Agency: Department of Environment
Posting End Date: 19/04/2023
Job Posting Type: Continuous Job Opening
Job ID: 131701
Location: Santa Fe
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Regular/Temporary: Sponsored Term
Salary
$32.55 – $52.08 Hourly
$67,698 – $108,317 Annually
This position is a Pay Band EG
Posting Details
Department Name: Water Protection Division
Program Area: Ground Water Quality Bureau
Looking for a rewarding career and growth opportunity? The New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) is seeking highly engaged talent to assist us in our mission to protect and restore the environment and foster a healthy and prosperous New Mexico for present and future generations. Come be a part of our great team for change! Learn more at: https://www.env.nm.gov/
As a valued new employee to the NMED, you will receive five (5) full days of leave in your leave balances right from your start date.
This posting will be used for ongoing recruitment and may close at any time. Applicant lists may be screen more than once.
Why does the job exist?
This position is a senior technical professional position within the Superfund Oversight Section of the Ground Water Quality Bureau and is responsible for ensuring consistency and timely agency action regarding Superfund site environmental assessment and environmental remediation. This position provides expertise in highly specialized technical fields of hydrology, geology, chemistry, and engineering for investigation groundwater contamination sites and implementing cleanup of Superfund sites in compliance with appropriate state and federal regulations. This position will direct and provide technical guidance to lower level professionals as part of project management, but does not supervise employees.
How does it get done?
– Conduct field investigations, oversees cleanup activities, and performs project management.
– Responsible for providing technical support, oversight, guidance, and determination of compliance for Superfund sites in New Mexico to ensure consistency with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (Superfund) and the New Mexico Water Quality Act and Water Quality Control Commission Regulations and other state and federal statues, standards and regulations.
– Frequent communication with stakeholders, government agencies, and the public.
– Project management responsibilities include directing government contractors and managing budgets.
Who are the customers?
– New Mexicans to protect and restore the environment.
– Occasional contact with external Federal, State and Local regulatory bodies to include contractors, and environmental not for profit organizations.
– Internal staff
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate will have experience in the following:
– Technical expertise and experience in environmental assessment and remediation of hazardous waste contamination, experience evaluating groundwater hydrology, with pertinent or similar regulatory experience, and with project management skills capable of leading site investigation and cleanup.
– Excellent technical writing skills, project management experience, field sampling experience, public outreach experience, and the ability to contribute to a team environment.
Minimum Qualification
Bachelor’s Degree in Agriculture Science, Hydrology, Geology, Environmental Science, Water Resources, Watershed Management, Physics, Natural Science, Physical Science, Life Science, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Forestry/Forest Science, Conservation Science, Wildlife Science Emergency Management or Engineering and six (6) years of relevant experience. Any combination of education from an accredited college or university in a related field and/or direct experience in this occupation totaling ten (10) years may substitute for the required education and experience. Substitutions Apply.
• Education and years of experience must be related to the purpose of the position.
• If Minimum Qualification requires a specific number of “semester hours” in a field (e.g. 6 semester hours in Accounting), applicants MUST have those semester hours in order to meet the minimum qualifications. No substitutions apply for semester hours.
Employment Requirements
Must possess and maintain a valid New Mexico Driver’s License. Must possess and maintain a current Defensive Driving Course certificate from the State of New Mexico or must pass and receive a Defensive Driving Course certificate as a condition of continued employment. OSHA 40 Hour HAZWOPER Training Preferred.
Working Conditions
State of New Mexico employees may be impacted by the Public Health Order dated December 19, 2022, which requires facilities licensed or certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”), including all hospital types, long-term care facilities, nursing homes, hospice facilities and rehabilitation facilities, as well as assisted living facilities and adult day care settings, to adhere to all COVID-related requirements prescribed by CMS, including, but not limited to masking and staff vaccination.
Work is primarily in an office setting, with extensive personal computer and telephone usage. Exposure to Visual/Video Display Terminal. Occasional travel is required driving state vehicles. Field work up to 30% of the time with exposure to seasonal weather conditions and potential exposure to hazardous and/or radioactive waste. Typically 8 hour workdays and 40 hour workweeks with longer hours for field work as needed. Must be able to lift and carry at least 25 lbs for field work.
Supplemental Information
Benefits:
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Agency Contact Information: Mark Garman (505) 660-8464 or email: Email
For information on Statutory Requirements for this position, click the Classification Description link on the job advertisement.
Bargaining Unit Position
This position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement and all terms/conditions of that agreement apply and must be adhered to.
