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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), has an exciting opportunity for an Environmental Protection Supervising Air Pollution Control Engineer in the Mobile Source Group (MSG).

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• Schedule, assign, oversee and review the work of the Mobile Source group staff; develop group work plans and specific project work plans; determine priorities; and conduct performance evaluations
• Develop project plans to implement mobile source control programs, including incentive programs
• Develop project plans to implement and administer federal or state grant programs pertaining to on-road and non-road mobile sources
• Assess air quality impacts of proposed mobile source regulations or programs
• Analyze existing proposed state and federal air quality policies, statutes, plans and regulatory programs
• Assist in formulating responsive policy options; provide technical consultation to local, regional, state, federal officials, and the public
• Participate on technical committees of DEEP, SIPRAC, EPA, NESCAUM, MARAMA, OTC, MANE-VU, NACAA and other technical organizations as well as the Connecticut Department of Transportation and Department of Motor Vehicles
• Prepare and review technical publications and guidelines; review and recommend web postings of Air Bureau technical materials
• May testify at public hearings
• and perform related duties as required

This is a full-time, 35-hour a week position. A Hybrid schedule is available based on agency and scheduling needs.

The Mobile Source Group (MSG) is responsible for assuring effective implementation of various mobile source programs established under state and federal law pertaining to on-road and non-road mobile sources, transportation fuels including gasoline, diesel and alternative and/or renewable fuels, the idling of vehicles, and developing negotiated programs to provide needed emission reductions and support the transformation of Connecticut to more sustainable transportation modes such as transportation electrification. The MSG is also responsible for implementing a significant portfolio of state and federal grant and incentive programs, including EPA’s clean school bus program, DERA, VW, VW EVSE, CFI, and CHEAPR.

The MSG also conducts technical analyses of key federal clean air regulatory proposals including federal standards for on-road heavy-duty vehicles, California vehicle emission standards for light, medium and heavy-duty vehicles and other critical upcoming rulemakings for locomotives, oceangoing vessels and aircraft. MSG staff participate in both regional and national workgroups focused on evaluating the emission reduction benefits of various clean air strategies for the mobile sector and quantifying and communicating those emission reduction benefits to diverse stakeholders statewide as well as state and federal agencies and other states.

In the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection this class is accountable for supervising a staff engaged in engineering studies related to air pollution control.

• Schedules, assigns, oversees, and reviews the work of staff
• Provides staff training and assistance
• Conducts performance evaluations
• Determines priorities and plans unit work
• Establishes and maintains unit procedures
• Develops or makes recommendations on the development of policies and standards
• Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies, and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures
• Prepares reports and correspondence
• Supervises and performs complex engineering review and analysis of plans and specifications for establishment of new or modified stationary or mobile sources which affect air quality
• Supervises engineering studies of effectiveness of air pollution control equipment and instruments
• Develops recommendations, including regulations, for improvement
• Supervises preparation of reports on types, concentrations, and dangers of source emissions
• Supervises compilation of data and preparation of exhibits/presentations
• Supervises, recommends, and performs the preparation of administrative and judicial remedies for resolving noncompliance
• Supervises preparation of noncompliance penalties
• Plans and supervises installation, operation, calibration, maintenance, and repair of air sampling, meteorological, and related telemetry and data processing equipment
• Supervises siting of air sampling and meteorological instruments
• Supervises staff involved in development, maintenance, use, and modification of air pollution program-related computer models
• Supervises source testing and review/analysis of source testing plans and data
• Supervises the review of modeling results
• Plans and supervises quality assurance programs for air pollution and related instruments and data
• Plans and supervises continuous emission monitoring activities
• Supervises on-site inspections of air pollution sources to determine nature/magnitude of emissions and status of compliance
• Supervises investigations of complaints from the public
• Represents Air Compliance Unit at meetings and conferences
• May testify in hearings and court cases
• Performs related duties as required

• Considerable knowledge of relevant agency policies and procedures;
• Relevant state and federal laws, statutes, and regulations;
• Sources and types of air pollution methods of control;
• Knowledge of data collection and analysis and quality assurance techniques;
• Instrumentation and techniques for monitoring air pollution;
• Equipment design and operation of electronic telemetry, meteorological monitoring, and data handling equipment;
• Industrial, chemical, and mechanical processes;
• Engineering-related computer applications;
• Considerable interpersonal skills;
• Oral and written communications skills;
• Ability to evaluate cost-effectiveness of air pollution control equipment;
• Utilize computer software;
• Supervisory ability.

Eight (8) years of experience as an engineer or scientist in an air pollution control program or as an engineer or technician in the installation, operation, calibration, modification, maintenance and repair of chemical, mechanical, meteorological and electronics equipment and instruments including three (3) years of experience directly related to air pollution control.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been working at the lead level in an air pollution control program.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Environmental Protection Air Pollution Control Engineer 3.

• College training in applied mathematics, biological or physical sciences, engineering, meteorology, public health or statistics may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in applied mathematics, biological or physical sciences, engineering, meteorology, public health or statistics may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.
• One (1) year of experience as an Environmental Protection Air Pollution Control Engineer 3 may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

• Experience supervising or leading staff, identifying resource constraints and developing innovative strategies to meet program needs.
• Experience defining expectations, establishing measurable goals and ensuring staff performance.
• Experience communicating, in both written and oral formats, technical information to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Experience completing assigned work and overseeing the work of others while faced with shifting priorities.
• Experience successfully implementing statewide programs designed for the mobile source sector.
• Experience with state procurement requirements, managing contracts and projects with statewide or regional impacts
• Experience establishing and administering state or federal grant programs and program budgets.
• Experience with mobile source control and air quality improvement programs, including low and zero emission vehicle programs, conformity, inspection and maintenance, mobile source models and inventories
• Experience reading and interpreting federal and state clean air laws and regulations.
• Experience conducting emission reduction analyses of proposed state or federal mobile source control programs.

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.
• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some danger of injury or physical harm from on-site conditions and to some discomfort from year- round weather conditions.

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.