- Salary: $5,147.99 – $5,719.99 Monthly
- Location: Sheridan, WY
- Job Type: Permanent Full-time
- Job Number: 2025-00638
- Department: Department of Environmental Quality
- Division: Water Quality
- Opening Date: 03/20/2025
- Closing Date: Continuous
- FLSA: Determined by Position
- Job Classification: ENNR09
Description and Functions
Open Until Filled
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Contribute to the protection and enhancement of Wyoming’s water resources for current and future generations. Join the WDEQs Watershed Protection Section and collaborate with federal, state, and local partners to monitor and assess water quality across the state, including high-elevation mountains, prairies, and intermontane basins. Your responsibilities will include monitoring and assessing diverse surface waters across northern Wyoming and providing inter-program technical support for developing and evaluating water quality standards and Total Maximum Daily Loads and managing non-point source pollution programs. This position offers ample training and professional growth opportunities, and the chance to work with a dedicated team of professionals focused on maintaining the quality of Wyoming’s water resources.
Human Resource Contact: DEQ HR / deq.hr@wyo.gov
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.
- Develop sampling and analysis plans for evaluating the attainment of surface water quality standards.
- Collect chemical, invertebrate, algae, fish, and physical habitat data from streams and lakes using standardized data collection and quality assurance procedures.
- Consistently and objectively apply water quality standards and evidence-based reasoning to evaluate chemical, biological, and physical conditions of surface waters.
- Provide study design, data collection and analysis support to water quality standards, TMDL, and nonpoint source programs.
- Provide technical and administrative oversight of nonpoint source pollution reduction grant projects.
- Write interpretive reports and data summaries.
- Respond to public water quality inquiries and complaints and recommend solutions or enforcement actions when appropriate.
- Communicate effectively and professionally with stakeholders having diverse perspectives on water quality issues.
- Work independently on tasks and projects and in support of the Sheridan region team leader.
- Coordinate within and across programs to support strategic goals and objectives.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES:
Preference will be given to applicants with a combination of education and experience demonstrating ability to develop and implement surface water quality evaluations; analyze and interpret chemical, biological, and physical surface water quality data; and write technical reports with objective and evidence-based conclusions.
KNOWLEDGE:
- Concepts of aquatic ecology, hydrology, aquatic chemistry, limnology, fluvial morphology and assessment, and data quality assurance
- Effective communicator of technical subject matter
- Technical writing
- Water quality data collection, management and analysis
- Strong computer skills including GIS and MS Office
- Able to effectively work independently and as part of a team, be self-motivated, and have a strong work ethic
- Skills in managing adversarial situations, resolving conflict, and consensus-building
- Organizational and operational logistics skills and time management
- Basic skills for safe and effective outdoor fieldwork
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Bachelor’s (typically in The Sciences)
Experience:
0-3 years of progressive work experience (typically in The Sciences) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Natural Resources Specialist
OR
Education & Experience Substitution:
4-6 years of progressive work experience (typically in The Sciences) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Natural Resources Specialist
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
None
Necessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:
- Day and overnight travel for field work and meetings
- Remote field work, including occasional camping
- Walk in varied terrain over moderate distances
- Wade in flowing water over uneven, soft, or slippery substrates
- Bend or kneel while collecting samples and measurements
- Boating and rafting
- Carry up to 40 pounds over moderate distances
- Work outdoors in variable weather conditions
- Operate a four-wheel-drive vehicle on un-improved roads
- Work at a desk in an office setting
NOTES:
FLSA: Exempt
Supplemental Information
020-Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality – Water Quality Division
Click here to view the State of Wyoming Classification and Pay Structure.
URL: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wyoming/default.cfm
The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
Class Specifications are subject to change, please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.
Employer: State of Wyoming
Address: See Human Resource Contact Information in the General Description Section for questions RE Post Statewide, Wyoming, 82002
Website: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wyoming/default.cfm
