Environmental Specialist 4 (In Training) - WA Department of Ecology
Description:
What makes this role unique?
In this fun and challenging role, you will be part of a highly collaborative team responsible for ensuring the accuracy and credibility of the ambient air monitoring data collected within the Washington State Ambient Air Monitoring Network. You will perform qualitative and quantitative analyses of data generated by a wide variety of ambient air monitors and plan and conduct onsite performance audits on air monitors located throughout the state. You’ll also certify and maintain ozone equipment in a laboratory setting. And Finally, you will frequently collaborate with ambient air monitoring personnel from Ecology, local air agencies, and Tribes throughout the state on exciting and interesting air monitoring projects to ensure high quality data collection.What you will do:
- Quality assure highly complex air monitoring equipment.
- Review and evaluate results of a variety of data and quality control information (operating procedures, telemetered data, graphical data review, zero checks, span checks, and precision checks, etc.) to ensure that data collected within the Washington Network meets federal and state requirements for quality.
- Provide high-quality technical assistance to local air agencies, Tribes, and Ecology regional offices on quality assurance, operation, and maintenance of air monitoring instruments.
- Review, analyze, develop, and make recommendations on quality assurance, ambient air monitoring, and quality system policy to supervisor and manager.
- Write and periodically revise Quality Assurance Project Plans and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Maintain and annually certify four ozone audit standards in a laboratory setting.
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. We would calculate this by looking at the total hours worked per week, divide this by 40, and then multiply by the total number of months worked. Examples of the proration calculations are:
- 30 hours worked per week for 20 months: (30/40) x 20 months = 15 months full-time equivalent
- 20 hours worked per week for 12 months: (20/40) x 12 months = 6 months full-time equivalent
Experience for both required and desired qualifications can be gained through various combinations of formal professional employment, education, and volunteer experience. See below for how you may qualify.
This is an In-Training position. The goal class for this position is an Environmental Specialist 4 (ES4). We will consider applicants who meet the requirements for the ES4 or the ES3 levels. If the finalist meets the requirements at the ES3 level, then they will be hired as an ES3 and will be placed in a training program to become an ES4 within a specified period of time.
At the Environmental Specialist 3 level (Salary Range 53: $4,602-$6,198 Monthly) (In-Training)
A total of Six (6) years of experience and/or education as described below:
- Professional level Experience in: Environmental analysis or control or environmental planning.
- Education: Involving a major study in environmental, physical, or one of the natural sciences, environmental planning or other allied field.
Desired Qualifications:
We highly encourage you to apply even if you do not have some (or all) of the desired experience below.
- One year of experience conducting ambient air monitoring
- One year of conducting quality assurance activities for environmental data collection
- 6 months of experience interpreting federal regulations
How to Apply:
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.