Industrial Permit Data and Compliance Professional; Environmental Specialist

Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

The Department of Ecology is hiring an Industrial Permit Data and Compliance Professional (Environmental Specialist
3) within the Water Quality Program.

• Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.
• Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

• This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
• A minimum of two days per week is required in the office.
• Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

• Apply by October 15, 2026
• Applications submitted after the date above may not be reviewed unless additional qualified applicants are needed.
• Employment for this position will begin on December 1, 2026. Earlier start dates cannot be accommodated.

In this role, you coordinate all administrative processes that support individual permit management and issuance for the thirteen counties in the southwest region of Washington. You are the central point of contact for the unit, making sure permit actions move smoothly from start to finish. This work calls for strong organization, good judgment in setting priorities, and comfort juggling many moving pieces cess in this position also relies on solid skills with databases, especially Ecology’s PARIS system, along with proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Teams.

You will provide technical and administrative support for more than one hundred industrial permits. This includes responding to public inquiries, helping permit writers review draft permits, and confirming that proposed limits are compatible with the PARIS database before permits are finalized. Once a permit is issued, you enter limits and monitoring requirements into PARIS and track permit development, submittals, compliance, and required reviews.

Because every permit follows its own timeline, there is a significant amount of tracking and coordination involved in this job. This position is a great fit for someone who enjoys keeping complex processes moving and takes pride in accuracy and clarity.

• Provide professional technical support for over 100 industrial permits. Technical support includes answering questions about submittals and troubleshooting problems in PARIS and the Water Quality Webportal.
• Prepare permit coverages, review draft permits and fact sheets for technical accuracy and compliance with regulatory requirements. Ensure limit sets are compatible with the PARIS database.
• Review permit applications for completeness and technical accuracy, and draft correspondence for application acceptance or rejection.
• Finalize and circulate permit documents for acceptance, comment and issuance; arrange for peer review, entity review, public notice; and final distribution.
• Maintain the Industrial Unit SharePoint site used by 13 unit staff and others.
• Create new records in the Web Portal and PARIS database to accept permit-required submittals (e-DMRs).
• Enter or upload data, notifications, reports/submittals, inspections, and compliance/enforcement information to the PARIS database.
• Ensure that regional data stored in PARIS is complete and accurate.

For detailed information on how we calculate experience and responses to other frequently asked questions, please visit our Recruitment website.

Six (6) years of experience and/or education related to the duties of the position, which must include the following:

• Permit Administration – Ability to apply regulatory and technical knowledge to review and issue permits to ensure accurate, complete, and compliant permit decisions.
• Compliance Evaluation – Ability to review and assess information and submissions to identify issues or discrepancies to support consistent and defensible compliance…