Environmental Protection Compliance Specialist

Are you ready to join the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as an Environmental Protection Compliance Specialist and help protect communities across Pennsylvania? In this role, you will become part of the team that ensures oil and gas operations follow critical environmental rules that safeguard public health. You will work closely with staff, operators, and partners to review cases and strengthen compliance.

DEP encourages motivated applicants who want to make a real difference to apply.

This position helps ensure compliance with environmental rules by reviewing cases, tracking investigations, and preparing enforcement actions for the oil and gas program. As an Environmental Protection Compliance Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

• Compliance Assistance:
  Educate operators and staff on environmental rules and program policies
• Enforcement Preparation:
  Review case files and prepare formal documents such as violation notices and orders
• Case Coordination:
  Discuss enforcement matters with legal staff and help prepare case information
• Training Support:
  Provide guidance to staff on enforcement procedures and proper use of compliance tools
• Application Review:
  Evaluate well transfer and related permit applications for accuracy and completeness
• Investigation Tracking:
  Monitor water supply, gas migration, and spill related cases and follow up as needed

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.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to 3 days per week. 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 Meadville. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time.
  
  Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary:
  
  In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year of professional experience as a Sanitarian, Air Quality Specialist, Solid Waste Specialist, or Water Quality Specialist ( Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration) ; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and/or training which affords the applicant the required knowledges, skills, and abilities.

• This position requires p ossession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license as issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

• 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.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S.
• 7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law.

All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
• your score may be lower than deserved.
• you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.