Environmental Resources Specialist

Nature of Work

Located in the Fairmont District Office of the Office of Environmental Health Services, this position will act as a Regulatory Advisor for the Compliance and Enforcement Unit of the Environmental Engineering Division for the assigned area. This position will: assist public water systems with compliance and enforcement actions in the district area of the state in accordance with State and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act regulations;

provide on-site technical assistance to public water systems to increase compliance with monitoring requirements and schedules; provide guidance to public water systems with required documentation, which may include contacting systems that are potentially out of compliance to minimize the number of reporting violations; generate reports and review data to determine which public water systems have missing sample results and provide guidance to minimize the number of monitoring violations;

review technical and analytical data to determine if the public water system sample results are within the required minimum and/or maximum limits set by the State and Federal regulations; and, with the assistance of an assigned engineer, the position will determine and recommend treatment or process changes necessary to achieve or maintain compliance with state and federal regulations.

• Training:
  Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• OR
• Substitution:
  Additional full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience as described below may substitute for the required training at the rate of one (1) year of experience for every thirty (30) semester hours of training.
• AND
• Experience:
  
  Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience in the acquisition, preservation, protection and enhancement of environmental/natural resources, environmental protection or in an agency-specific area related to environmental impact.
• OR
• Substitution:
  Graduate coursework from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the required experience at the rate of fifteen (15) semester hours for every one (1) year of experience.