personnel to set environmental priorities and complete critical tasks
• Skill in communicating technical and regulatory information in clear, practical terms to a wide range of audiences
• Experience engaging with regulatory agencies, including managing inspections, information requests, and permit negotiations
• Experience with hazardous waste characterization, accumulation area management, waste profiling, manifesting, and disposal vendor coordination
• Knowledge of RCRA hazardous waste regulations, universal waste, used oil management, and related environmental compliance requirements
• Commitment to continuous learning in environmental health and safety, including emerging regulations, technologies, and industry best practices

Compen sation Range


This position has a base salary rang e of $125,100 - $152,900.

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 Billings Refinery is located in Billings, Montana. Its facilities include crude distilling, naphtha reforming, fluid catalytic cracking, alkylation, hydrodesulfurization and delayed coking units. The refinery processes a mixture of Canadian heavy, high-sulfur crude oil delivered by pipeline, and domestic crude oil delivered by truck. With the startup of a new vacuum distillation unit in 2017, the refinery has 100 percent heavy crude processing capability. The refinery produces a high percentage of transportation fuels and petroleum coke. Finished petroleum products are distributed by pipeline, rail car and truck. Pipelines transport most of the refined products to markets in Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Washington.

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 con sidered 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 08/04/2026 .

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

Nearest Major Market: Billings
Nearest Secondary Market: Montana