Air Monitoring Equipment Specialist

Are you looking for a rewarding career where technology and environmental protection come together? The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is excited to welcome a diligent Air Monitoring Equipment Specialist to help maintain the equipment that tracks air quality across the state. Your work ensures that data used for public health decisions is accurate and dependable.

This position supports the operation, repair, and maintenance of air monitoring equipment used to measure air quality across Pennsylvania. Daily tasks involve equipment upkeep, sample collection, calibration, and documentation. As an Air Monitoring Equipment Specialist, you will perform the following duties:

• Preventive Maintenance: Perform regular maintenance on air monitoring instruments and system components
• Precision Checks: Review analyzer performance and make adjustments to keep equipment functioning within required limits
• Calibration Work: Calibrate instruments using set procedures and document results for accuracy and compliance
• Corrective Actions: Diagnose equipment issues and repair sensors, monitors, and support equipment
• Sample Management: Maintain filters and samples from PM2.5, PM10, and other air sampling systems
• Site Operations: Drive to monitoring stations, maintain supplies, and document all completed work in required systems

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 30‑minute lunch
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non‑negotiable

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• An associate degree in electronics, electrical engineering technology, information sciences and technology, or a closely related field;
  or
• Two years of technical experience testing and repairing electronic or electrical equipment;
  or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree

• Position requires possession of an active motor vehicle license

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the 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

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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.