Environmental Program Inspector

Date Opened:
Wednesday, March 04, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date:
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 12:00 AM

Department:
Charlotte Water Department

Salary: $26.29 - $32.87 Commensurate with Experience

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce
• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development
• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services
• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems
• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

Charlotte’s local government, with more than 9,000 employees and a total budget of $3.65 billion budget, works hard to ensure that the community will be a winning city for everyone – a truly remarkable place to live, work, learn and play.

Charlotte Water is an enterprise department of the City of Charlotte and one of the largest public water and sewer service providers in the southeast with over 330,000 customer accounts and over 1100 employees. Our service area includes the City of Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and the towns of Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mint Hill, Matthews and Pineville. Charlotte Water’s FY 26 budget is $651 million and a five-year capital program of $2.2.28 billion.

We enjoy the highest credit ratings from Moody’s and S&P Global as a result of sound financial planning and management and strong support from our City Council. We value competent, skilled candidates with a customer service focus to work in a team environment.

The salary for this position is $29.58-$32.86, Commensurate with Experience.

This position administers the City of Charlotte’s Flow Free Program. This program ensures compliance of local businesses with the City of Charlotte’s Sewer Use Ordinance and Grease Trap Policy. Work involves inspecting grease interceptors and traps as well as commercial businesses such as restaurants, hotels, and daycare centers that are required to install, operate, and maintain these devices under the Sewer Use Ordinance.

This position also conducts investigations in coordination with other divisions and agencies, collects samples of raw sewage and grease, contacts and informs customers of policy and program requirements. This position also develops and delivers educational outreach presentations and seminars to large and small groups such as association meetings, festivals, and schools.

• Ensures compliance of local businesses/industries with the City of Charlotte’s Sewer Use Ordinance and Grease Trap Policy.
• Inspects restaurants/hotels/daycare centers and other customer facilities and sewer connections.
• Enters data into tracking spreadsheet.
• Investigate sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) or other irregular discharges.
• Research historical data on the collection system, restaurants, or spills.
• Updates database information, completes paperwork, and creates inspection reports.
• Conducts enforcement actions in accordance with the Sewer Use Ordinance and Enforcement Response Plan.
• Assists other areas of Charlotte Water.
• Conducts educational outreach presentations and seminars.
• Performs other related job duties as assigned.
• Serves in a rotational on-call status.

• High School Diploma with three (3) years of work-related experience OR a two (2) year College Degree with one (1) work-related experience.
• Two- or four-year degree with courses in sciences a plus.
• Must be able to lift and carry at least 60 pounds and walk sewer lines over rough, uneven terrain. Some bending, stooping, and lifting required.

• Requires a valid driver’s license.
• Water and wastewater certifications a plus.
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