Job Description

TCEQ is unable to sponsor work permits or visas for legal authorization to work in the U.S.

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Are you an experienced Environmental Permit Specialist IV, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency? 

Job Description

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING

• Review and evaluate highly complex Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) pretreatment programs and participate in other pretreatment related activities for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
• Prepare, conduct, and document on-site audits of highly complex and politically sensitive approved pretreatment programs for compliance with TPDES permit requirements, and state and federal statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines.
• Research and draft language for the pretreatment sections of complex and politically sensitive TPDES permits, in compliance with state and federal statues, rules, policies, and guidelines. Participate in resolving contested permit applications, attend alternative dispute resolutions and public meetings; and prepare expert testimony for public hearings before an Administrative Law Judge or the Commission.
• Review and evaluate complex substantial and non-substantial program modifications and new pretreatment program developments for compliance with TPDES permit requirements, and state and federal statues, rules, policies, and guidelines. Conduct numerical analyses of local limits and incorporate the results into program modifications. Incorporate approved substantial modifications into TPDES permits.
• Evaluate annual reports and industrial waste surveys for accuracy and TPDES pretreatment program compliance. Generate Texas Toxicity Modeling Program (TexTox) reports for calculating effluent limits and making categorical determinations for industrial users.
• Communicate routine to complex information.

Qualifications

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering physical science, environmental science, or a related field,  plus four years  of full-time experience in performing engineering, technical, or related work in environmental permitting or control activities

Passing the Fundamentals of Engineering examination may be substituted for six months of the required experience.

OR

A master’s degree in the specified fields from an accredited college or university may substitute for one year of the required experience.

OR

A doctoral degree in the specified fields form an accredited college or university may substitute for two years of the required experience.

OR

CAREER LADDER PROGRESSION : Two years of full-time experience at TCEQ as an Environmental Permit Specialist III.

Additional Information

TCEQ is unable to sponsor work permits or visas for legal authorization to work in the U.S.

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