Environmental Engineer Manager

The Environmental Engineer Manager oversees a section responsible for evaluating permits, setting water quality requirements, and supporting statewide environmental goals. This role guides staff, reviews technical documents, and makes recommendations to protect communities and natural resources.

Responsibilities

• Permit Oversight: Review permit applications, engineering reports, and specifications to ensure compliance with environmental regulations and technical standards.
• Staff Leadership: Supervise section employees, provide training, assign work, and evaluate completed tasks.
• Environmental Analysis: Develop effluent limits, assess water quality impacts, and determine whether proposed activities meet protective requirements.
• Program Administration: Implement permit review procedures, follow established timeframes, track applications, and distribute workload effectively.
• Public Interaction: Respond to inquiries from applicants, consultants, citizens, and other agencies related to permit activities and water quality requirements.
• Data Quality: Maintain complete and accurate electronic records while ensuring consistency, integrity, and proper use of tracking systems.

Schedule

• Full-time employment.
• Work hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Option to work from one of the following offices:
  • Northeast Regional Office - 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Scranton District Office - 321 Biden Street, Scranton, PA
  • Bethlehem District Office - 4530 Bath Pike, Bethlehem, PA
  • Pocono District Office - 2174B Route 611, Swiftwater, PA
  • Pottsville District Mining Office - 5 W. Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA
• Telework: Opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to 3 days per week. Requires a securely configured high-speed internet connection and an approved location inside Pennsylvania. Telework availability is subject to change.

Qualifications

• Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
  • Two years as an Environmental Engineer or an Air Quality Engineer (Commonwealth job titles or equivalent Federal Government job titles, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
  • Five years of professional engineering experience in environmental protection or in environmental project development, design, or construction.
• Special Requirement: Valid Professional Engineer license issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists or a valid Professional Engineer license issued by the applicable licensing body of another state.
• Post Employment Requirement: Successful candidates with an out-of-state Professional Engineer license must obtain a Pennsylvania license within their initial six-month probationary period.
• PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
• Must be able to perform essential job functions.

If claiming education, unofficial college transcripts must be attached to support eligibility.