What are the responsibilities and job description for the SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE INSPECTOR position at City of Riverside?
- Ensure compliance with all federal, state, and local regulations which pertain to implementing and enforcing a Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) Pretreatment Program.
- Schedule workloads and provide lead direction, training, and technical assistance to Environmental Compliance Inspectors and administrative support staff.
- Assist in the development of the quarterly Report and Annual Report.
- Assist with the development and compliance of a Capacity, Management, Operation and Maintenance (CMOM) Program for Municipal Sanitary Sewer Systems, to include a Sewer Spill Overflow Response Plan.
- Maintain storm water discharge compliance with the MS4 permit for the Santa Ana River region.
- Assist and train Environmental Compliance Inspector(s) I and II develop permits for new industrial users.
- Conduct weekly enforcement meetings.
- Receive and investigate all upper-level enforcement actions.
- Serve as advisor to the Fire Department, as requested, during hazardous material spills.
- Research and develop Categorical and Significant Industrial User Permits.
- Serve as Section Safety Representative and Section Employee Representative at division meetings.
- Prepare Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s) and maintain procedures manual.
- Prepare special billing invoices for review.
- Accompany Environmental Compliance Supervisor in meeting with California Regional Water Quality Board staff, industrial dischargers, and consultants regarding industrial wastewater problems.
- Evaluate industrial waste dischargers for compliance with waste discharge regulations.
- Prepare compliance schedules, administrative orders, and letters to industrial waste dischargers for Environmental Compliance Supervisor review.
- Maintain enforcement records.
- Set and retrieve monitoring equipment.
- Respond to Sewer Spill Overflows and treatment plant upsets.
- Prepare forms, graphs, memos, and reports for review.
- Conduct plan check reviews.
- Oversee waste hauler receiving station activities.
- Serve as Environmental Compliance Supervisor, as required.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Education: Sixty (60) semester units of college credit with a major in chemistry, biology, water science, environmental science or a closely related field. Additional qualifying experience may substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
Experience: Two years of experience in wastewater sampling and inspection comparable to that of an Environmental Compliance Inspector II in the City of Riverside. A Bachelor's degree in chemistry, biology, environmental science or a closely related field may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
Necessary Special Requirements
Possession of an appropriate, valid class "C" California Motor Vehicle Operator's License.
Possession of a Grade II Environmental Compliance Inspector Certificate issued by the California Water Environment Association and the ability to obtain a Grade III Environmental Compliance Inspector Certificate within three test cycles from date of appointment.
DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION:
1) Completed Employment Application
2) Completed Supplemental Questionnaire
3) Current Grade II Environmental Compliance Inspector Certificate issued by the California Water Environment Association (must be scanned and attached to the online application).
PLEASE NOTE: THE CERTIFICATION REQUIRED MUST BE SCANNED AND ATTACHED TO THE ONLINE APPLICATION. FOR DIRECTIONS ON ATTACHING A DOCUMENT TO AN ON-LINE APPLICATION, OR GENERAL INFORMATION ON COMPLETING YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION, CLICK HERE: (Application Guide).
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON SCHEDULING ASSESSMENTS:
If you are selected to move forward in the assessment process, you may be required to self-schedule your appointment. You will be notified via email of your status and provided with self-scheduling instructions. Please check your email regularly following the closing date of this recruitment.
The selection process will begin with an employment application package screening, with the best qualified candidates being invited to participate further in the assessment process. This process may include any combination of written, performance, and oral assessments to evaluate job-related education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities. Those who successfully complete the selection process will be placed on the eligibility list for this classification.
It is the responsibility of candidates with a disability requiring accommodation in the assessment process to contact the Human Resources Department in writing to request such accommodation prior to the closing date of this recruitment.
Appointment may be subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment background investigation, drug screen, and/or medical/physical examination.
NOTE: The City reserves the right to modify selection devices and test instruments in accordance with accepted legal, ethical, and professional standards. Candidates may reapply when there is a posting to establish an eligibility list.
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:
Proof of education listed in your application will be requested at the time of conditional offer. Acceptable documentation consists of transcripts or degree, if applicable, by the accredited U.S. college or university.
Education obtained outside the United States (US) require one of the following options:
- An equivalency statement from an evaluation company certified by the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) at http://www.naces.org/members.html or the Association of International Credential Evaluators Inc. (AICE) at http://aice-eval.org/members/.
- An advanced-level degree from an accredited US college or university.
All applicants will be notified via e-mail or telephone of their application status and the assessment dates/times/locations after the closing date of this announcement.
THE PROVISIONS OF THIS JOB ANNOUNCEMENT DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED CONTRACT.
Salary : $94,572 - $114,996
