Environmental Compliance Inspector III

About the role

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.

Responsibilities

• Enforce local, state, and federal pretreatment regulations governing discharges to the wastewater collection system.
• Conduct inspections of industrial wastewater dischargers.
• Evaluate building plans for pretreatment equipment.
• Obtain industrial wastewater samples.
• Evaluate compliance with wastewater discharge permits.
• Determine applicable federal and state pretreatment requirements.

Qualifications

• 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.
• Experience with industrial wastewater discharge permit development, modification, and compliance monitoring.
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience performing commercial and/or industrial inspection and monitoring of discharges to wastewater treatment systems.

Skills

• Aptitude for being detail oriented, self-motivated, exercising good judgement, and thorough in regard to follow through on inspections, investigations, sampling, reporting, and enforcement activities.
• Experience delivering effective presentations and performing complex industrial compliance monitoring projects with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interpret industrial processes, wastewater discharge characteristics, and related technical documents.
• Proven track record of establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with industrial or commercial dischargers, internal staff, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to be proactive in conflict resolution, communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing, and demonstrate characteristics of a team player, leader, and mentor to co-workers.
• Ability to review and interpret building plans to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal pretreatment regulations.
• Working knowledge of wastewater collection system and treatment plant fundamentals with a strong understanding of the EPA Pretreatment Program, including Significant Industrial User inspections, categorical standards, and source control principles.

Benefits

• Retirement through CalPERS
• Competitive leave accrual package
• Choice of three health plans
• Employer paid vision and dental coverage
• $500 annually for wellness

Schedule

• 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