You will be the program’s Senior Construction Stormwater Compliance Specialist within the Southwest Region. In this role, you will be a leader for the program, providing assistance to other compliance inspectors and helping facilities come into compliance with permits that protect water quality.

You’ll do this by:

• Inspecting sites for compliance with permit requirements.
• Responding to water quality complaints and providing technical assistance to construction projects regarding best management practices, laws, rules, and permit requirements.
• Developing Administrative Orders for sites with known soil or groundwater contamination.
• Reviewing Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP) and analyzing laboratory data.
• Developing inspection reports, warning letters, and recommendations for formal enforcement actions.
• Presenting before judicial courts and boards, representing the program and agency management, and testifying at legal hearings.
• Leading the day-to-day work of other construction compliance specialists in the region, which includes:
  • Assigning priority inspections.
  • Reviewing and correcting inspection reports and enforcement documents.
  • Instructing and assisting with proper enforcement actions and follow up.
  • Coordinating training and certification needs.
  • Overseeing the tracking and reporting of compliance and enforcement actions.

Required Qualifications:
Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, educational and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.

Option 1

Nine (9) years of education and/ or experience:

• Education: involving major study in environmental, physical, or one of the natural sciences, environmental planning or other allied field.
• Experience: in environmental analysis or control, or environmental planning.

• Responding to environmental complaints or violations.
• Writing scientific or inspection reports or documents.
• Explaining complex environmental rules or regulations.

Option 2

• A Bachelor’s degree involving major study in environmental physical, or one of the natural sciences, environmental planning or other allied filed.
• Five (5) years of professional-level experience in environmental analysis or control, or environmental planning which may include experience as listed in Option 1 above

Option

• A Master’s degree involving major study in environmental, physical, or one of the natural sciences, environmental planning or other allied field.
• Three (3) years of experience in environmental analysis or control, or environmental planning. which may include experience as listed in Option 1 above.

Option 4

• A PhD involving major study in environmental, physical, or one of the natural sciences, environmental planning or other allied field.
• Two (2) years of experience in environmental analysis or control, or environmental planning. which may include experience as listed in Option 1 above.

• Two years of experience as an Environmental Specialist 3 at the Department of Ecology.

All experience and education combinations that meet the requirements for this position:

Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:

• Must have a valid driver’s license

Desired Qualifications:
We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.

• Certified Erosion and Sediment Control Lead (CESCL) certification.
• Water quality sampling experience or training.
• Experience with environmental regulatory systems.
• Experience leading a team or complex project with multiple stakeholders.

Note: Having some (or all) of this desired experience may make your application more competitive in a highly competitive applicant pool.