TDEC-ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST1* - 07092026-79108

About the role

This position is located at Johnson City Environmental Field Office within the Department of Environment and Conservation, Washington County Division of Water Resources.

Responsibilities

• Conduct inspections and/or investigations of equipment, structures, materials, and/or sites/facilities when required by a specific TDEC program area to ensure proper installation, maintenance, and/or operation and determine compliance with laws, regulations, or standards.
• Perform laboratory or field tests in accordance with requirements and analyze and interpret the environmental data and/or other information to evaluate data trends, data quality, and usability for determining if further action is necessary.
• Adhere and enforce environmental or other federal and/or state standards, laws, rules, regulations, and/or administrative policies and procedures through investigation of complaints; overseeing environmental sampling; and reviewing and evaluating applications, forms, plans, inspection documents, general correspondence, reports, or other records and taking corrective action as warranted, and if necessary, initiating legal action to effect compliance of established standards, laws, rules, regulations, or policies.
• Review, analyze, and maintain relevant documents or data submitted by applicants or acquired by site inspections and/or other informative sources used for determining minimum environmental or other compliance with established standards.
• Prepare various publications, reports, and technical documents in a concise and legally defensible manner to ensure Agency's missions are met.
• Reviews records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, reports, Quality Assurance/Quality Control parameters, etc., interpret findings and results to ensure acceptable methodologies are performed and communicate interpretation of findings and results using regulations, policy, guidance, etc. to stakeholders.
• Performs environmental or health investigations, remediation, natural resource management, and/or collection of environmental samples and/or monitoring data under physically demanding conditions and evaluates the results/data as required to determine compliance with permits, environmental or other standards, and/or ecological condition requirements.
• Maintains, repairs, and calibrates electronic equipment, scientific instruments, and mechanical equipment, and inventories chemicals and supplies, disposing of expired materials in accordance with safety rules and regulations.
• Provide technical expertise to emergency responders, stakeholders, and any other personnel during emergency events, industrial incidents/accidents, and natural catastrophes where impacts to the environment are imminent.
• Provide consultative, technical, or educational services to stakeholders regarding regulatory information and/or proper procedures for performing environmental work in an effort to enhance environmental stewardship, health or other standards, practices, and safety.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's or higher in environmental science, physical sciences, ecology, sustainability, or applied science in sustainability, life sciences, environmental health, pre-medicine, engineering, or other acceptable science or natural resource related field.
• Necessary Special Qualifications: Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment; if position requires operating a boat, must obtain a boater's license.
• TDEC Environmental Scientist 1* in the Division of Radiological Health must successfully complete the training courses offered by the Division of Radiological Health, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, or other federal agencies.
• TDEC Environmental Scientist's 1* performing geologic duties the major portion of their time must have completed the required college course work at the time of appointment to be eligible to take the licensing examination offered by Tennessee's Department of Commerce and Insurance's Board of Professional Geologists, or hold and maintain a current Geologic license from the State of Tennessee during employment or hold a current Geologic license from another State that Tennessee has evaluated and granted reciprocal licensing rights.
• Some TDEC Environmental Scientist 1* positions assigned to function as Biologists must meet the specific educational requirements for Biologists, as follows: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree, including at least 36 quarter hours (or 24 semester hours) in biology, in one of the following areas: biology or biological sciences, botanical sciences, environmental or conservation sciences, zoological sciences, or aquatic, terrestrial, or wetland biology or ecology or other acceptable biological science related field.

Skills

• Decision Quality
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Tech Savvy
• Business Insight
• Knowledge Biology
• Knowledge Chemistry
• Knowledge Physics
• Knowledge Geology
• Knowledge Law & Government
• Competencies (KSA's)

Benefits

Not specified.

Pay

$4,057.00 - $5,078.00 Monthly

Schedule

Not specified.