TCEQ - Geoscientist IV

About the role

As part of TCEQ's Office of Waste, you would contribute to agency efforts to regulate the generation, treatment, storage, and disposal of various wastes and the cleanup of contaminated sites. This position is a member of our Waste Permit Division.

Responsibilities

• Conduct highly complex geoscientific and technical reviews and senior-level evaluations of highly complex applications, reports, and plans pertaining to waste management; determines compliance with applicable laws, rules, technical principles, policies, and procedures; and processes to completion.
• Provide training, including mentoring staff, and senior level geoscientific and geotechnical expertise.
• Develop and apply expert level technical and regulatory expertise.
• Lead or participate in special projects, such as maintenance of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), rule writing, bill analysis, guidance document development, and streamlining work processes.
• Provide information concerning authorizations and authorization processes to internal and external customers through verbal communication, correspondence, meetings, presentations, and public hearings.
• Assist customers on the waste permits program through verbal communication, correspondence, data reports, presentations, and responses to Public Information Requests (PIRs).

Qualifications

• Experience preparing environmental permitting applications or reviewing environmental permit applications.
• Experience working with regulations, facilities, data regarding industrial waste, or hazardous waste.

Required Education & Experience

• Licensed as a Geoscientist by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) plus five years of full-time geological experience beyond licensure.
• OR Ten years of full-time geoscientist experience and must obtain Geoscientist licensure within twelve (12) months of hire date by the Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG).
• A graduate degree in a geoscience discipline may substitute for one year of the required experience, with a maximum of two years substitution allowed.
• Employees in this classification series may research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure, including but not limited to a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. See Tex. Business & Commerce Code Section 117.001(2). Accordingly, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a requirement to be hired for and to continue to be employed with TCEQ.

Work Schedule

Standard business hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Individual and work group schedule determined by the Waste Permits Division.

Benefits

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
• Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
• Professional development opportunities
• Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
• Wellness Program and Activities
• Onsite Nurse Practitioner in HQ
• Work-Life Balance