State of Washington
Site Manager / Fate & Transport Expert (Environmental Engineer 5)
State of Washington, Lacey, Washington, us, 98509
Keeping Washington Clean and EvergreenThe
Toxics Cleanup Program
(TCP) within the Department of Ecology (Ecology) is looking to fill a
Site Manager / Fate and Transport Expert (Environmental Engineer 5)
position. This position is located in our
Headquarters
in
Lacey, WA.
Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.As a Site Manager, you’ll support the cleanup of large-scale, complex contaminated sites. You’ll review remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and cleanup action plans, and implement corrective action and compliance monitoring at contaminated sites to support property development, real estate transactions, and more. Your expertise in fate and transport of chemicals in the environment will provide critical technical support to assigned Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) sites. You’ll design engineering analyses to examine the overall fate and transport of chemical contaminants as they move through groundwater, soil, and air. You’ll use your expertise and experience to mentor other engineers and site managers by reviewing their work and offering advice.Agency Mission:
Ecology's mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.Program Mission:
The mission of the Toxics Cleanup Program (TCP) is to protect Washington’s human health and the environment by preventing and cleaning up pollution and supporting sustainable communities and natural resources for the benefit of future and current generations.Tele-work options for this position:
This position will have flexibility of a hybrid schedule, empowering work from home and office, providing less time in traffic and shrinking your carbon footprint. This position will be eligible for up to an 80% tele-work schedule. Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or compressed schedules are encouraged to reach out to the contact person listed below in “other information.” Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.Application Timeline:
This position will remain open until filled; we will review applications on
September 30, 2024 . In order to be considered, please submit an application on or before
September 29, 2024 . If your application isn't received by this date, it may not be considered. The agency reserves the right to make a hire any time after the initial screening date.Please Note:
We will review all applications received before the date above. Additional reviews after this date typically only occur if we have a small applicant pool, or if a successful hire was not made.About the Department of Ecology:
Protecting Washington State's environment for current and future generations is what we do every day at Ecology. We are a culture that is invested in making a difference. Join a team that is highly effective and collaborative, with leadership that embraces the value of people.Our commitment to DEIRDiversity, equity, inclusion, and respect (DEIR)
are core values central to Ecology’s work. We strive to be a workplace where we are esteemed for sharing our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals and collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.In this role, you’ll be providing engineering reviews or assisting on cleanup reviews and formal sites on a site-by-site basis, providing updates with timely, accurate information about the status of contaminated sites in the state so that real estate transactions, loans, and development can occur while considering any contaminated property issues. In addition to utilizing expertise in fate and transport of contaminants, you’ll also determine appropriate state-of-the-art field and design practices, such as in-situ stabilization, soil vapor extraction, or permeable reactive barriers at sites as needed.Additional duties as the Site Manager / Fate and Transport Expert will include:Manage and oversee the investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites for compliance with regulations.Provide assistance and mentoring to other engineers.Negotiate, issue, and enforce Agreed Orders, Consent Decrees, Department Enforcement Orders, and Inter-Agency Agreements.Review engineering studies and reports on hazardous waste sites to determine relevant and appropriate state-of-the-art field and design practices and compliance with applicable regulations.Coordinate the planning, implementation, and completion of site-specific projects with remediation technologies.Prepare engineering reports; assist project team members in their analysis and understanding of design plans and specifications.Evaluate the completeness and accuracy of engineering characterization, remedial investigation, and feasibility studies of contaminated sites.Review Remedial Investigation Reports, Site Health and Safety Plans, Engineering and Design Reports, post-cleanup as-built drawings, and soil and groundwater lab reports including QA/QC documentation. Apply MTCA requirements to contaminated sediment sites cleanups and is familiar with CERCLA requirements.Provide in-field oversight of contract engineering work.Required Qualifications:Years of required experience indicated below are full-time equivalent years. Full-time equivalent experience means that any experience where working hours were less than 40 hours per week will be prorated in order to meet the equivalency of full-time.Registration as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington, ANDFive years of experience in environmental engineering.NOTE:
Requirements for professional registration as an engineer in the state of Washington are eight years of professional experience (which may include up to four years of college-level engineering education) and successful completion of sixteen hours of professional licensing exams. Applicants qualifying through the licensing equivalency option must achieve professional registration as an engineer in the state of Washington within six months of appointment to this class.Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.Professional Engineering certification in Washington State; if registered in another state, must obtain Washington registration within six months.Ecology seeks diverse applicants: We view diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect through a broad lens including race, ethnicity, class, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, military background, language, education, life experience, physical disability, neurodiversity, and intersectional identities. Qualified candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.Application Instructions:
It's in the applicant's best interest to submit all of the documents listed below. Applications without these documents may be declined.A cover letter describing why you are interested in this position.A resume outlining your experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to the minimum qualifications of this position.Please do NOT include your salary history. Wage/salary depends on qualifications or rules of promotion, if applicable.Equal Opportunity Employer:
The Washington State Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity.
