Environment Protection Specialist

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date/Time: 06/04/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time: 06/24/2026 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly): $6,544.00 - $10,363.00

Salary (Annually): $78,528.00 - $

Job Type: Full-Time

City, State

Location:

Louisville, TN

Department:
Military

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY, MCGEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, BLOUNT COUNTY

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in engineering and experience equivalent to four years of full-time professional environmental engineering work.

Substitution of Education for

Experience:

Graduate coursework may substitute for the required experience on a month-for-month basis to a maximum of one year (e.g., 24 graduate semester hours or 36 graduate quarter hours in engineering may substitute for one year of the required experience).

Substitution of Experience for

Education:

Registration as a professional engineer with the State of Tennessee may substitute for the required bachelor's degree.

OR

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and graduation from an accredited college or university with a master's degree in engineering, and experience equivalent to four years of full-time professional environmental engineering work.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

A valid motor vehicle operator license may be required.

Under general supervision, is responsible for professional environmental engineering work of considerable difficulty and supervisory work of routine difficulty and performs related work as required. This is the first full supervisory class in the Environmental Protection Specialist sub-series and functions in an environmental regulatory or assistance division as a first-line supervisor of at least one Environmental Protection Specialist or two non-engineering professional subordinates.

An employee in this class performs environmental program and/or regulatory duties in a specific program specialty area such as air pollution, water pollution, water supply, groundwater, remediation, solid and hazardous waste management, or underground storage tanks. This class differs from an Environmental Protection Specialist 3 in that an incumbent of the latter functions at the advanced working level and may supervise one non-engineering professional subordinate.

This class differs from an Environmental Protection Specialist 5 in that an incumbent of the latter functions either as a supervisor of at least five environmental professional subordinates or as a manager over a small technical central office section.

• Provides guidance and direction to subordinates including setting performance standards and monitoring performance. Provides and/or participates in training direct reports.
• Reviews, conducts, and/or oversees environmental surveys, inspections, inventories, or monitoring. Investigates complaints, develops corrective recommendations for identified problems, and negotiates with stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Evaluates the adequacy of engineering designs in accordance with environmental standards. This includes review of complex applications, engineering reports, and specifications to ensure compliance, enforcing environmental standards by taking corrective action as warranted, and conducting inspections of operations, equipment, and activities regulated by environmental and/or gas pipeline safety laws.
• Prepares and assists in the preparation of environmental permits and other documentation by interpreting regulations, analyzing information, using mathematical calculations, and engineering experience and judgment. Determines whether non-compliance warrants enforcement action.
• Participates in the development of environmental and engineering standards. Participates in the evaluation studies of environmental pollution and its effects.
• Educates personnel and other stakeholders in the operation of complex systems, equipment, and programs designed to reduce environmental damage. Provides outreach, distribution of information, interpretation of findings, and technical/engineering assistance to stakeholders.
• Provides technical oversight and/or project management of ongoing grant/loan programs. Ensures contractors' proposed work complies with established standards and is properly documented.
• Complies, processes, and reviews technical information. Uses relevant tools and software programs to carry out work assignments.

• Decision Quality
• Communicates Effectively
• Manages Conflict
• Directs Work
• Manages Complexity

• Engineering and Technology
• Design
• Environmental Science
• Law and Government
• Mathematics

• Complex Problem Solving
• Time Management
• Science
• Mathematics
• Reading Comprehension

• Written Expression & Comprehension
• Oral Expression & Comprehension
• Deductive Reasoning
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Speech Clarity

• Computers
• Phones
• Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax Machine
• Sampling/Monitoring Equipment and…