Environmental Scientist

Job Description and Duties

Please note, the Water Boards do not participate in E-Verify. Do you have experience with enforcement of environmental laws and regulations? Are you interested in working independently and collaboratively with an interdisciplinary interagency team? If so, this may be the position for you!

As the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board's Agricultural and Enforcement Division has an opening for an Environmental Scientist working in our Enforcement Unit. The position will be in either of two North Coast Regional offices:
Santa Rosa (Sonoma County) main office location: 5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403, in the Airport Business Park next to the Sonoma County Airport, the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Train, and other public transportation, OREureka (Humboldt County) Northern Field Office location: 930 6th Street, Eureka, CA 95501, in Downtown Eureka.

Duties:
The Environmental Scientist will fill a role in the Enforcement Unit within the Agricultural and Enforcement Division, working as part of an interdisciplinary team coordinating with the Regional Water Board, regulated entities, non-governmental organizations, and the public. The duties of this position include leading and assisting in the development of enforcement cases referred from regulatory units across the office, applying the State Water Resources Control Board's Enforcement Policy penalty methodology, and coordinating with management and legal staff to develop enforcement orders and support settlement negotiations;

reviewing and investigating complaints of threatened or existing nonpoint source pollution, conducting field inspections and jurisdictional determinations, and developing notices of violation and progressive enforcement actions; performing environmental analyses and compliance reviews of regulated facilities, including review of self-monitoring reports and coordination with caseworkers to recommend or assess penalties; reviewing proposed projects affecting waters of the state for compliance with the Basin Plan, Porter-Cologne, the Clean Water Act, and CEQA, including preparing 401 water quality certifications and waste discharge requirements;

and participating on technical and interagency committees, preparing presentation materials, and representing Regional Water Board policies at public hearings and meetings.

Additional information:
Candidates must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. If the position requires driving, you must possess a current and valid driver’s license. Please do not include full Social Security Number, method of eligibility, and LEAP information in your application package.

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You will find the Minimum Requirements in the Class Specification.

In order to be considered for this position, you must include the following: RPA#  in the “Examination or Job Title(s)” section of the State application when submitting a hardcopy application. Photocopies of degree and official transcripts (if needed to establish eligibility) Must have Environmental Scientist list, transfer, or reinstatement eligibility and be reachable on the certification list. Here is the link to the exam:
An applicant with a college degree obtained outside the United States that does meet accreditation standards must have education records evaluated by a credentials evaluation service. Evaluation of…