Environmental Compliance Specialist
State of Iowa - Executive Branch · Atlantic, IA · 1 mo ago
FinanceFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions, duplicated lines, etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
Let's parse the job description.
Key content:
- Position: environmental compliance specialist at Field Services and Compliance Bureau Field Office 4, Atlantic, Iowa.
- Mission: further DNR’s mission to conserve and enhance natural resources by providing environmental compliance assistance and enforcement throughout southwest Iowa region.
- Eligibility: College or university students pending graduation in May 2026 with a Bachelor’s Degree in a natural science are eligible.
- After training: conducting on-site inspections of regulated facilities: animal feeding operations, public water supplies, wastewater treatment plants, air pollution sources and control equipment, storm water permitted facilities, solid waste disposal sites, underground storage tank facilities.
- Become adept in understanding state regulations, scientific principles, facilities, GIS, environmental sampling and interpretation of scientific data.
- Trained to address emergency response incidents and complaint situations.
- Role assists and directs regulated facilities to achieve compliance.
- Requires verbal and written communication: preparing reports, meetings with internal/external customers (regulated parties, federal, state, county, local officials, environmental professionals, team members).
- Essential Functions (list):
- develop working knowledge of DNR environmental regulatory programs, policies, procedures.
- ability to use computer software programs at moderate to advanced level.
- ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, technical information, regulatory requirements, department policies, procedures, guidance to public officials, industrial professionals, others, sometimes within difficult or confrontational situations.
- ability to work outdoors and withstand physically demanding work, including traversing rough terrain and stream banks and activities such as stooping, climbing ladders, bending and lifting up to 25 pounds.
- must possess or obtain a valid driver's license and have ability to travel frequently during work week with occasional overnight stays.
- must be able to respond 24/7, on-site for emergency response calls during occasional periods when on emergency response duty.
- Critical Job Competencies: Accountability, Integrity, High Productivity, Customer Focus, Team Player, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Self-Management, Technical Skills: Environmental compliance/regulations/rules
- What You Get From Us (benefits):
- competitive pay plan and rewarding work.
- Insurance benefits that start the first of the month following 30 days of employment. (Premiums can start as low as $64/month for single and $210/month for family coverage).
- Separate vacation and sick leave accruals that start on the first day and can roll over annually.
- Nine paid holidays/year.
- Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package with employer match.
- Optional deferred compensation (457/401A) plan with employer match.
- Professional training opportunities.
- Family friendly and professional work environment.
- Employee Discount Programs (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling)
- The State’s total compensation package features benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation. For a list of additional benefits, please visit the DAS website for more information.
- Flexible work schedules (as approved by the supervisor).
- Opportunities for hybrid telework (as approved by the supervisor).
- Comments: Starting salary for new state (Executive Branch) employees is expected to be at the base of the pay range. Additional salary increases may occur after the first six months, and then annually (if applicable). The State’s total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation. Visit the DAS website for more benefit information.
- Links: https://www.iowadnr.gov/about/environmental-field-offices, https://youtu.be/HKZcWDtoKXs (these are likely references; we can keep as maybe part of description? Might be considered boilerplate? Probably keep as part of description? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Those links are not necessarily boilerplate; they are references. Might keep them as part of description? Might be considered extra info but not essential. However they are not duplicated lines. Could keep them as part of a paragraph.
- Ensure you are kept up-to-date on the status of this position by checking your email regularly for emails from info@governmentjobs.com . This is a system generated email from the DAS application system and it may be sent directly to your Junk/Spam folder. DNR Application Tips For more information about DNR Employment Opportunities and position specific notices, please visit the DNR Employment website. The State of Iowa is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. E-Verify and Right to Work The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov . Iowa DNR Mission To conserve and enhance our natural resources in cooperation with individuals and organizations to improve the quality of life in Iowa and ensure a legacy for future generations.
- Minimum Qualification Requirements: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in natural science; an equivalent combination of experience and education substituting one year of full-time professional work in an environmental, radiation control, environmental health or food sanitation program for each year (30 semester hours) of the required education. For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description .
We need to remove EEO, E-Verify, Right to Work, application instructions, etc. Also remove duplicated lines like "The State’s total compensation package features benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation." appears twice; we should keep only once.
