Tdec-Environmental Consultant

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time: 02/10/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time: 02/23/2026 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly): $5,100.00

Salary (Annually): $61,200.00

Job Type: Full-Time

City, State

Location:

Nashville, TN

Department:
Environment and Conservation

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION, WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

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Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's or higher of science or arts degree in environmental science, physical sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology), ecology, sustainability or applied science in sustainability, life sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology, agricultural science, agronomy, health physics, or biophysics), environmental health, pre-medicine, engineering or other acceptable science or natural resource related field and three years of full-time professional environmental program, natural resource conservation work or full-time professional work that involved ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards and/or regulations.

An acceptable environmental, physical, or life science degree will be considered based on assignment by the specific program area.

Substitution of a Specific Bachelor's Degree for

Experience:

A bachelor's degree in health physics or nuclear engineering may substitute for one year of the required experience in the Division of Radiological Health.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

Applicants for this class must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment in some positions.

Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Under general supervision, serves as an Environmental Consultant dealing with issues of moderate difficulty within a division. Performs scientific and technical work of moderate difficulty associated with or related to technical oversight, planning, reviewing, negotiating, coordinating, program and process development and performs related work as required. This is the first level technical consultant in the TDEC Environmental Consultant sub-series. An employee in this class performs professional environmental consultant duties in environmental regulatory, radiological health, natural areas and/or sustainability programs by serving as an Environmental Consultant and technical or regulatory lead addressing issues of moderate difficulty.

This classification performs scientific and technical environmental consultant duties, may serve as subject matter or process expert, may assist in training others, and performs technical tasks of moderate difficulty in a small work unit or project team. This classification differs from TDEC Environmental Consultant 2 in that an incumbent of the latter functions as a technical consultant working on issues of moderate difficulty and trains or coordinates two or more small project or process teams.

• Independently conducts or oversees staff conducting inspections, complaint investigations, remediation, abatement, closures, compliance monitoring (e.g. Sampling and evaluation of the environment, pollutants, and/or ionizing radiation, etc.); and/or investigations of equipment, structures, materials and/or sites/facilities to evaluate levels of pollutants and/or to ensure proper installation, maintenance, and/or operation and determine compliance with environmental laws, regulations, or other standards.
• Obtains, reviews, and analyzes technical information (e.g. records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, permits, permit applications, reports, reciprocity documents, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), licenses, computational modeling, etc.) of moderate difficulty for accuracy and completeness and interprets findings and results (i.e. site inspections, permits, lab results, etc.) to ensure acceptable methodologies are performed and/or are in compliance with established standards;
  
  and identifies problems, and if necessary, initiates enforcement/legal action to effect compliance of established standards, laws, rules, regulations, or policies.
• Prepares and maintains various documents (e.g. permits, reports, equipment specifications, designs, layout, blueprints, evaluations, etc.) and technical analysis of moderate difficulty in a concise and legally defensible matter to ensure Agency's missions are met and communicates interpretation of findings and results using regulations, policy, etc. to stakeholders.
• Assists with the review, development, and/or revisions to regulations, technical policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), etc. to ensure documents are current with local, state, and federal standards and/or procedures; and provide consultative, technical, or educational…