Environmental Compliance Inspector

The City of Richmond is seeking an organized and motivated professional who values and embraces the diversity of our community and brings a strong background in science, environmental compliance, and safety. Successful candidates will be able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team in the role of Environmental Compliance Inspector.

The City's Public Works Department is seeking to fill a vacancy in the Water Resource Recovery Division.

The Environmental Compliance Inspector performs inspections, investigates, plans, and organizes regulatory compliance work associated with the City’s Wastewater Pretreatment and Municipal Stormwater Programs. Assures the City’s environmental compliance with applicable federal, state, and local codes and regulations.

Annual salary for this classification is as high as $ at the top of the range, with a cost-of-living increase of 5% on July 01, 2027.

Additionally, City-paid benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid vacation, holidays, sick time, CalPERS retirement contribution, life insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, annual professional development reimbursement, four weeks of paid parental leave, and more!

All benefit information can be found in our Benefits Summary.

The most successful candidate will be a motivated, detail-oriented environmental professional with knowledge of wastewater pretreatment and municipal stormwater programs and the ability to apply environmental regulations in a practical field setting.

The ideal candidate will be comfortable conducting inspections and sampling, evaluating data, identifying and documenting potential violations, and communicating compliance requirements clearly and professionally while working independently and collaboratively with City staff, regulated businesses, regulatory agencies, and the public.

• Strong technical writing, communication, organizational, and recordkeeping skills
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Professional, collaborative, and service - oriented approach to compliance activities
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain effective working relationships.

This is the entry level in the Environmental Compliance Inspector class series. Incumbent performs the full range of inspection, sampling, monitoring and enforcement activities, and is expected to interpret regulations and initiate appropriate enforcement actions after identifying non-compliance with local, state, and federal requirements. This position is distinguished from that of the Senior Environmental Compliance Inspector, which is a lead position and provides technical guidance and coordination to Environmental Compliance Inspectors and performs the more complex technical regulatory work.

The City of Richmond is the City of Pride and Purpose, and we value those traits in our employees!

The intent of this job specification is to provide a representative summary of the major duties and responsibilities performed by employees in this job. Employees perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.

• Inspects sanitary and storm sewer discharges at industrial, commercial, construction and municipal activity sources, including, but not limited to, fats, oils, and grease (FOG), significant industrial users (SIUs), pump stations, corporation yards, illicit discharge screening sites, low-impact development treatment and hydrograph modification systems, City and storm sewers, interceptor systems, and from receiving waters.
• Performs routine physical, chemical, biological, and bacteriological tests on samples collected, including field and site tests.
• Investigates and traces the sources of illegal waste discharges entering the City’s wastewater and/or…