Environmental Resources Analyst

Environmental Resources Analyst

West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection

Division of Land Restoration; OER-Voluntary Remediation/Brownfields

Office

Location:

601 57th Street, Southeast, Charleston, WV 25304, or 1159 Nick Rahall Greenway, Fayetteville, WV 25840, or 1000 Technology Dr suite 3220, Fairmont, WV 26554, or 131 Peninsula St, Wheeling, WV 26003, USA

We welcome you to join our team where we value work/life balance and diversity. We offer a great benefits package that includes 12 paid holidays, insurance and flexible benefits, ample annual and sick leave accrual, flexible work schedules, an Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Initiatives, an optional 457 defined contribution retirement savings plan and more.

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If you want to be a part of this innovative team, apply today.

The employee will be assigned to the Division of Land Restoration in the Office of Environmental Remediation (OER). The primary duties for this position are to serve as OER’s technical expert in the Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP), Uniform Environmental Covenants Act-Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program (UECA-LUST), and Brownfields Assistance Programs, develop standard operating procedures, revise the Voluntary Remediation Program Guidance Manual, develop annual licensed remediation specialist (LRS) training, assist program managers with LRS test development, train OER project managers on environmental assessment and remediation, and assist with developing programmatic policies and revise rules and regulations to ensure consistency and high quality operations in OER.

Duties include:

• The employee will serve as an advisor to OER staff and program managers.
• The employee will perform complex professional project management work and will utilize best available scientific protocol and methodologies in performing oversight of work in the areas of site assessment, conceptual site models, fate and transport models, human health and ecological risk assessments, future land‑use planning, risk characterization, risk management, remedy selection, public participation, remediation activities, and final site closure.
• The employee will represent OER at the technical expert level and will be required to travel to various meetings and present relevant information internally and externally. Employee may be required to facilitate or participate in local, regional, and/or statewide work groups and community meetings. Employee may be required to testify in legal proceedings.
• The employee will identify training needs, develop presentations, and provide training to DEP staff as well as external consultants and stakeholders at local, regional, and statewide meetings and conferences. Participation in national work groups, symposiums, and conferences may also be required.
• The employee may be required to attend legislative meetings, public meetings, interagency committees, and federal hearings for the purpose of presenting information, developing new technical standards, rules guidance, and procedures. Employee must have knowledge of federal and state environmental laws and regulations impacting OER’s programs.
• The employee will collect, research, and review data for multiple environmental media, including air, soil, and water. Data will be collected from fieldwork and from report reviews at project sites to determine if the site conditions are being accurately characterized. The employee will be responsible for reviewing project applications, work plans, site assessment reports, data validation reports, risk assessments, remediation plans, and final project completion reports and will make decisions to determine if the documents are technically complete and accurate.
• Employee may have state‑wide complex project management responsibilities determined primarily by the applicant’s skill mix and by project needs, which may include brownfields, superfund, or federal facility site management. The employee will utilize a project management database to track the status of planned and on‑going projects and to provide budget projections and cost recovery documentation. The employee will be responsible for oversight…