Natural Resources Program Principal

Open Until Filled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This position is a lead worker position within Hazardous Waste (HW), Voluntary Remediation (VR), Brownfields (BF), and Orphan Sites (OS) Programs. This position plays a leadership role within the programs, is responsible for supporting and mentoring junior staff, as well as supporting permitting/corrective action activities and hazardous waste rules and regulations oversight within the programs.

Cheyenne is a steadily growing community along the Front Range but still true to the Old West's history. Cheyenne is home to the "Daddy of 'em All" - Cheyenne Frontier Days - held every last week of July. Wyoming is one of only seven states with no state income tax.

• Acts as a lead worker and displays high levels of leadership and communication skills
• Makes independent judgment of compliance through oversight/interpretations of regulations & reports.
• Identifies compliance issues with state-wide entities.
• From environmental perspective, may review, analyze, evaluate and interpret technical (biological, chemical, geological, and hydrogeological) land, water and/or property data.
• Makes recommendations with respect to the technical data and reports and enforcement issues.
• Answers technical questions related to policies, procedures and statutes.
• Resolves conflict between technical opinions and personalities in a positive manner and works cooperatively with internal and external stakeholders to achieve objectives and requirements of the program and department.
• Conducts and evaluates moderately complex modeling of pollutant transport in the environment.
• Evaluate human health and ecological risk assessments, including toxicological review and risk modeling.
• Measures, monitors, regulates and manages resources, and resource utilization in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and court decrees.
• Mentors junior staff.
• Represents agency in meetings with various State, Federal and private entities.
• Makes presentations to various interest groups.
• Conducts complex analysis of problems using data collected through physical measurement, laboratory analysis and results, and field inspection.
• Mediates mid-level disputes between contractors and consultants.
• Participates in decision making process at mid management level.
• Acts as a project manager for Voluntary Remediation, Brownfields, Orphan Sites Remediation and Hazardous Waste Permitting Corrective Action Programs sites state-wide.
• Develops Scopes of Work for contracts, manages contracts, contractors, and approves invoices
• Management includes planning, design, implementation, and/or directing consulting activities or complete responsibility for a specific activity or project.
• Maintains site and project files.
• Develops, coordinates and/or performs environmental compliance assessment audits/inspections thus identifying environmental issues.
• Provides technical environmental guidance and instruction to agency projects.
• Monitors environmental expenditures in context of site and project management for Brownfields and Orphan Sites.
• Responsible for environmental technical writing.
• Participates in policy making and planning efforts, budget matters, and personnel issues.
• Makes presentations at public meetings.
• Makes independent judgment of compliance through inspections/interpretations of regulations & reports.
• Recommends level of enforcement response, penalties and settlement terms.
• Analyzes complex environmental data and draws conclusions.
• Conducts and evaluates moderately complex modeling of pollutant transport in the environment.
• Investigates and oversees complaints and projects.
• Determines accuracy of data collection & computation methods
• Researches records and provides information and technical data to the public.
• Participates in compliance reviews
• Applies and interprets complex rules, regulations, guidelines or standards.
• Lead rule making for state hazardous waste rules
• Has ongoing interface with regulated community at mid to senior management level.
• Monitors work with contractors including negotiating solutions and resolving conflicts.
• Manages multiple complex investigation, remediation and permitting projects that serve to protect human health and wildlife and preserve natural resources.
• Manages multiple complex projects for corrective action/remediation activities.
• Applies professional judgment in the interpretation of formulas, templates, or standards as applied to technical data or information and makes recommendations based on…