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Industrial Facility Management Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5)
Location: Yakima County - Union Gap, WA
Pay: $91,068.00 - $122,496.00 Annually
Description:
The Water Quality Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill an Industrial Facility Management Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5) position. This position is located in our Central Region Office (CRO) in Union Gap, WA. Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.
As the Industrial Facility Management Engineer for the Central Regional Office (CRO) Water Quality Industrial Unit, you will be in the forefront of emerging engineering technical issues and trends associated with industrial wastewater treatment and permitting. You will assist in fulfilling the Water Quality Program’s mission by providing engineering and regulatory oversight of industrial and municipal wastewater discharges to protect and preserve water quality in Washington state. You will use your expertise to represent the section statewide on current and emerging industrial stormwater and wastewater trends and issues. Your expertise in professional engineering will support a rapidly growing Water Quality program and industrial sector in the Central Region.
You will work closely with Central Region Office Water Quality Industrial and Municipal Unit staff, regulated entities, and the public to provide regulatory oversight of industrial wastewater discharges. Permits issued by the Industrial and Municipal Units are critical to protecting and maintaining water quality, supporting growth in our state, and keeping our communities healthy and thriving. You will be a key partner in our collective efforts to protect public health, the waterways, and the environment in Washington state.
What makes this role unique?
This position is crucial for regulatory oversight of industrial and municipal wastewater discharges within the Water Quality Central Region Office Industrial Unit. You will have the unique opportunity to work with Industrial Unit staff on complex stormwater and wastewater environmental engineering issues and permitting for the rapidly growing Water Quality program. Strong communication and coordination skills will be essential to your success as you build collaborative professional working relationships and maintain currency in emerging environmental engineering wastewater technologies.
What you will do:
- As a registered professional engineer, negotiate and prepare wastewater discharge permits (State Waste Discharge & National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) for industrial and municipal facilities.
- As a registered professional engineer, apply conventional engineering techniques and principles to the section’s most complex projects or largest projects with complex features, including major permits with mining activities and other industries with increased oversight from the public and third-party advocate groups, clean energy, and hydropower permitting.
- Derive permit conditions based on legal and technical requirements for discharges into state waters, utilizing mathematical models for mixing zones and consideration of the complex biological, chemical, and physical properties of the discharge and receiving environment.
- Represent the agency in technical negotiations with private parties and their engineering consultants to resolve complex environmental engineering issues involving regulatory interpretation and compliance; treatment technologies and the feasibility of their applications, permit limits, conditions, and applicability; and water quality investigations, pollutant sampling, documentation, data interpretation, and quality assurance.
- Collaborate with other Ecology engineers to interpret and, when necessary, revise internal and external engineering guidance materials.
- Conduct permit compliance inspections, prepare inspection reports, and communicate findings to facilities.
- Provide technical assistance to legal counsel with the Attorney General’s Office on appeals of permits or enforcement actions and develop expert testimony and serve as an expert witness in court cases or issues under consideration of administrative hearings boards.
Posted 6/21/2024
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We are an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity.
Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, veterans or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.
Working at Ecology
As an agency, our mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington’s environment for current and future generations. We invest in our employees to create and sustain a working environment that encourages creative leadership, effective resource management, teamwork, professionalism, and accountability.
Most Ecology positions offer:
- Full health benefits
- Excellent retirement benefits
- Potential student loan forgiveness
- Option for partial telecommute schedule
- Option for flexible scheduling
- Optional union membership
Ecology has offices in many
Washington communities
Why public service?
Working for Ecology means working for the people of Washington. It’s a different environment than most private sector jobs. We’re not here to make a profit, we’re not out to crush the competition, and we can’t succeed as an organization unless we make Washington a better place to live, work, and raise a family.
People who work for Ecology tell us that spirit of service means something more than just a paycheck. And it extends to everyone at our agency, whether you’re getting your boots muddy cleaning up an oil spill, developing new policies to fight climate change, or supporting our staff in payroll or human resources. Working in public service means knowing that your work matters.
Contact information
Jake Barkman
careers@ecy.wa.gov
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