Environmental Permit Specialist III

ALL CANDIDATES MUST APPLY VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK ONLY: https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/582/jobdetail.ftl?job=00039336&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago

We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state’s public health and natural resources.

Do you think you are good fit for our team?

We would love to talk to you!

BENEFITS:

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
• Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
• Professional development opportunities
• Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
• Wellness Program and Activities
• Onsite Nurse Practitioner

• Prepare, conduct, and document on-site audits of routine to moderately-complex approved pretreatment programs for compliance with TPDES permit requirements and state and federal statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines.  Draft audit reports.  Assist in preparing, conducting and documenting on-site audits of politically-sensitive pretreatment programs.
• Review and evaluate pretreatment program substantial and non-substantial modifications for compliance with TPDES permit requirements and state and federal statues, rules, policies, and guidelines.  Conduct numerical analyses of local limits and incorporates the results into program modifications.  Incorporate approved substantial modifications into TPDES permits. 
• Prepare pretreatment sections of routine to moderately-complex TPDES permits.
• Evaluate pretreatment program annual reports; complete industrial waste surveys and TexTox reports; and make categorical determinations for industrial users.  Participate in the resolution of contested permit applications, attend alternative dispute resolutions and public meetings, and prepare expert testimony for public hearings before an Administrative Law Judge or the Commission.  
• Provide basic training to new or less experienced staff; respond to inquiries on assigned permits, audits, and modifications to approved pretreatment programs; communicate information to control authorities, industrial users, agency staff and the public.

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering, physical science, environmental science, or a related field, plus two years of full-time experience in performing engineering, technical, or related work in environmental permitting or control activities.

Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering examination may be substituted for six months of the required experience.

(Required)

OR…

• A master’s degree in the specified fields from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of the required experience. (Required)

OR…

• A doctoral degree in the specified fields from an accredited college or university may substitute for two years of the required experience. (Required)

OR…

• Career Ladder Progression: One year of full-time experience at TCEQ as an Environmental Permit Specialist II. (Required)

ALL CANDIDATES MUST APPLY VIA THE FOLLOWING LINK ONLY: https://capps.taleo.net/careersection/582/jobdetail.ftl?job=00039336&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago