Natural Resources Program Principal

This senior-level position within the Air Quality Division's (AQD) Air Pollution Monitoring Program (APMP) serves as Project Manager for Special Purpose Monitor (SPM) mobile units and assigned ambient air monitoring stations. Core responsibilities include managing five mobile ambient air monitoring trailers, selecting monitoring sites, leading field siting trips, and coordinating logistics with contractors. Additionally, the role encompasses contract management —including Requests for Proposals (RFPs), contract amendments, scopes of work, invoice reviews, and quarterly report evaluations—to ensure data is legally and environmentally defensible under 40 CFR Parts 50 and 58, the EPA QA Handbook, and Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs).

Further duties involve validating State and Local Air Monitoring Station (SLAMS) data, managing assigned industrial monitoring stations, and conducting monthly field maintenance on SPMs.

Located where the High Plains meet the Rocky Mountains, Cheyenne offers western heritage, vibrant community life, over 300 days of sunshine, and no state income tax. Nearby Curt Gowdy State Park and Vedauwoo offer premier hiking, biking, and climbing, with blue-ribbon fishing nearby. Cheyenne is located 45 miles of the University of Wyoming and Colorado State University, and an hour from Rocky Mountain National Park.

Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility

• Retirement - Pension and 457(b) plans that help you build a secure future

• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options

• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities

and MUCH MORE!  for detailed information, or you can watch this short video to learn about our benefits package!

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• Expertise in project management for complex ambient air monitoring operations and contractor agreements.
• Develops, coordinates, and performs environmental data assessments, audits/inspects and writes detailed reports.
• Makes independent judgment of compliance through inspections/interpretations of regulations and reports.
• Identifies compliance issues with state-wide entities.
• From an environmental perspective: review, analyze, evaluate, and interpret technical air quality and meteorological data.
• Analyzes air quality data for compliance with Ambient Air Quality Standards, trends, and episodic impacts.
• Serve as project manager for projects including planning, business cases, contracting, as well as evaluation and processing of proposal documents, cost estimates, task orders, and invoices.
• Makes recommendations with respect to the technical data and reports and enforcement issues.
• Answers technical questions related to policies, procedures, and statutes.
• Conducts and evaluates moderately complex modeling of pollutant transport in the environment.
• Measures, monitors, regulates, and manages resources, and utilization in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and court decrees.
• Represents the agency in meetings with various State, Federal, and private entities.
• Make presentations to various interest groups.
• Conducts complex analysis of problems using data collected through physical measurement and inspection.
• Collects, qualifies, and publishes records using scientific equipment.
• Mediates mid-level disputes between…