Environmental Trainee (35 Hour) Target Class: Environmental Analyst 1 #250109-0196ES-001

Introduction
Are you passionate about creating a lasting impact in the environmental field? Dive into this one-of-a-kind opportunity and start making a change today!

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) is currently looking for an Environmental Trainee to work within the Materials Management and Compliance Assurance Bureau’s Waste Enforcement and Engineering Division (WEED) located in Hartford, Connecticut.

WEED is responsible for the oversight of regulation of solid waste and hazardous waste facilities, pesticides and supports the goals of the state-wide solid waste management plan ensuring sustainable materials management in accordance with applicable statutes and regulations. WEED administers these responsibilities are accomplished through, permitting, inspection, enforcement, public education and outreach.


What We Can Offer You

• Explore our new State Employee Benefits Overview page to get an understanding of the various benefits we provide to our employees.
• The opportunity to work for a Forbes top company: ' Forbes' State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule! This recognition highlights our commitment to providing a supportive and rewarding work environment.
• Professional growth and development opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career. We believe in investing in our employees' success.
• A healthy work/life balance is a priority for us. We are committed to fostering an environment that supports the personal and professional growth of all employees.
  
  
  

Position highlights

• This position will be assigned to our Solid and Hazardous Waste Permitting group;
• This position is full-time, 35 hours per week, working Monday through Friday;
• This position also offers the flexibility of a hybrid schedule.
  
  
  

About us
DEEP is charged with conserving, improving and protecting the natural resources and the environment of the state of Connecticut as well as making cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy available for the people and businesses of the state. The agency is also committed to playing a positive role in rebuilding Connecticut’s economy and creating jobs – and to fostering a sustainable and prosperous economic future for the state.


Selection Plan

To apply

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov .
  
  
  

Important information after you apply

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
• Candidates will be required to submit a copy of their accredited United States college transcripts or a US Degree Equivalency Assessment Report for a foreign degree prior to interview (if selected).
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.
  
  

For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from branch to branch but it does not impact your state service credit.

For technical questions regarding the filing of your application, please contact Benjamin Beaudry at Benjamin.Beaudry@ct.gov .


PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency receives training in introductory professional environmental work for the development of technical and professional skills and knowledge in order to qualify for advancement to the professional environmental work of the agency; performs a wide variety of increasing difficult duties as technical skills are acquired during the course of the training period.


KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of
• basic theories, principles and practices of environmental and policy analysis;
• basic statistics;
• environmental program planning principles and practices;
• Skills
• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communication skills;
• analytical skills;
• research and organizational skills;
• Ability to
• understand and interpret legislation and technical data;
• utilize computer software.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications - General Experience
Candidates must be able to meet the experience and training requirements of the designated job class at the completion of the development program.


Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in the sciences;
• Experience or education in data collection, risk assessment or industrial and municipal waste management;
• Experience or education in investigative practices and protocol;
• Experience or training conducting environmental assessments;
• Experience in prioritizing and tracking concurrent activities or projects to meet deadlines;
• Experience or training in technical writing;
• Experience or training in public speaking;
• Experience or training communicating technical, regulatory, policy, operational information verbally and in writing.
  
  
  

WORKING CONDITIONS
Incumbents in this class may be exposed to some danger of injury or physical harm from on site environments and moderate degree of discomfort from exposure to year round weather conditions.



Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.