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NEOGOV · 6 months ago

Industrial Wastewater Permit Engineer/Lead Industrial Wastewater Inspector(Environmental Engineer 2)

Yakima County - Union Gap, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$73K/yr - $99K/yr

6+ years exp

NEOGOV is seeking an Industrial Wastewater Permit Engineer/Lead Industrial Wastewater Inspector within the Water Quality Program to oversee industrial wastewater treatment and permitting in Washington state. The role involves negotiating and preparing wastewater discharge permits, conducting compliance inspections, and collaborating with various stakeholders to ensure water quality standards are met.

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Responsibilities

Negotiate and prepare wastewater discharge permits (State Waste Discharge (SWD) & National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)) for industrial facilities

Apply conventional engineering techniques and principles to verify that submitted engineering documents conform to requirements in relevant state and federal laws and regulations

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

Apply a working knowledge of typical wastewater collection systems and their components found at industrial wastewater treatment facilities to conduct permit compliance inspections, prepare inspection reports, and communicate findings to facilities

Collaborate with other Ecology engineers to interpret and, when necessary, revise internal and external engineering guidance materials

Qualification

Environmental engineeringWastewater treatmentPermit preparationFederal regulationsTechnical negotiationOral communicationWritten communication

Required

Six (6) years of experience and/or education as described below:

Experience in environmental engineering

Education involving a major study in one of the following engineering fields, sanitary, water resource, civil, geotechnical, environmental, chemical, mechanical, or related field

Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license

Preferred

Experience or training in wastewater and/or stormwater treatment, including reviewing or preparing engineering documents, and operation and maintenance manuals

Experience or training working with environmental legislation and regulations at the federal, state, and local level

Experience with oral and written communication of complex issues and interpreting technical documents for a variety of audiences