Senior Civil Engineer; General

Make your mark on Pennsylvania’s future. The Senior Civil Engineer (General) role with the Department of Environmental Protection lets you apply your engineering skill to protect land and water across the Commonwealth. Each day brings new opportunities to guide stormwater projects and support communities. Join a team committed to safeguarding natural resources for future generations!

This position provides advanced engineering guidance and technical expertise that supports statewide construction stormwater permitting activities. You will help conservation districts and regional offices ensure compliance, strengthen program knowledge, and improve environmental outcomes. As a Senior Civil Engineer (General), you will perform the following duties:

• Training Development: Create training plans, build materials, and deliver instruction for conservation district staff
• Technical Guidance: Provide detailed answers to program questions from conservation districts, regional offices, regulated entities, and the public
• Plan Evaluation: Review erosion and sediment control and post construction stormwater management plans and offer recommendations
• Interagency Coordination: Work with delegated conservation districts to support consistent and accurate permit reviews
• Engineering Reviews: Analyze hydrologic and hydraulic computations, design specifications, and best management practices for compliance
• Program Support: Assist with outreach sessions, guidance development, data accuracy, and statewide program improvement

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Periodic travel for training
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Altoona (subject to change depending on the selected candidate). The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $80,646.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• Six years of civil engineering experience in the appropriate specialty and an Engineer-in-Training certificate issued by or acceptable to the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists; or
• Five years of civil engineering experience in the appropriate specialty; and an Engineer-in-Training certificate issued by or acceptable to the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists; and an associate’s degree in civil engineering technology or a closely related engineering discipline; or
• Two years of professional civil engineering experience in the appropriate specialty, and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.

• This position requires possession of a valid driver’s license.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

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