We need to decide sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role (maybe summary)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Requirements / Qualifications (maybe combine)
- Skills (competencies)
- Benefits
- Pay (maybe mention starting salary at base of pay range)
- Schedule (flexible work schedules, hybrid telework)
We must not create sections with placeholder text. So if we have content for each, we include.
Let's extract content for each.
About the role: Could be a paragraph describing the position: environmental compliance specialist at Field Services and Compliance Bureau Field Office 4, Atlantic, Iowa; mission to conserve and enhance natural resources by providing compliance assistance and enforcement throughout southwest Iowa region; eligibility for students pending graduation May 2026 with BS in natural science.
Responsibilities: Conduct on-site inspections of regulated facilities (list). Understand state regulations, scientific principles, facilities, GIS, environmental sampling and interpretation. Address emergency response incidents and complaint situations. Assist and direct regulated facilities to achieve compliance. Prepare reports, meetings with internal/external customers, communicate technical info.
Requirements/Qualifications: Must be pending graduation May 2026 with BS in natural science (or equivalent combination). Must develop working knowledge of DNR environmental regulatory programs, policies, procedures. Must have ability to use computer software programs moderate to advanced. Must have ability to communicate clearly and concisely verbally and in writing technical info etc. Must be able to work outdoors and withstand physically demanding work (traversing rough terrain, stream banks, stooping, climbing ladders, bending, lifting up to 25 lbs). Must possess or obtain valid driver's license and ability to travel frequently with occasional overnight stays. Must be able to respond 24/7 on-site for emergency response calls during occasional periods when on emergency response duty.
Skills: Critical Job Competencies: Accountability, Integrity, High Productivity, Customer Focus, Team Player, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Self-Management, Technical Skills: Environmental compliance/regulations/rules.
Benefits: Competitive pay plan and rewarding work. Insurance benefits start first of month following 30 days employment (premiums as low as $64/month single, $210/month family). Separate vacation and sick leave accruals start first day, can roll over annually. Nine paid holidays/year. IPERS retirement package with employer match. Optional deferred compensation (457/401A) plan with employer match. Professional training opportunities. Family friendly and professional work environment. Employee Discount Programs (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling). The State’s total compensation package features benefits worth about 30% of total compensation. Flexible work schedules (as approved by supervisor). Opportunities for hybrid telework (as approved by supervisor).
Pay: Starting salary for new state (Executive Branch) employees expected to be at base of pay range. Additional salary increases may occur after first six months, then annually if applicable.
Schedule: Flexible work schedules (as approved by supervisor). Opportunities for hybrid telework (as approved by supervisor). Note: This overlaps with benefits; but schedule section can mention flexible schedules and hybrid telework.
We must avoid duplication. Benefits already includes flexible work schedules and hybrid telework. So maybe we don't need a separate Schedule section; we could incorporate schedule info into Benefits or have a Schedule section if we have distinct content not already covered. Since flexible work schedules and hybrid telework are already in Benefits, we could omit Schedule section to avoid duplication. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine schedule info into Benefits. But we need to include Pay section if there is real specific content: yes, starting salary at base of pay range, increases after six months, annually. That's specific enough.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. No job title heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate, navigation, legal, EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions, duplicated lines, etc.
We need to preserve all substantive information.
Let's parse the job description.
Key content:
- Position: environmental compliance specialist at Field Services and Compliance Bureau Field Office 4, Atlantic, Iowa.
- Mission: further DNR’s mission to conserve and enhance natural resources by providing environmental compliance assistance and enforcement throughout southwest Iowa region.
- Eligibility: College or university students pending graduation in May 2026 with a Bachelor’s Degree in a natural science are eligible.
- After training: conducting on-site inspections of regulated facilities: animal feeding operations, public water supplies, wastewater treatment plants, air pollution sources and control equipment, storm water permitted facilities, solid waste disposal sites, underground storage tank facilities.
- Become adept in understanding state regulations, scientific principles, facilities, GIS, environmental sampling and interpretation of scientific data.
- Trained to address emergency response incidents and complaint situations.
- Role assists and directs regulated facilities to achieve compliance.
