Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

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 water quality permitting, stormwater management, toxics cleanup, pollution prevention, or environmental planning.

OR

A Bachelor’s degree 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 five years of professional experience in land use, urban, regional, environmental, or natural resource planning, and/or program development.

At least three of the five years of professional experience must include water quality permitting, stormwater management, toxics cleanup, or pollution prevention.

 OR

One year of experience as an Environmental Planner 3 which includes experience in water quality permitting, stormwater management, toxics cleanup, or pollution prevention, provided a master’s degree as describe above has been obtained.

• Ten years of progressively complex environmental permitting involving local, state and federal laws, regulations, codes and policies.
• Experience with NPDES permits and 303(d) lists.
• Experience with toxics cleanup laws and regulations and principles.
• Experience with contaminant fate and transport processes and conceptual site models.
• Stormwater management experience involving a range of best management practices, including stormwater facility design guidance and programmatic activities.
• Experience or education with environmental chemistry.
• Experience with geo-relational database theory and performing complex queries of a range of data types.
• Proven track record of attention to detail, ability to provide constructive feedback, and perform quality assurance/quality control related to written materials, data spreadsheets and presentation formats.
• Experience building rapport and partnering with others.
• Education or experience in negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Experience reviewing sampling plans, laboratory reports, and scientific reports.
• Experience preparing and giving public presentation of technical information, assistance, guidance, training, 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 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/Conditions of Employment

Must have a valid driver’s license

Why work for Ecology?

Joining Ecology means becoming a part of a team committed to protecting and restoring Washington State’s environment.

A career in public service allows you to help solve some of the most challenging problems facing our state, while keeping the health and financial security of you and your family a priority. We combine one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation with a strong commitment to work/life balance.

Ecology employees may be eligible for the following:
Medical/Dental/Vision for employee & dependent(s), Public Employees Retirement System (PERS),  Vacation, Sick, and other Leave*, 11 Paid Holidays per year*, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Tuition Waiver,  Long Term Disability & Life Insurance, Deferred Compensation Programs, Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP),  Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA), Employee Assistance Program, Commute Trip Reduction Incentives (Download PDF reader), Combined Fund Drive, SmartHealth

Student debt and how working for Ecology can help
Employees may be eligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, which forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans after you have made 120 qualifying monthly payments under a qualifying repayment plan while working full-time for a qualifying employer. See https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service for more details.

*See the Benefits tab in this announcement for more information

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 Rachel McCrea at: rachel.mccrea@ecy.wa.gov. Please do not contact Rachel 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 is a position covered by a bargaining unit for which the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) is the exclusive representative.

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.