What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Analyst III position at The Commonwealth of Massachusetts?
Job Description
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts' environmental resources and create a clean energy future for all residents. Through the stewardship of open spaces, the protection of environmental resources, and the advancement of clean energy, EEA works tirelessly to make Massachusetts a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family. Our commitment to environmental justice ensures that every resident, regardless of background or location, can live in a safe, clean environment and shares equally in the benefits of the clean energy transition.
We create meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower our employees to make a real difference in shaping the environmental future of Massachusetts. We foster a workplace culture where diversity is valued, innovation is encouraged, and collaboration thrives. Our employees play a vital role in advancing sustainability, environmental justice, and clean energy solutions, ensuring a positive and lasting impact on Massachusetts and its residents.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is the state agency responsible for ensuring clean air, land, and water. Our work impacts every aspect of people's lives and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our residents and visitors. MassDEP is the lead agency for safe management of toxics and hazardous materials, promotion of waste reduction and recycling, preservation of the state's wetlands and coastal resources, air quality monitoring and pollution reduction, and so much more.
MassDEP's mission is to protect and enhance the Commonwealth's natural resources - air, water, and land - to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of all people, and to ensure a clean and safe environment for future generations. In carrying out this mission MassDEP commits to address and advance environmental justice and equity for all people of the Commonwealth, to provide meaningful, inclusive opportunities for people to participate in agency decisions that affect their lives; and to ensure a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
MassDEP seeks applicants for the position of Environmental Analyst III within the Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (BWSC). This position will be based in MassDEP's Northeast Regional Office, Woburn, MA and will investigate sites contaminated with oil and hazardous materials and ensure compliance with M.G.L. c. 21E and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan. MassDEP's Northeast Regional Office serves 84 cities and towns situated in northeastern Massachusetts.
This position performs professional environmental sciences work of substantial difficulty and importance, reviews site assessment reports of significant complexity, interprets results of analytical data, determines the extent of site contamination, the risks posed to human health and the environment, and the need for cleanup, conducts field inspections, collects samples, and reviews remedial system monitoring reports to evaluate compliance with applicable environmental regulations, policies and conditions of approval, represents MassDEP at meetings with local officials, Licensed Site Professionals (LSPs), regulated entities, and other stakeholders, communicates technical information and regulatory requirements to regulated entities, consultants, local officials, and the public, participates in public meetings and other public involvement activities, oversees the activities of State Contractors at state-lead response actions, generates enforcement notices and orders based upon the identification of noncompliance and consistent with MassDEP's Enforcement Response Guidance Document.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in environmental science principles and practices, knowledge of M.G.L. c. 21E, the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, and the MassDEP Waste Site Cleanup program, proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and other software, excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to manage projects individually, as well as work as part of a team, strong organizational, planning, and project management skills, and experience in sampling soil, air and groundwater, and appropriate analytical methods for soil, air and groundwater.
The Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) seeks to protect, preserve, and enhance Massachusetts' environmental resources and create a clean energy future for all residents. Through the stewardship of open spaces, the protection of environmental resources, and the advancement of clean energy, EEA works tirelessly to make Massachusetts a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family. Our commitment to environmental justice ensures that every resident, regardless of background or location, can live in a safe, clean environment and shares equally in the benefits of the clean energy transition.
We create meaningful, inclusive opportunities that empower our employees to make a real difference in shaping the environmental future of Massachusetts. We foster a workplace culture where diversity is valued, innovation is encouraged, and collaboration thrives. Our employees play a vital role in advancing sustainability, environmental justice, and clean energy solutions, ensuring a positive and lasting impact on Massachusetts and its residents.
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) is the state agency responsible for ensuring clean air, land, and water. Our work impacts every aspect of people's lives and is critical to the health and wellbeing of our residents and visitors. MassDEP is the lead agency for safe management of toxics and hazardous materials, promotion of waste reduction and recycling, preservation of the state's wetlands and coastal resources, air quality monitoring and pollution reduction, and so much more.
MassDEP's mission is to protect and enhance the Commonwealth's natural resources - air, water, and land - to provide for the health, safety, and welfare of all people, and to ensure a clean and safe environment for future generations. In carrying out this mission MassDEP commits to address and advance environmental justice and equity for all people of the Commonwealth, to provide meaningful, inclusive opportunities for people to participate in agency decisions that affect their lives; and to ensure a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve.
MassDEP seeks applicants for the position of Environmental Analyst III within the Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (BWSC). This position will be based in MassDEP's Northeast Regional Office, Woburn, MA and will investigate sites contaminated with oil and hazardous materials and ensure compliance with M.G.L. c. 21E and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan. MassDEP's Northeast Regional Office serves 84 cities and towns situated in northeastern Massachusetts.
This position performs professional environmental sciences work of substantial difficulty and importance, reviews site assessment reports of significant complexity, interprets results of analytical data, determines the extent of site contamination, the risks posed to human health and the environment, and the need for cleanup, conducts field inspections, collects samples, and reviews remedial system monitoring reports to evaluate compliance with applicable environmental regulations, policies and conditions of approval, represents MassDEP at meetings with local officials, Licensed Site Professionals (LSPs), regulated entities, and other stakeholders, communicates technical information and regulatory requirements to regulated entities, consultants, local officials, and the public, participates in public meetings and other public involvement activities, oversees the activities of State Contractors at state-lead response actions, generates enforcement notices and orders based upon the identification of noncompliance and consistent with MassDEP's Enforcement Response Guidance Document.
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in environmental science principles and practices, knowledge of M.G.L. c. 21E, the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, and the MassDEP Waste Site Cleanup program, proficiency in MS Word, MS Excel, MS Outlook and other software, excellent written and oral communication skills, ability to manage projects individually, as well as work as part of a team, strong organizational, planning, and project management skills, and experience in sampling soil, air and groundwater, and appropriate analytical methods for soil, air and groundwater.