Environmental Restoration Project Manager; Nuclear Waste Program Specialist

Description

Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

The Department of Ecology is hiring anEnvironmental Restoration Project Manager (Nuclear Waste Program Specialist) within the Nuclear Waste Program.

Location:

• Richland Field Office in Richland, WA.
• Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

Schedule:

• This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
• You may telework most of your work time with occasional in-person meetings and activities, approximately one day in a two-week period.
• Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

Application Timeline:

• Apply by September 1, 2025
• This position will remain open until filled. The agency reserves the right to make a hire at any time after application review begins. Applications received after the date above may not be considered.

As a specialized high level technical advisor, you will serve as the Project Manager for the Environmental Restoration Project to ensure that soils and groundwater on the Hanford Site are characterized, evaluated, and remediated in a manner that protects human health and the environment. You will apply in-depth, detailed knowledge of project management principles, Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) regulations, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, and the State’s dangerous waste and cleanup regulations.

In addition, you will monitor reviews of CERCLA, documents that are submitted by the U.S. Department of Energy. Also, there are several closing dangerous waste management units that are managed within the project.

In this role, you will work in concert with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the primary regulatory agency for CERCLA projects, to ensure effective cleanup of the Hanford site. Additionally, you will interact with the U.S. Department of Energy and its contractors, Tribal nations, and various interest groups. You will also develop milestone packages to support the work done under the Hanford Tri-Party Agreement, participate in Tri-Party Agreement project manager dispute resolution, represent the agency to interested parties and Tribal Nations on project issues, represent Ecology at Hanford Advisory Board meetings on project issues, and participate in public involvement events and activities related to the project.

What you will do:

• Plan, lead and organize the work performed by the Environmental Restoration (ER) Project in the Nuclear Waste Program.
• Serve as the designated point of contact for both outside entities and internal organizations for all project issues.
• Ensure CERCLA cleanup documents are reviewed by experts on the ER Project team and reviews are submitted to US Dept of Energy (USDOE) on schedule.
• Represent the Agency to the State of Oregon, Hanford-affected tribal governments, local government, and stakeholder groups.
• Resolve issues with ER Project team experts and USDOE.
• Brief and update Section Manager, Program Manager and Management Team on potential issues.
• Develop milestone packages to drive cleanup of soils and groundwater at the Hanford site.
• Participate in Public Involvement events and activities related to the project.
• Support the RCRA/Dangerous Waste permitting process.

For detailed information on how we calculate experience, please visit our Recruitment website.

Eleven (11) yearsof experience and/or education as described below:

• Experience working in one of the natural sciences, engineering, environmental regulation, environmental planning or closely related experience.

• Educationinvolving a major study in environmental, physical or one of the natural sciences, engineering, environment planning or other allied field.

Examples of how to qualify:

• 11 years of experience.
• 10 years of experience AND 30-59 semester or 45-89 quarter college credits.
• 9 years of experience AND 60-89 semester or 90-134 quarter college credits (Associate’s degree).
• 8 years of experience AND 90-119 semester or 135-179 quarter college credits.
• 7 years of experience AND a Bachelor’s degree.
• 5 years of experience AND a Master’s degree.
• 4 years of experience AND a Ph.D.

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