Source Assessment, Control and Remediation Program Expert; Environmental Specialist

Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

The Department of Ecology is hiring an Everett Smelter Source Assessment, Control and Remediation Program Expert (Environmental Specialist 4 or
5) within the Toxics Cleanup Program (TCP).

This is a project position that is funded until June 30, 2027
. This funding is highly likely to be renewed for the next bi-annual budget cycle.

• Northwest Region Office in Shoreline, WA.
• The salary listed includes 5% premium pay due to the position location in King County.
• Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

• This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
• You will need to be in-office 3-4 days per week for the first two weeks during onboarding. Thereafter, you may telework most of your work time with in-person meetings and activities at the Everett Smelter Site up to 1-2 days per week for a few hours, depending on site activities, such as meeting residents, contractors, etc.
• Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

• Apply by February 22, 2026.
• 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 the Source Assessment, Control and Remediation Program Expert on the Everett Smelter cleanup, you’ll be part of a team directly protecting families and neighborhoods from exposure to lead and arsenic left behind by historic smelter operations. You will serve a critical role in cleaning up contamination in residential and industrial areas of Everett by providing expertise on the cleanup of various contaminated properties and planning, prioritizing, and leading area-wide source assessment, control, and remediation projects.

In this role, you’ll manage interagency project teams, oversee agreements and prime contracts, and evaluate when contract work is needed to successfully advance cleanup efforts. You’ll also maintain sampling and cleanup trackers, apply geographic information systems (GIS) data to develop maps for fact sheets and other project-related documents, and provide essential environmental information for outreach materials. Through this work, you’ll help restore contaminated properties, support healthier communities, and contribute to the long-term environmental and economic vitality of the region.

• Plan, prioritize, and design area-wide source assessment, control and remediation activities related to the Everett Smelter site or other assignments. Identify the needs, goals and objectives of projects and communicate them to program management.
• Represent Ecology as the on-site remediation representative for implementation of cleanup of numerous Everett area residential properties.
• Oversee contractors conducting sampling and remedial actions; collect soil samples on property cleanups as part of the Everett Smelter Project (ESP) yard cleanup program.
• Manages public works contracts, on-call contracts, interagency agreements, agreed orders, consent decrees, with involved organizations, agencies, persons and others.
• Assist Everett Smelter Project team in the collection of samples during construction, and daily interactions with Ecology contractors for cleanup actions. Implement project data management and file documentation system.
• Review the sampling data, Sampling Analysis, quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) and Health and Safety plans (HASP). Coordinate sampling events for properties with contractors and the ESP team and residents.
• Work with project staff to identify and prioritize the area-wide source assessment, control and remediation topics in which community outreach is needed. Assist with developing talking points and outreach documents to proactively inform and update the community with cleanup information and progress.

This position offers an in-training plan and may be filled at the Environmental Specialist 4 or 5 level, depending on your qualifications. If you qualify at the ES4 level and are hired, you will progress through an in-training plan to become an ES5…