Tdec-Environmental Protection Specialist

Job Information

Opening Date/Time 09/04/2026 12:00AM Central Time

Closing Date/Time 09/17/2026 11:59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly) $4,057.00 - $5,078.00

Salary (Annually) $48,684.00 - $60,936.00

Job Type Full-Time

City, State Location Nashville, TN

Department Environment and Conservation

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For More Information, Visit The Link Below

https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/environment/job-announcements-/preferred-service/_env_prot_spc_1_dwr_tdec-job-_ua.pdf

Education and Experience:

Graduation from an ABET accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering or engineering technology program.

Necessary Special

Qualifications:

Applicants for this class must:

• Possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment in some positions

Under immediate supervision, is responsible for professional environmental work of routine difficulty; and performs related work as required.

This is the entry level class in the TDEC Environmental Protection Specialist sub-series. An employee in this class is assigned to learn a variety of environmental engineering duties. An employee may perform environmental program and/or regulatory duties in a specific program specialty area such as air pollution, water resources, remediation, solid waste management, toxics, or underground storage tanks. This class differs from TDEC Environmental Protection Specialist 2
* in that an incumbent of the latter performs environmental duties at the working level under general supervision.

An applicant appointed to this flexibly staffed class will be reclassified to TDEC Environmental Protection Specialist 2
* after successful completion of a mandatory one-year training period; inadequate or marginal performance during the training period will result in automatic termination.

• Under direct supervision, performs environmental inspections, complaint investigations, remediation, monitoring work (e.g. sampling and evaluation of environmental media and/or other materials), environmental surveys, etc.; and/or inspections of equipment, structures, materials, and/or sites/facilities of routine difficulty 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. Develops or assists with corrective action recommendations for identified problems, and if necessary, initiates enforcement action to effect compliance of established standards, laws, rules, regulations, or policies.
• Under direct supervision, obtains/receives, reviews, and analyzes engineering designs, reports, plans and specifications; applications; verifies calculations; and other environmental and technical information (e.g. records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, environmental surveys, inspections, inventories, monitoring data, etc.) of routine difficulty for adequacy and completeness and interpret findings and results to ensure compliance with established design criteria; operations of facilities and systems;
  
  and standards, laws, rules, regulations, or policies and procedures. Assists with development and/or review of corrective action for identified problems, and if necessary, initiates enforcement action to effect compliance of established standards, laws, rules, regulations, or policies and procedures.
• Under direct supervision, performs or assists with performance of research on regulatory information and studies of environmental pollution and its effects to develop or revise environmental and engineering regulations, technical policies, standard operating procedures (SOPs), etc. in order to stay current with local, state, and federal standards and/or procedures. Assists with communication and/or presentation of interpretations of revisions to regulations, policies, etc.
  
  to stakeholders.
• Under direct supervision, prepares technical information (e.g. records, drawings, reports, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.) and technical documents (e.g. permits, Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDL), correspondence, designs, layouts, soil evaluations, etc.) of routine difficulty in a concise and legally defensible matter to ensure Agency's missions are met through interpretation of regulations, published guidelines, mathematical calculations, and/or engineering experience or judgement and…