City of Las Vegas · 5 hours ago
Environmental Compliance Inspector
LV Metro Area
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
1+ years expThe City of Las Vegas is inviting applications for the position of Environmental Compliance Inspector. This role involves performing field investigations and inspections to ensure compliance with environmental regulations, including monitoring discharges into the city’s sewer systems and supporting various environmental compliance programs.
GovernmentOffice AdministrationPerforming Arts
Responsibilities
Performs inspections of businesses, industries, construction sites, residential properties, storm channels and detention basins to determine compliance with federal regulations and municipal codes governing discharge of pollutants into the city's sanitary sewer and/or storm sewer systems; initiates violation and enforcement actions as necessary; performs follow-up inspections
Investigates alleged environmental violations, complaints, inquiries, and other incidents; interviews and gathers information from business and property owners, developers, city staff, the general public and other applicable sources; determines violations; documents findings; and takes required action
Performs sampling of water and wastewater from sanitary sewers, storm sewers, businesses, industries, ground waters, surface waters, and others; performs field sample analyses; collects, preserves and transports samples obtained from sampling activities to the laboratory; creates sampling schedules
Reviews monitoring reports from industries; reviews city monitoring results; reviews and interprets laboratory analysis data; determines compliance with permit requirements, federal regulations and municipal codes; contacts business representatives to discuss violations and compliance
Develops and maintains information and files on businesses and industrial users; researches business license information, telephone and services listings to identify industries requiring regulation; identifies potential or existing industry hazards; researches historical information pertaining to businesses, parcels, business licenses, sewer accounts and water consumption; performs compliance calculations; specifies discharge requirements for businesses and industries; reviews applications and other documentation and determines permitting requirements; reviews new business licenses for pretreatment approval; reviews and approves pretreatment plans; coordinates actions with other city departments and outside agencies
Prepares, issues and enforces wastewater contribution permits; writes compliance plans and enforcement actions, samples protocol lists, reports; prepares routine correspondence to businesses, industries and outside agencies; complies with city, state and federal reporting requirements for pretreatment and storm water programs
Prepares and processes billing information for fees related to the administration of the pretreatment and storm water programs; coordinates permittee and invoice changes with the Department of Finance and Business Services; inputs, updates and retrieves data from a variety of databases; generates reports as necessary
Maintains records and reports of permits, inspections, violations and sampling activities; operates a computer to process and acquire data relative to permits, inspections, laboratory analysis data or violations; drafts operational policies and procedures
Provides technical support to the Environmental Officer with the city’s environmental programs such as: water quality, air quality, water conservation, hazardous materials/waste management, environmental document review, threatened and endangered species, natural resource management, chemical accident prevention, local/state/federal regulatory compliance, and contaminated soils and groundwater
Informs and educates city staff, business owners, community groups and the general public of environmental regulations and obligations; explains industrial waste regulation to members of business community and educate general public on environmental responsibility
Qualification
Required
One year of environmental compliance experience in industrial wastewater pretreatment, industrial stormwater compliance, municipal wastewater treatment, or construction stormwater compliance
Associate's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in chemistry, biology, environmental science, environmental studies, engineering, general physics, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics or a field related to the essential functions
Possession of an appropriate, valid driver's license on the date of application, and maintenance thereafter
Possession of an Industrial Waste Inspector in Training certificate from the Nevada Water Environment Association within nine months of the date of appointment, and maintenance thereafter
Possession of a Grade I Industrial Waste Inspector certificate from the Nevada Water Environment Association within 18 months of the date of appointment, and maintenance thereafter
Possession of Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER) within six months of the date of appointment, and maintain certification thereafter
Possession of the Qualified Compliance Inspector of Stormwater certification by StormwaterONE or equivalent within six months of date of appointment, and maintenance thereafter
Company
City of Las Vegas
City of Las Vegas is constructing a world-class destination to exhibit the arts, culture, entertainment, and medicine.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageTotal Funding
$0.87MKey Investors
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2023-07-03Grant· $0.87M
Leadership Team
Katherine Duncan
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