Engineer I​/Hybrid

Position: Engineer I (Flexible/Hybrid)
Location: Forsyth

** Agency
* * Dept of Environmental Quality
** Division
* * Water Resources
** Job Classification Title
** Engineer I (NS)
** Position Number
**** Grade
* * NC16

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.
** Description of Work
** This ENGINEER I understands, implements, and enforces the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, North Carolina Drinking Water Act, Rules Governing Public Water Systems, and related regulations. The Engineer I provides environmental engineering and public health expertise to Public Water Supply (PWS) systems, officials, and other interested parties.
This position requires: occasional overnight travel; ability to lift 50 pounds unassisted and move wellhead covers and wellhead tops for inspection; ability to walk several miles through rough terrain, over hills or ditches, during field investigations and tolerate exposure to loud noise, extreme weather conditions, insects, small animals, snakes, and chemical substances; proficiency with computers, internet research, word processing software and spreadsheets;

and driving a state-owned vehicle, which requires a valid North Carolina driver's license. Professional Engineer licensure/Engineer Intern certification is not required but is considered an asset.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

-- Conduct PWS field inspections, investigations, assessments, evaluations, and audits, including (but not limited to)    - facility sanitary surveys   - monitoring, reporting, and maximum contaminant level violations and rules violations    - comprehensive audits of lead/copper and bacteriological monitoring programs   - potential water sources for new and existing PWS   - construction compliance/violations    - compliance with emergency management plan and operation/maintenance plan requirements   - public complaints    -- Provide technical and regulatory assistance to and consult/confer with a variety of internal and external organizations/individuals on a range of PWS subjects and issues    -- Ensure PWS regulatory compliance;

develop enforcement cases and coordinate enforcement actions    -- Prepare, review, and/or respond to correspondence and reports for various audiences    -- Maintain current understanding of PWS concepts, technologies, and all applicable rules/regulations; provide training to internal and external associates    -- Review engineering plans and specifications for comment, consultation, or approval
** Knowledge

Skills and Abilities

/Management Preferences
**** Recruitment Rang
**** e: $57,983 - $76,755
***** Important:
This posting closes at 11:59:59 PM the night BEFORE the End Date above.
***** This is a REPOST of position .
**** Previous applicants must reapply to be considered.  
**** Supplemental Information
**** The Division of Water Resources:
** The Division of Water Resources (DWR) is responsible for protecting North Carolina’s drinking, surface and groundwater for all water bodies including lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands, and aquifers. This environmental stewardship is accomplished through actions including permitting issuance, investigations, regulatory compliance, and enforcement, monitoring and field assessments, certifications, laboratory analysis and testing, planning, water quality standards management, educational outreach, and other efforts.

The Division comprises six sections:
Water Quality Regional Operations, Water Sciences, Public Water Supply, Water Quality Permitting, Water Quality NPDES Permitting, and Water Planning.
to learn more about the .DWR's  promotes public health by ensuring that safe, potable water is available in adequate quantities to the residents and visitors of North Carolina served by PWS systems by assuring that such systems are properly located, constructed, operated, and maintained. PWS systems provide piped drinking water to at least 15 connections or 25 or more people 60 or more days per year.

The section has branches and programs for: implementation of the mandates of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act; review and approval of plans and specifications for new and expanding or improving PWS systems;…