- Requires verbal and written communication: preparing reports, meetings with internal/external customers (regulated parties, federal, state, county, local officials, environmental professionals, team members).
- Essential Functions (list):
- develop working knowledge of DNR environmental regulatory programs, policies, procedures.
- ability to use computer software programs at moderate to advanced level.
- ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, technical information, regulatory requirements, department policies, procedures, guidance to public officials, industrial professionals, others, sometimes within difficult or confrontational situations.
- ability to work outdoors and withstand physically demanding work, including traversing rough terrain and stream banks and activities such as stooping, climbing ladders, bending and lifting up to 25 pounds.
- must possess or obtain a valid driver's license and have ability to travel frequently during work week with occasional overnight stays.
- must be able to respond 24/7, on-site for emergency response calls during occasional periods when on emergency response duty.
- Critical Job Competencies: Accountability, Integrity, High Productivity, Customer Focus, Team Player, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Self-Management, Technical Skills: Environmental compliance/regulations/rules
- What You Get From Us (benefits):
- competitive pay plan and rewarding work.
- Insurance benefits that start the first of the month following 30 days of employment. (Premiums can start as low as $64/month for single and $210/month for family coverage).
- Separate vacation and sick leave accruals that start on the first day and can roll over annually.
- Nine paid holidays/year.
- Iowa Public Employee Retirement System (IPERS) retirement package with employer match.
- Optional deferred compensation (457/401A) plan with employer match.
- Professional training opportunities.
- Family friendly and professional work environment.
- Employee Discount Programs (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling)
- The State’s total compensation package features benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation. For a list of additional benefits, please visit the DAS website for more information.
- Flexible work schedules (as approved by the supervisor).
- Opportunities for hybrid telework (as approved by the supervisor).
- Comments: Starting salary for new state (Executive Branch) employees is expected to be at the base of the pay range. Additional salary increases may occur after the first six months, and then annually (if applicable). The State’s total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation. Visit the DAS website for more benefit information.
- Links: https://www.iowadnr.gov/about/environmental-field-offices, https://youtu.be/HKZcWDtoKXs (these are likely references; we can keep as maybe part of description? Might be considered boilerplate? Probably keep as part of description? The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Those links are not necessarily boilerplate; they are references. Might keep them as part of description? Might be considered extra info but not essential. However they are not duplicated lines. Could keep them as part of a paragraph.
- Ensure you are kept up-to-date on the status of this position by checking your email regularly for emails from info@governmentjobs.com . This is a system generated email from the DAS application system and it may be sent directly to your Junk/Spam folder. DNR Application Tips For more information about DNR Employment Opportunities and position specific notices, please visit the DNR Employment website. The State of Iowa is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. E-Verify and Right to Work The State of Iowa participates in E-Verify, a federal program that helps employers confirm the employment eligibility of all newly hired employees. Within the required timeframe, new hires will be verified through the E-Verify system to ensure authorization to work in the United States. The State of Iowa also complies with the federal Right to Work laws, which protect employees’ rights to work without being required to join a labor organization. For more information, please visit www.e-verify.gov . Iowa DNR Mission To conserve and enhance our natural resources in cooperation with individuals and organizations to improve the quality of life in Iowa and ensure a legacy for future generations.
- Minimum Qualification Requirements: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in natural science; an equivalent combination of experience and education substituting one year of full-time professional work in an environmental, radiation control, environmental health or food sanitation program for each year (30 semester hours) of the required education. For additional information, please click on this link to view the job description .
We need to remove EEO, E-Verify, Right to Work, application instructions, etc. Also remove duplicated lines like "The State’s total compensation package features benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation." appears twice; we should keep only once.
We need to decide sections.
Potential sections:
- About the role (maybe summary)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Requirements / Qualifications (maybe combine)
- Skills (competencies)
- Benefits
- Pay (maybe mention starting salary at base of pay range)
- Schedule (flexible work schedules, hybrid telework)
We must not create sections with placeholder text. So if we have content for each, we include.
Let's extract content for each.
