Senior Environmental Specialist - Recycling

Anchored in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada - 20 miles east of Sacramento and about 1.5 hours from Lake Tahoe - the City of Folsom is comprised of beautiful parks and trails, and boasts excellent schools, family-orientated neighborhoods, and outstanding shopping, dining, and cultural options. Folsom is a high-tech, forward-looking city, with firms ranging from small to large international corporations.

Voted by Wallet Hub as the Best Place for Families to Live in California, and 2nd Best Lake Town in America, Folsom is recognized for its affordability, fair weather, education, and health.

The City of Folsom is recruiting for a Senior Environmental Specialist to join the Waste & Recycling Division in the specialty area of recycling
. This position will focus on recycling compliance programs relating to non-hazardous materials and will spend a majority of time providing technical assistance, inspections, and enforcement within the community, including program development and record keeping. The ideal candidate enjoys a variety of work environments and tasks, including physical outdoor labor, an office environment, and regular interaction with the public.

This is a Monday - Friday in-office position, and occasional weekend and after hours work. This position is non-exempt and represented by the Local 39 IUOE union.

Under the direction of the Environmental Specialist Supervisor, the Senior Environmental Specialist performs a variety of operational tasks (program management, educational training, safety awareness, and environmental compliance and audits) related to environmental services in a specialty area (recycling, hazardous waste, air pollution and storm water compliance). Incumbents may oversee, monitor, and/or direct the work of lower level personnel.

The Senior Environmental Specialist is the lead or specialist level in the Environmental Specialist series. In the lead assignment, incumbents provide direction to lower level staff including assigning, directing, and reviewing the work of staff. In the specialist assignment, incumbents work on specialized projects containing a high number of complex, difficult, and sensitive tasks and assignments. Positions at this level are distinguished from those in the lower level classification of Environmental Specialist I/II by the independence with which they perform their duties of handling the more difficult and complex work and performing lead work.

This class is distinguished from the class of Environmental Specialist Supervisor in that the latter serves as the supervisor of incumbents in the lower levels of the series and performs the most difficult and complex projects.

NOTE:
The following are the duties performed by employees in this classification. However, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all the duties listed.

• Assign and monitor the work of lower level staff within the series.
• Develop environmental program designs and operating procedures according to federal and state laws and regulations.
• Provide technical assistance to staff in the development, implementation, and management of residential and commercial recycling programs; edible food recovery; household hazardous waste management programs; and/or storm water and air pollution prevention programs.
• Prepare and submit grant applications and, if awarded, oversee grant implementation and administration, and prepare grant progress reports.
• Assist in the budget development process and administer the respective program's budget.
• Prepare innovative educational and outreach material including flyers, brochures, presentations, displays, news articles, and social media posts.
• Provide information to members of the public, contractors, and consultants regarding hazardous materials, recycling, organics, and food recovery regulations and recycling programs; serve as a resource to city staff regarding proper handling and management of all manners of recyclable materials, organics and food recovery, hazardous and non-hazardous materials.
• Develop request for proposals for division services, including soliciting suppliers, reviewing proposals, making selection recommendations, and overseeing contracts.
• Compile and analyze data to prepare reports, including state required reports.
• Prepare business correspondence.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

• And experience with, composting, including the ability to develop and implement a municipal compost program, and provide educational programs on the subject.
• Methods and procedures used in inspecting, identifying, labeling, packaging, and correcting hazardous conditions associated with hazardous materials or wastes.
• Hazardous material, industrial hygiene, transportation, and disposal practices.
• Principles and practices of emergency preparedness.
• Effects of hazardous materials and their interaction with human health and the environment.
• Recycling…