Environmental Engineer - EES Coke
DTE Energy
- Location
- River Rouge, MI, US
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Mid
About this role
DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states. But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences, and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things. EES Coke Operations is a facility in River Rouge, MI on Zug Island. The plant produces coke from various types of coal blends and is then used as fuel in the blast furnaces at the steel mill. Job Summary
Location: River Rouge, MI Embedded at the EES Coke facility, this Environmental Engineer supports day-to-day and long-term environmental compliance for a complex heavy industrial coke manufacturing operation. The role manages assigned compliance programs and supports inspections, regulatory reporting, permit tracking, data management, investigations, corrective actions, agency interaction, procedure development, consultant coordination, and environmental review of operational and capital projects. The position works closely with operations, maintenance, engineering, environmental staff, facility leadership, contractors, consultants, and agency personnel to identify issues, maintain compliance records, resolve problems, and implement practical compliance solutions. Key Accountabilities
Manage assigned environmental compliance programs, including air, water, waste, chemical, and community-right-to-know obligations. Interpret and apply federal, state, and local regulations, permit conditions, and facility procedures to operations, maintenance activities, projects, and compliance decisions. Conduct field inspections, walkdowns, audits, and compliance assessments of coke battery, by-product recovery, wastewater treatment, material handling, waste management, and supporting operations. Prepare and support regulatory reports, permit applications and modifications, agency correspondence, deviation reports, investigation packages, compliance certifications, and technical evaluations. Collect, validate, analyze, organize, retain, and report environmental compliance data; identify trends, communicate risks, and recommend practical solutions. Maintain environmental databases, trackers, logs, records, and compliance calendars to ensure obligations are completed accurately and on schedule. Investigate, document, and support resolution of environmental incidents, deviations, abnormal operating conditions, complaints, root causes, corrective actions, and preventive measures. Coordinate with operations, maintenance, engineering, facility leadership, environmental staff, contractors, consultants, laboratories, vendors, and agency personnel to support compliance activities and issue resolution. Support agency inspections, information requests, meetings, field visits, stack testing, sampling events, consultant activities, and follow-up actions. Review operational changes, maintenance activities, capital projects, and process modifications for environmental impacts, compliance risks, and permitting implications. Develop and update environmental procedures, inspection programs, training materials, internal communications, compliance tracking tools, and management systems. Provide technical guidance, training, and