About the role: Could be a paragraph describing the position: environmental compliance specialist at Field Services and Compliance Bureau Field Office 4, Atlantic, Iowa; mission to conserve and enhance natural resources by providing compliance assistance and enforcement throughout southwest Iowa region; eligibility for students pending graduation May 2026 with BS in natural science.
Responsibilities: Conduct on-site inspections of regulated facilities (list). Understand state regulations, scientific principles, facilities, GIS, environmental sampling and interpretation. Address emergency response incidents and complaint situations. Assist and direct regulated facilities to achieve compliance. Prepare reports, meetings with internal/external customers, communicate technical info.
Requirements/Qualifications: Must be pending graduation May 2026 with BS in natural science (or equivalent combination). Must develop working knowledge of DNR environmental regulatory programs, policies, procedures. Must have ability to use computer software programs moderate to advanced. Must have ability to communicate clearly and concisely verbally and in writing technical info etc. Must be able to work outdoors and withstand physically demanding work (traversing rough terrain, stream banks, stooping, climbing ladders, bending, lifting up to 25 lbs). Must possess or obtain valid driver's license and ability to travel frequently with occasional overnight stays. Must be able to respond 24/7 on-site for emergency response calls during occasional periods when on emergency response duty.
Skills: Critical Job Competencies: Accountability, Integrity, High Productivity, Customer Focus, Team Player, Interpersonal Skills, Communication Skills, Computer Skills, Self-Management, Technical Skills: Environmental compliance/regulations/rules.
Benefits: Competitive pay plan and rewarding work. Insurance benefits start first of month following 30 days employment (premiums as low as $64/month single, $210/month family). Separate vacation and sick leave accruals start first day, can roll over annually. Nine paid holidays/year. IPERS retirement package with employer match. Optional deferred compensation (457/401A) plan with employer match. Professional training opportunities. Family friendly and professional work environment. Employee Discount Programs (vision, cellular, fitness, recreation, season passes, travel, counseling). The State’s total compensation package features benefits worth about 30% of total compensation. Flexible work schedules (as approved by supervisor). Opportunities for hybrid telework (as approved by supervisor).
Pay: Starting salary for new state (Executive Branch) employees expected to be at base of pay range. Additional salary increases may occur after first six months, then annually if applicable.
Schedule: Flexible work schedules (as approved by supervisor). Opportunities for hybrid telework (as approved by supervisor). Note: This overlaps with benefits; but schedule section can mention flexible schedules and hybrid telework.
We must avoid duplication. Benefits already includes flexible work schedules and hybrid telework. So maybe we don't need a separate Schedule section; we could incorporate schedule info into Benefits or have a Schedule section if we have distinct content not already covered. Since flexible work schedules and hybrid telework are already in Benefits, we could omit Schedule section to avoid duplication. However the instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could combine schedule info into Benefits. But we need to include Pay section if there is real specific content: yes, starting salary at base of pay range, increases after six months, annually. That's specific enough.
Thus sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Use for each section heading.
We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
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Responsibilities
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Requirements
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Skills
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Benefits
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Pay
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We need to ensure we preserve all substantive information. Let's craft each. About the role paragraph: Combine mission, location, eligibility. "The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has an environmental compliance specialist position available at the Field Services and Compliance Bureau Field Office 4 in Atlantic, Iowa. In this role you will further the DNR’s mission to conserve and enhance natural resources by providing environmental compliance assistance and enforcement throughout the southwest Iowa region. The position is open to college or university students who are pending graduation in May 2026 with a Bachelor’s Degree in a natural science." That's good. Responsibilities: list items. - Conduct on-site inspections of regulated facilities, including animal feeding operations, public water supplies, wastewater treatment plants, air pollution sources and control equipment, storm water permitted facilities, solid waste disposal sites, and underground storage tank facilities. - Develop understanding of state regulations, scientific principles, facilities, geographic information systems (GIS), environmental sampling, and interpretation of scientific data. - Address emergency response incidents and complaint situations as they arise. - Assist and direct regulated facilities to achieve compliance with environmental regulations. - Prepare reports of investigation and participate in meetings with internal and external customers (regulated parties, federal, state, county, and local officials, environmental professionals, and team members). - Communicate technical information, regulatory requirements, department policies, procedures, and guidance clearly and conc