Industrial Facility Management Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5)
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The Department of Ecology is hiring an Industrial Facility Management Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5) within the Water Quality Program.
Location:
- Central Region Office in Union Gap, WA.
- Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.
Schedule:
- This position is eligible for telework and flexible schedule options.
- For the first month, the position will be required to work full time in the office. After successful completion of onboarding and training, the position will be eligible for up to a 90% telework schedule with 10% of the time spent in the office.
- Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.
Application Timeline:
- Apply by May 4, 2025
- This position will remain open until filled. The agency reserves the right to make a hire at any time after application review begins. Applications received after the above date may not be considered.
Duties
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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, reclaimed water, 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 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.
Note: Personal protective equipment will be provided by the program along with reimbursement for required footwear.
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