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Marathon Petroleum Company is seeking a Senior/Lead Field Emergency Preparedness Professional. The Field Emergency Preparedness Professional provides regional, field-facing emergency preparedness and response support to assigned operating components, facilities, assets, and projects. Working independently with Operations, HES, and other stakeholders, the position develops, maintains, implements, and evaluates preparedness programs that support personnel and responder safety, regulatory compliance, environmental protection, and operational readiness.

The position supports emergency response and contingency planning; Incident Command System (ICS) training and team readiness; drills and exercises; program assessments and field inspections; regulatory and stakeholder coordination; and incident response. The professional may serve as a technical advisor or fill qualified ICS positions during incidents, drills, and exercises. This position involves on-call coverage and requires travel up to 50%.

•  Field Preparedness Support: Provide independent emergency preparedness support to assigned operations. Identify hazards, preparedness needs, response capability gaps, and practical improvement opportunities in coordination with location management and HES personnel.

•  Planning: Develop, review, maintain, and field-validate emergency response plans, facility response plans, contingency plans, and related procedures. Coordinate updates with accountable operations and appropriate internal and external stakeholders.

•  Incident Management Capability: Develop the readiness of facility, regional, and corporate incident management personnel. Deliver ICS refresher and position-specific training; evaluate team organization and role coverage; and support Emergency Operations Center resources, job aids, and inventories.

•  Drills and Exercises: Plan, coordinate, facilitate, and evaluate tabletop, equipment-deployment, functional, and regulatory exercises. Establish objectives and credible scenarios; coordinate participants; document performance and lessons learned; brief significant findings; and track corrective actions to validated closure.

•  Assessments and Field Readiness: Conduct preparedness assessments, audits, inspections, and readiness reviews. Evaluate plans, training records, exercise documentation, response equipment, emergency facilities, and team readiness. Document gaps and coordinate sustainable corrective actions.

•  Regulatory and Stakeholder Coordination: Build and maintain working relationships with regulatory agencies, emergency services, local emergency planning committees, response organizations, contractors, community stakeholders, and industry partners. Represent the company in assigned industry and area contingency planning activities and provide technical input on relevant proposed rulemaking.

•  Incident Response: Provide technical and incident management support during actual or potential emergencies. Serve as an advisor or fill qualified ICS roles when assigned, within the employee’s training, qualifications, medical clearance, and response responsibilities.

•  Program Improvement: Analyze incident, exercise, assessment, inspection, and training information to identify trends and improvement opportunities. Develop performance measures, reports, presentations, and risk-informed recommendations. Support budget and special-project activities when assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

•  High school diploma or GED with seven years of relevant emergency preparedness, emergency response, HES, fire service, spill response, operations, or related experience; or a bachelor’s degree in emergency management, HES, fire science, environmental science, occupational safety, engineering, or a related field with four years of relevant experience.

•  Experience applying ICS in exercises, incidents, emergency operations centers, or incident management teams.

•  Experience planning, facilitating, supporting, or evaluating emergency response drills and exercises.

•  Ability to work independently and develop recommendations for complex emergency preparedness or response issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

•  Experience in oil and gas, pipeline, refining, terminal, petrochemical, natural gas, natural gas liquids, or another high-hazard operating environment.

•  ICS-300 and ICS-400; HAZWOPER training appropriate to assigned response responsibilities; and experience delivering ICS or emergency response training.

•  Experience with oil spill or hazardous materials response, fixed-facility planning, regulatory exercise programs, after-action reporting, and corrective-action management.

•  Familiarity with the National Response Framework, National Contingency Plan, and applicable EPA, USCG, OSHA, federal, state, and local emergency preparedness requirements.

Additional Requirements:

•  Working knowledge of emergency preparedness, emergency response, incident management, exercise design and evaluation, and field-readiness principles.

•  Ability to interpret and apply emergency preparedness regulations, corporate standards, response plans, and procedures and to identify responder-safety concerns.

•  Strong written communication, presentation, facilitation, training, relationship-management, analytical, and corrective-action tracking skills.

•  Ability to develop practical recommendations, influence without direct authority, organize multiple priorities, and support geographically dispersed locations.

•  Travel Requirement: Approximately 50% travel, including overnight travel, is required. Occasional short-notice travel may be necessary to support emergency response or other business needs.

•  Ability to pass and maintain a HAZWOPER physical and required medical surveillance clearance.

•  Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds in support of equipment deployment, training, exercises, preparedness activities, and emergency response support.

•  Ability to wear required personal protective equipment and work in office, industrial, field, and emergency operating environments.

•  Valid driver’s license; ability to travel to assigned locations; and ability to participate in on-call coverage and respond outside normal working hours.

As an energy industry leader, our career opportunities fuel personal and professional growth.

Location:

Garyville, Louisiana

Additional locations:

Texas City, Texas

Job Requisition ID:

00025196

Location Address:

155 Sugarcane Road

Education:

Employee Group:

Full time

Employee Subgroup:

Regular

Marathon Petroleum Company LP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, reproductive health decision-making, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition or AIDS/HIV status, ancestry, national origin, genetic information, military, veteran status, marital status, citizenship  or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant, click here.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process at Marathon Petroleum LP, please contact our Human Resources Department at [email protected]. Please specify the reasonable accommodation you are requesting, along with the job posting number in which you may be interested. A Human Resources representative will review your request and contact you to discuss a reasonable accommodation. Marathon Petroleum offers a total rewards program which includes, but is not limited to, access to health, vision, and dental insurance, paid time off, 401k matching program, paid parental leave, and educational reimbursement. Detailed benefit information is available at https://mympcbenefits.com.The hired candidate will also be eligible for a discretionary company-sponsored annual bonus program.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Veteran / Disability

We will consider all qualified Applicants for employment, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. In reviewing criminal history in connection with a conditional offer of employment, Marathon will consider the key responsibilities of the role.