Hydrogeologist

Geologist/Hydrogeologist (NS)

Position Number: . Grade: NC18.

The primary mission of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is to provide science-based environmental stewardship for the health and prosperity of all North Carolinians.

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the lead stewardship agency for the protection of North Carolina's environmental resources.

The organization, which has offices from the mountains to the coast, administers regulatory programs designed to protect air quality, water quality, and the public's health, and works to advance in all-of-the-above energy strategy that fits North Carolina's needs.

DEQ also offers technical assistance to businesses, farmers, local governments, and the public and encourages responsible behavior with respect to the environment through education programs provided at DEQ facilities and through the state's school system.

DEQ touches the lives of all North Carolinians in many ways to enhance and ensure our quality of life.

North Carolina State Government is one of the state’s largest employers, with over 76,000 employees all working toward a common goal: a safer and stronger North Carolina.

We are a large organization comprised of various agencies, offices, and universities, each providing important public services.

Eligible state employees are entitled to comprehensive benefits, including a variety of leave options, professional development opportunities, insurance, and more.

Permanent, temporary, and time-limited state government jobs can be found from the mountains to the coast.

This Geologist/Hydrogeologist position in the Division of Waste Management (Division) serves as a project manager/hydrogeologist within the Inactive Hazardous Sites Branch’s Registered Environmental Consultant (REC) Program.

The privatized REC program allows remediating parties to hire a Division-approved environmental consulting firms to direct and oversee the assessment and remediation of lower-risk uncontrolled and unregulated hazardous waste sites.

This position will review and approve proposed risk-based remedies involving land-use restrictions;

provide training, guidance, and technical services to RECs;

perform audits of RECs to ensure compliance with the rules;

initiate enforcement actions in cases of non-compliance;

and evaluate environmental consultant qualifications for approval as a REC.

This position will serve as a liaison for the program to municipalities, environmental consulting firms, the public, interest groups, organizations, and the Division.

• Understand and ensure compliance with the REC rules.
• Understand the nature and behavior of hazardous substances in the environment.
• Review and evaluate work plans, environmental assessment reports and remedial action plans.
• Evaluate the risk of contaminant migration to groundwater, surface water, air and/or via direct human contact using hydrogeologic decision-making skills and electronic tools.
• Communicate in oral and written form with other Division program representatives, environmental consulting firms, the public, interest groups and organizations.

Recruitment Range: $63,927 - $70,612

Important:
This posting closes at 11:59:59 PM the night BEFORE the End Date above.

The Division of Waste Management is responsible for protecting the public health and environment through assuring that solid and hazardous waste and underground storage tanks are managed properly, and existing contamination is cleaned up across the State of North Carolina.

This is accomplished through the Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Superfund and Underground Storage Tank Sections, and the Brownfields…