Tdec-Environmental Consultant

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time: 05/23/2026 12:00 AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time: 06/07/2026 11:59 PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly): $6,544.00 - $8,454.00

Salary (Annually): $78,528.00 - $

Job Type: Full-Time

City, State

Location:

Nashville, TN

Department:
Environment & Conservation

Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Land Protection - Remediation Branch, Davidson County

Education and Experience:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's or higher degree in environmental science, physical sciences (e.g., physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology), ecology, sustainability or applied science in sustainability, life sciences (e.g., biology, microbiology, agricultural science, agronomy, health physics, or biophysics), environmental health, pre‑medicine, engineering or another acceptable science or natural resource related field and five years of full‑time professional environmental program, natural resource conservation work or full‑time professional work that involved ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards and/or regulations.

An acceptable environmental, physical, or life science degree will be considered based on assignment by the specific program area.

A bachelor's degree in health physics or nuclear engineering may substitute for one year of the required experience in the Division of Radiological Health.

• Applicants for this class must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment in some positions.

Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Under direction, serves as an Environmental Consultant dealing with issues of considerable difficulty within a division. Performs scientific and technical work of considerable difficulty associated with or related to technical oversight, planning, reviewing, negotiating, coordinating, program and process development and performs related work as required. This is the third level technical consultant in the Environmental Consultant sub-series. An employee in this class performs professional environmental consultant duties in environmental regulatory, radiological health, natural areas and/or sustainability programs by serving as an Environmental Consultant and technical or regulatory expert addressing issues of considerable difficulty.

This classification functions as a technical consultant and subject matter or process expert working within a division dealing with issues of considerable difficulty and may train or lead a large or complex process or project team or function as technical expert for a regional or Statewide program and/or industry section. This classification differs from Environmental Consultant 4 in that an incumbent of the latter functions as a lead over two or more large and complex project or process teams or regional or Statewide programs.

The Environmental Consultant 3 differs from Environmental Consultant 2 in that an incumbent of the latter serves as a technical or regulatory lead, may function as a subject matter or process expert, and may train or lead two small work units or project teams.

• Independently conducts or oversees staff conducting inspections, complaint investigations, environmental surveys, remediation, abatement, closures, compliance monitoring (e.g., sampling and evaluation of the environment, pollutants, and/or ionizing radiation, etc.); and/or investigations of equipment, structures, materials and/or sites/facilities to evaluate levels of pollutants and/or to ensure proper installation, maintenance, and/or operation and determine compliance with environmental laws, regulations, or other standards.
• Obtains, reviews, and analyzes (or oversees the review and analysis of) technical information (e.g., records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, permits, permit applications, reports, reciprocity documents, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), licenses, computational modeling, etc.) of considerable difficulty for…