Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen
The Department of Ecology has an exciting opportunity for an environmental professional looking to be a part of our Water Quality Program in Spokane, WA. If you want to join a team working to protect, restore, and enhance Washington’s waters, this may be the job for you.

The Eastern Region Watershed Planner (Environmental Planner 4) supports on-the-ground implementation of new water quality initiatives by developing and coordinating the use of tools and activities that will reduce pollution to Spokane’s watersheds.

We are looking for applicants who want to work with a variety internal and external partners to develop and coordinate regional policies and strategies that meet the region’s water quality needs, while maintaining consistency statewide.

As an agency, we invest in our employees to create and sustain a working environment that encourages creative leadership, effective resource management, teamwork, professionalism, and accountability.

To learn more about The Department of Ecology, please visit our website at www.ecy.wa.gov and check us out on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or our blog.

Local efforts… Diverse people… Statewide impacts

Required Qualifications:

A Master’s degree or above with major emphasis in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning or management, landscape architecture, geography, land use or environmental law, public administration with an environmental emphasis, environmental management, chemistry, or closely related field AND three years of professional experience in land use, water quality, urban, regional, environmental or natural resource planning and/or program development

OR

One year of experience as an Environmental Planner 3, provided a degree as describe above has been obtained.

Desired Qualifications:

• Demonstrated ability to build rapport and partner with others
• Education or experience in negotiation and conflict resolution
• Experience reviewing sampling plans, laboratory reports, scientific reports, and permit applications
• Experience preparing and giving public presentations of technical information, and assistance, guidance, training, and outreach to federal state, tribal, and local government, business, industry and the public
• Experience with collaborative watershed planning approaches for control of water pollution sources and water cleanup plans (TMDLs) and the ability to facilitate the development of recommendations or implementation of cleanup measures
• Education or experience with water quality modeling
• Education and/or experience with the relationship between non-point and point sources of water pollution, and experience identifying and implementing NPS pollution control strategies, including best management practices, toxics management plans, and water quality improvement plans

Special Requirements

Must be able to obtain and maintain a valid driver’s license.

Application Instructions:

Please include the following documents as an attachment to your application:

• A cover letter describing how your experience, skills and abilities meet the required qualifications of this position.
• A resume outlining your professional experience.

Please complete the applicant profile when applying for this position. Or, you may paste the text of your resume within the profile’s resume text field.

Please read the supplemental questions carefully and answer completely. Incomplete responses, including “please see resume” may disqualify you from further consideration.

Department of Ecology employees, please make sure to answer the agency-wide questions regarding permanent status as a classified employee within the Washington General Service or Washington Management Service. Do not forget to select Department of Ecology as a response to question 2, and type your personnel ID number for question 3. If you are not sure of your status or do not know your personnel ID number, please contact Human Resources at (360) 407-6186.

If you are reading this announcement in print format, please visit www.careers.wa.gov to access the online recruitment system. Click on “Look for Jobs” and select Dept. of Ecology under the “Department” search list. Click “Apply Search.”

Other Information:

If you need assistance applying for this job, please call Human Resources at (360) 407-6186 or e-mail careers@ecy.wa.gov. Please do not call this number or send an email to this address to follow-up the status of your application. You can view the latest status of your application on your profile’s main page.

If you have specific questions about the position, please email Adriane Borgias at: Adriane.Borgias@ecy.wa.gov. Please do not contact Adriane to inquire about the status of your application.

The act of submitting application materials electronically is considered affirmation that the information is complete and truthful. The state may verify this information and any untruthful or misleading answers are cause for rejection of your application or dismissal if employed.

This position is included in the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) union bargaining unit for the Department of Ecology. All employees covered by the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the WFSE will, as a condition of employment, either become members of the WFSE and pay membership dues or, as non-members, pay a representation fee as described in the CBA, no later than the 30th day following the effective date of this CBA or the beginning of their employment.

The Washington State Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, veterans or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply. Persons needing accommodation in the application/testing process or this job announcement in an alternative format may call (360) 407-6186. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call the Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.