Environmental Specialist - Surface Water - Cambridge Field Office

The work we do matters!

Hiring Agency:
Water, Energy, and Environment
- Agency 84

Location:

Cambridge, NE

Hiring Rate: $24.432

Job Posting: JR Environmental Specialist I
- Surface Water
- Cambridge Field Office (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed): 10-06-2026

Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Nebraska's environment? If so, please consider a career with the State of Nebraska at the Department of Water, Energy & Environment (DWEE). At DWEE, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Nebraska's air, land, water, and energy resources.

If you answer yes, then we might be the team for you!

We are looking for an enthusiastic and positive team member as an addition to the Cambridge Field Office of the Water Administration Division. Our small but enthusiastic group of dedicated planners and technical experts provides a supportive and collaborative work environment that offers many opportunities to learn and grow professionally.

This position performs technical professional work in collecting, analyzing and reporting various surface and ground water data and regulating irrigators and other water users in the assigned field office area. This candidate will work with irrigators, Irrigation Districts, Natural Resources Districts, and others in the performance of field office responsibilities. Measure streamflow, conduct field investigations, inspect dams, assist with the preparation of orders, and participate in hearings for agency regulatory purposes.

Frequent day travel within the field office service area and occasional overnight travel is required.

• 13 paid holidays
• Vacation and sick leave equating to 24 days your first year, accruing immediately
• Military leave
• 156% (that's not a typo!) state-matched retirement
• Tuition reimbursement
• Employee assistance program
• 79% employer paid health insurance plans
• Dental and vision insurance plans
• Employer-paid $20,000 life insurance policy
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) through the Federal government
• Wide variety and availability of career advancement as the largest and most diverse employer in the state
• Opportunity to be part of meaningful work and make a difference through public service
• Training and development based on your career aspirations
• Fun, inviting teammates
• A safe and secure environment

Work Location:

Cambridge

Work schedule:

Monday
- Friday - 8:00 a.m.

- 5:00 p.m. Flexible schedule, 10-hour workdays allowed after six-month probation with management approval.

At the State, we stand by our core values of treating others with dignity and respect, acting ethically in all situations, and creating an environment where our customer is our top priority.

The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or genetics.

Works with irrigators, Irrigation Districts, Natural Resources Districts, and others in the performance of field office responsibilities. Field office responsibilities include, streamgaging streamgage maintenance, streamgage construction, irrigation meter reading, and surveying gage datum. Conducts field investigations, CREP investigations, and dam inspections for maintaining rules and regulations set by Nebraska State Law. Preparation of Dam inspection notification and Water Administration letters. Participates in hearings for…