New Job Environmental Specialist Ii - Groundwater Section In Nebraska
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| Environmental Specialist II - Groundwater Section |
Environmental Specialist II - Groundwater Section
Company : State of Nebraska
Salary : $24.62 an hour
Location : Nebraska
Full Description
- A new office building at Fallbrook with free parking,
- Flexible work schedules
- You will be doing work knowing you are making a difference for current and future generations.
Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Nebraska’s environment? If so, please consider a career with the State of Nebraska at the Department of Environment and Energy (NDEE). At NDEE, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Nebraska’s air, land, water, and energy resources.
The Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy has a full-time opportunity available in the Superfund/Voluntary Cleanup Program Section.
What you will do!
You will have the technical responsibility to provide the technical and scientific basis for many of decisions made by the agency. By providing geologic/hydrogeologic descriptions of settings, evaluating the impact of structures, or potential actions, predicting results or risks of actions allows management to make informed decisions. This position supports multiple programs within the agency (including but not limited to: Agriculture, Petroleum Remediation, UIC, Permits, Land Division, Drinking Water and the University of Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division) with geologic/hydrogeologic reviews. The team member would also manage sites with contamination from initiation to remedial completion and respond to chemical spills.
Job Duties:
- Perform geologic/hydrogeologic reviews for multiple programs.
- Review remedial action plans, groundwater monitoring plans, Title 118 assessments, and other contamination assessments and technical documents.
- Follow up on reported chemical releases to the environment. Provide recommendations and review adequacy of response. Groundwater/sediments sampling as required.
- Respond to geology and groundwater questions from the public, other state agencies, federal agencies; write letters, answer phone questions, attend meetings. Prepare and present results of technical reviews using, environmental data and letters, reports or maps.
- Earn and hold a water well monitoring technician license and the OSHA 40-hour HAZWOPER certification.
What’s in it for you!
The opportunity to work in a productive and creative environment where no two days are ever the same! We offer a competitive benefits package. 12 days of vacation during first year of service (accruals increase with years of service), 12 days of sick leave during first year of service (accruals increase with years of service), and 13 paid holidays per year. Permanent Teammate Benefits:
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- WellNebraska Health Plan
- Direct Primary Care (DPC)
- Mail order Rx (3 month supply) and Specialty Pharmacy program
- Virtual Visits and FREE Nurse line 24 hours a day 7 days a week
- Employee Assistance Program
- Retirement/Investment Plan
- Early Retirement Insurance Program (55 and older)
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Health Savings Account
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life and AD&D Insurance
- Tuition Assistance*
- LinkedIn Learning Access to 16,000+ On-Demand Courses
- Direct Deposit of Payroll
- Nebraska State Employees Credit Union
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Paid Holidays
- Vacation, Sick, Civil, and Injury Leave
- Military Training or Emergency Duty Leave
- Teammate Discount Program
- Charitable Giving through Payroll Deduction
- Coverage is effective the first of the month following 30 days of employment.
“The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or genetics.”
Location and address of position: 245 Fallbrook Blvd., Ste 100 – Lincoln, NE
Work schedule: Monday – Friday – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Flexible schedule, remote work, and 10-hour workdays allowed with management approval.
- Coordinate compliance activities for the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program statewide.
- Review mining plans, abandonment plans, facility plans and specifications, construction and operation of UIC to determine compliance with state and federal laws, regulation and procedures.
- Reviews permit applications including geological/hydrogeological characterizations and groundwater monitoring plans to determine potential environmental impact.
- Prepares and presents results of technical reviews using visual interpretive depictions of environmental data and letters, reports, or maps.
- Collects and analyzes groundwater samples to study, interpret and evaluate environmental data.
- Review and evaluate proposed UIC and ME projects, surety estimates, draft permits, conduct inspections and keep regulations current.
- Observe, evaluate, and enforce mechanical integrity and fall-off testing on UIC wells; review well logs from bore holes and evaluate data
- Conducts mineral exploration hole abandonment inspections and writes corrective action plans or evaluations.
- Performs statistical and data analysis to identify groundwater quality and potential contamination sources.
- Coordinate technical UIC and ME activities with Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Conservation and Survey Division – UNL, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nebraska Health and Human Services and EPA.
- Evaluates and assists in the establishment of parameters associated with injection well design.
- Investigates the geological aspects of injection well failures and participates in the establishment of design criteria assuring greater reliability for future installations.
REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor’s Degree in the physical sciences, natural sciences, environmental science, geology, biology, agronomy, civil engineering, environmental engineering, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, hydrology, community and regional planning or a related field. NOTE: Experience may be substituted for education on a year for year basis.
OTHER: Valid driver’s license or the ability to provide independent transportation; Overnight travel approximately 5-10%; ability to lift 30 pounds; ability to climb, bend and stoop, ability to work in outdoor temperature extremes; ability to walk on uneven terrains and steep slopes to accomplish tasks; ability to maintain regular and reliable attendance.
Knowledge of: State of Nebraska geology and groundwater resources; Nebraska geology and the storage and movement of groundwater as influenced by geological phenomenon; cause and effect of contamination in groundwater; governmental and private sources of information relating to water in the environment; drilling and construction techniques involved in the withdrawal of groundwater; methods for describing features of land masses including physical characteristics and distribution of plant, animal and human life.
Skill in: Communicating with individuals and groups with varying technical backgrounds to collect and relay information; listening to and understanding others; prioritizing workloads; using analytical judgment to make decisions; public speaking and providing presentations.
Ability to: Learn and apply applicable local, State and federal laws, regulations and standards; establish and maintain effective working relationships with individuals in order to obtain their cooperation in the selection of water supply sources and methods of withdrawal; communicate technical information to staff members, developers and users of groundwater; assume a major role as an agency representative in statewide water management efforts.
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