Environmental Project Specialist

The Department of Environmental Quality/Office of Environmental Compliance has a vacancy.

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s (LDEQ) mission is to provide service to the people of Louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety, and welfare.

Join the Radiation Program and help keep essential licensing operations running smoothly through accurate recordkeeping, coordination, and customer service. Your work will support regulatory compliance and help ensure the safe use of radioactive materials throughout Louisiana.

• Building and Supporting Teams:
  The ability to combine one's actions and efforts with others to work toward achieving a common goal.
• Demonstrating Accountability:
  The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
• Making Accurate Judgments:
  The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical reasoning.

Three years of experience in an environmental, natural resource management, or regulatory enforcement program; OR

Six years of full-time work experience in any field; OR

A bachelor’s degree.

Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

• Maintain radiation licensing records and tracking systems, including databases, records, spreadsheets, deadlines, and licensing status.
• Process and organize licensing documents in electronic filing system, including applications, renewals, amendments, correspondence, inspections, and supporting records.
• Provide administrative support to Radiation Program staff, including preparing correspondence, reports, licensing packages, meeting materials, and other documents.
• Respond to routine inquiries and provide customer service to applicants, licensees, other agencies, and the public, directing technical questions to appropriate staff.
• Support daily Radiation Program operations and special projects, including filing, mail, scheduling, supplies, records management, data collection, and other duties assigned by management.

Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a job appointment (a temporary appointment not to exceed four years). A job appointment could be converted to a probationary appointment should funding become available.

Domicile: East Baton Rouge

Career Progression: Environmental Project Specialist 1, 2, 3, depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant.

• Environmental Project Specialist 1: $17.07 per hour
• Environmental Project Specialist 2: $19.55 per hour
• Environmental Project Specialist 3: $22.38 per hour

• Office of the Secretary
• Office of Management and Finance
• Office of Environmental Services
• Office of Environmental Compliance

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Heidi Seba

LA Dept. of Environmental Quality

Human Resources

P.O. Box 4303, Baton Rouge, LA 70821

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a State Employee, You Will Earn Competitive Pay, Choose From a Variety Of Benefits, And Have Access To a Great Professional Development Program:

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Up to six weeks paid parental leave

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State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
• Mardi Gras,
• Good Friday,
• Memorial Day,
• Independence Day,
• Labor Day,
• Veteran's Day,
• Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
• Additional holidays may be…