ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER I WATER MGT

About the role

The Department of Natural Resources, Monitoring and Non-Tidal Assessment Division is currently accepting applications to fill the Water Quality Program Manager vacancy. This position manages and directs all activities of the Water Quality Monitoring Program.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct all activities of the Water Quality Monitoring Program.
• Collect and process water quality samples from waters across the entire state of Maryland to monitor the health of Maryland’s Chesapeake & Coastal Bays, their tidal and non-tidal tributaries, and Deep Creek Lake & tributaries.
• Manage separate budgets for multiple contracts as well as the logistics of sampling to ensure timely and successful completion of assigned work.
• Manage the MANTA Field Office located at 1919 Lincoln Drive in Annapolis. This facility houses multiple labs, maintains 13 field vehicles and 6 research vessels to support 25 staff.
• In addition to project and office management, candidates must be willing to work in the field. This work may consist of long and flexible hours working aboard boats, from bridges, and in streams, under various weather conditions.
• This position will be required to be on call for weekend storm sampling at times.
• Some work may require carrying equipment over rough and uneven terrain as well as operating a large vehicle (van or truck) while towing a small (up to 27 feet) research vessel.

Requirements

Education: A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university including 30 credit hours in engineering or the biological, environmental or physical sciences. Experience: Three years of experience supervising a professional staff or as a project supervisor in the Water Management field of work.

Candidates may substitute additional experience in engineering, public administration or law as related to environmental health on a year-for-year basis for the required education. Applicants may substitute registration as an Environmental Sanitarian or as a Professional Engineer for the required education. Applicants may substitute one additional year of experience in engineering, public administration or law related to environmental health for the 30 credit hours of required education.

Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience at a rank of Corporal/Petty Officer or higher as a commissioned officer in Environmental Engineering and Natural Resources classifications or Environmental Engineering and Natural Resources specialty codes in the Engineering, Natural Resources and Science field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required education and experience.

Qualifications

• Experience with managing an environmental sampling project including budgetary aspects.
• Experience managing personnel, facilities and vehicles/vessels.
• Completion of Supervisor Training and Engagement Program or similar 80-hour leadership course.
• Extensive knowledge of accepted methodologies for water quality monitoring, including 10+ years experience with water quality field operations.
• Experience with technical document preparation and/or review, i.e. technical Standard Operating Procedures and/or Quality Assurance Project Plans.
• Extensive knowledge of multiparameter water quality instrumentation, including 10+ years experience with instruments.

Skills

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Benefits

State of Maryland benefits

Pay

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Schedule

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