Environmental Compliance Inspector III

The City of Santa Rosa announces an exciting opportunity to serve City residents and make a difference in the community as an Environmental Compliance Inspector III.

The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors. We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply.

In addition to offering a rewarding work environment, opportunity for career growth, and excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous suite of benefits, including retirement through CalPERS, a competitive leave accrual package, your choice of three health plans, and top of the line employer paid vision and dental coverage.

• A flexible work schedule: 5/8 or 9/80
• 12 paid holidays annually, plus 1 to 3 'floating holidays' per year, depending on start date and years of service
• $500 annually for wellness

Santa Rosa Water protects public health and the environment by providing a safe and reliable water supply, wastewater collection and treatment, beneficial reuse of recycled water and biosolids, and storm water management. By providing these critical water, sewer, and storm water services to households, businesses, schools, hospitals, and others, Santa Rosa Water is achieving its overarching mission.

For more information about the City of Santa Rosa Water Department, its divisions, projects, and commitment to the local community, please visit SR CITY WATER.

The City of Santa Rosa is seeking to fill one Environmental Compliance Inspector III vacancy within the Environmental Compliance Section of the Water Department. This is the advanced journey level position in the Environmental Compliance Inspector classification series, specializing in industrial wastewater pretreatment and source control programs.

Under general supervision, the Environmental Compliance Inspector III enforces local, state, and federal pretreatment regulations governing discharges to the wastewater collection system. Responsibilities include conducting inspections of industrial wastewater dischargers, evaluating building plans for pretreatment equipment, obtaining industrial wastewater samples, evaluating compliance with wastewater discharge permits and determining applicable federal and state pretreatment requirements.

This class is distinguished from the Environmental Compliance Inspector II in the complexity of inspections and the emphasis on industrial wastewater pretreatment compliance. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Compliance Supervisor in that the latter has supervisory and administrative responsibilities for the Environmental Compliance Section.

• Demonstrated experience in an industrial wastewater pretreatment program, including evaluating and implementing new local, state, and federal regulations to anticipate the impacts on the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) and regulated industrial dischargers. This includes experience with industrial wastewater discharge permit development, modification, and compliance monitoring.
• An aptitude for being detail oriented, self-motivated, exercising good judgement, and is thorough in regard to follow through on inspections, investigations, sampling, reporting, and enforcement activities.
• Experience delivering effective presentations, performing complex industrial compliance monitoring projects with minimal supervision, and interpreting industrial processes, wastewater discharge characteristics, and related technical documents.
• A proven track record of establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with industrial or commercial dischargers, internal staff, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders.
• The ability to be proactive in conflict resolution, communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing; and demonstrate characteristics of a team player,…