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Toxics Cleanup Program
(TCP) within the Department of Ecology (Ecology) is looking to fill a
Site Manager / Fate and Transport Expert (Environmental Engineer 5)
position. This position is located in our
Headquarters
in
Lacey, WA.
Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.As a Site Manager, you’ll support the cleanup of large-scale, complex contaminated sites. You’ll review remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and cleanup action plans, and implement corrective action and compliance monitoring at contaminated sites to support property development, real estate transactions, and more. Your expertise in fate and transport of chemicals in the environment will provide critical technical support to assigned Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) sites. You’ll design engineering analyses to examine the overall fate and transport of chemical contaminants as they move through groundwater, soil, and air. You’ll use your expertise and experience to mentor other engineers and site managers by reviewing their work and offering advice.Agency Mission:
Ecology's mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.Program Mission:
The mission of the Toxics Cleanup Program (TCP) is to protect Washington’s human health and the environment by preventing and cleaning up pollution and supporting sustainable communities and natural resources for the benefit of future and current generations.Tele-work options for this position:
This position will have flexibility of a hybrid schedule, empowering work from home and office, providing less time in traffic and shrinking your carbon footprint. This position will be eligible for up to an 80% tele-work schedule. Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or compressed schedules are encouraged to reach out to the contact person listed below in “other information.” Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.Application Timeline:
This position will remain open until filled; we will review applications on
September 30, 2024 . In order to be considered, please submit an application on or before
September 29, 2024 . If your application isn't received by this date, it may not be considered. The agency reserves the right to make a hire any time after the initial screening date.Please Note:
We will review all applications received before the date above. Additional reviews after this date typically only occur if we have a small applicant pool, or if a successful hire was not made.About the Department of Ecology:
Protecting Washington State's environment for current and future generations is what we do every day at Ecology. We are a culture that is invested in making a difference. Join a team that is highly effective and collaborative, with leadership that embraces the value of people.Our commitment to DEIRDiversity, equity, inclusion, and respect (DEIR)
are core values central to Ecology’s work. We strive to be a workplace where we are esteemed for sharing our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals and collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.In this role, you’ll be providing engineering reviews or assisting on cleanup reviews and formal sites on a site-by-site basis, providing updates with timely, accurate information about the status of contaminated sites in the state so that real estate transactions, loans, and development can occur while considering any contaminated property issues. In addition to utilizing expertise in fate and transport of contaminants, you’ll also determine appropriate state-of-the-art field and design practices, such as in-situ stabilization, soil vapor extraction, or permeable reactive barriers at sites as needed.Additional duties as the Site Manager / Fate and Transport Expert will include:Manage and oversee the investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites for compliance with regulations.Provide assistance and mentoring to other engineers.Negotiate, issue, and enforce Agreed Orders, Consent Decrees, Department Enforcement Orders, and Inter-Agency Agreements.Review engineering studies and reports on hazardous waste sites to determine relevant and appropriate state-of-the-art field and design practices and compliance with applicable regulations.Coordinate the planning, implementation, and completion of site-specific projects with remediation technologies.Prepare engineering reports; assist project team members in their analysis and understanding of design plans and specifications.Evaluate the completeness and accuracy of engineering characterization, remedial investigation, and feasibility studies of contaminated sites.Review Remedial Investigation Reports, Site Health and Safety Plans, Engineering and Design Reports, post-cleanup as-built drawings, and soil and groundwater lab reports including QA/QC documentation. Apply MTCA requirements to contaminated sediment sites cleanups and is familiar with CERCLA requirements.Provide in-field oversight of contract engineering work.Required Qualifications:Years of required experience indicated below are full-time equivalent years. Full-time equivalent experience means that any experience where working hours were less than 40 hours per week will be prorated in order to meet the equivalency of full-time.Registration as a Professional Engineer in the state of Washington or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington, ANDFive years of experience in environmental engineering.NOTE:
Requirements for professional registration as an engineer in the state of Washington are eight years of professional experience (which may include up to four years of college-level engineering education) and successful completion of sixteen hours of professional licensing exams. Applicants qualifying through the licensing equivalency option must achieve professional registration as an engineer in the state of Washington within six months of appointment to this class.Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:Must possess and maintain a valid driver’s license.Professional Engineering certification in Washington State; if registered in another state, must obtain Washington registration within six months.Ecology seeks diverse applicants: We view diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect through a broad lens including race, ethnicity, class, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, military background, language, education, life experience, physical disability, neurodiversity, and intersectional identities. Qualified candidates from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.Application Instructions:
It's in the applicant's best interest to submit all of the documents listed below. Applications without these documents may be declined.A cover letter describing why you are interested in this position.A resume outlining your experience and education (if applicable) as it relates to the minimum qualifications of this position.Please do NOT include your salary history. Wage/salary depends on qualifications or rules of promotion, if applicable.Equal Opportunity Employer:
The Washington State Department of Ecology is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation, and gender identity diversity.
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