{"id":59899,"date":"2026-07-09T14:05:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=59899"},"modified":"2026-07-09T14:05:18","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T21:05:18","slug":"job-environmental-scientist-3-nevada-division-of-environmental-protection-carson-city-nv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/job-environmental-scientist-3-nevada-division-of-environmental-protection-carson-city-nv\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Environmental Scientist 3,\u00a0Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (Carson City, NV)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Nevada Division of Environmental Protection<\/p>\n

Carson City, Nevada<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Job Type<\/td>\nPermanent<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Salary<\/td>\n$67,296 – $100,098 per year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Benefits<\/td>\nhttps:\/\/nvpers.org\/<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Min. Experience<\/td>\n2 – 4 years<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/nv\/jobs\/5393002\/environmental-scientist-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note the application closing date of 7\/9 is likely to be extended, although applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality Planning, is seeking qualified applicants for an Environmental Scientist 3 position in Carson City. This position is in the Standards, Assessment, and Monitoring Branch. This Branch is responsible for monitoring surface water quality, assessment and reporting of surface water quality, and development of Standards to Protect Designated Uses on surface waters of the State. Specific duties include conducting chemical, physical, and biological monitoring of surface water throughout the State according to established quality assurance\/quality control protocols. Travel for fieldwork can be multi-day as sampling locations are often remote. Working conditions may be variable including changing weather conditions, exposure to wildlife, and traveling long distances through rugged terrain by 4WD and\/or hiking. Incumbent is required to operate and perform sampling in watercraft during lake and reservoir sampling. Additional duties include reviewing water quality standards and drafting regulatory petitions to add new or revise existing surface water quality standards; assessing Nevada\u2019s surface waters to determine support of beneficial uses and development of Nevada\u2019s 303(d)\/305(b) Integrated Report; analyzing data and writing technical reports to support regulation changes; conducting data analysis and preparing various reports and technical papers required under the Clean Water Act; and other duties as assigned. Incumbent is required to work with computers, databases, spreadsheets, GIS, and perform data analysis.<\/p>\n

Environmental Scientists perform program research, planning and development, permitting, compliance monitoring, inspections\/enforcement, and technical support services in relation to air, water, federal facilities, corrective action, mining, biology and waste environmental programs. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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https:\/\/www.governmentjobs.com\/careers\/nv\/jobs\/5393002\/environmental-scientist-3<\/a><\/p>\n

Please note the application closing date of 7\/9 is likely to be extended, although applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

When you apply, please indicate that you are responding to the posting on Conservation Job Board.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/td>\nGeneral \/ Stewardship <\/a>, Hydrology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tags<\/td>\nGIS <\/a>, Environmental Planning<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11259,"featured_media":34097,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":""},"categories":[14,15,210],"tags":[4,267,901,32,38,300,33,13,1289,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59899"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11259"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59899"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59899\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59967,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59899\/revisions\/59967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}