- Salary: $25.27 – $52.56 Hourly
- Location: Salt Lake County, UT
- Job Type: Full Time
- Remote Employment: Flexible/Hybrid
- Job Number: 46582
- Agency: 480 Department of Environmental Quality
- Unit: 7750 DEQ WQ Monitoring Program
- Opening Date: 10/22/2025
- Closing Date: 10/31/2025 11:59 PM Mountain
- FLSA: Exempt
- Recruiter: Coral Ortega | caortega@utah.gov
- # of Openings: 1
- Background Check: You must successfully pass a criminal history check.
- Schedule Code: B – Competitive Career Service – Employment in this position requires a probationary period.
- Benefits: This position is eligible for a full benefits package. See benefits tab below for details.
- Driver License Requirements: Employees hired for this recruitment will be subject to the Driver Eligibility standards found at the following link: https://adminrules.utah.gov/public/search/driver%20eligibility/Current%20Rules
- EEO Statement: The State of Utah is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
Job Description
The Department of Environmental Quality is looking to fill an Environmental Scientist – Field Program Coordinator position in the Division of Water Quality. This position may be filled as an Environmental Scientist I or Environmental Scientist II within the levels listed below. Salary depends on experience and the job level offered within the series.
Principal Duties
As an Environmental Scientist – Field Program Coordinator you will:
- Coordinate field monitoring programs and conduct field sampling surveys
- Ability to work in team settings often and oversee work of others
- Ability to work in an office and field setting; travel multiple days a month
- Manage and organize field data
- Build and strengthen partnerships, both internal and external, to improve management of the Division’s monitoring program
Ideal Candidate
The best qualified candidate for this position will have the following:
- Professional experience working in an environmental/natural resource based field
- Professional experience working in an outdoor field-based position (where overnight was common)
- Ability to work unexpectedly long hours sometimes as long as 12+ hours
- Ability to coordinate multiple field programs
- Develop/improve pre-existing field programs
- Ability to work in the field as well as an office setting; willingness to travel frequently
- Oversee seasonal technicians throughout the field season
- Reviews/inspects work for quality, accuracy, and completeness (field sampling and data compilation)
- Ability to follow, demonstrate, and train co-workers on field sampling techniques/procedures in the form of standard operating procedures (SOPs), sampling analysis plans (SAPs), and monitoring plans
- Experience with operating and maintaining scientific equipment especially related to water quality monitoring
- Experience with operating 4WD vehicles, boats, off-road vehicles, and towing trailers
- Ability to troubleshoot / repair equipment in the field
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude under stressful situations
- Experience building partnerships through teamwork and collaboration
Preferences
Preferences may be given to applicants with the following:
- Bachelor’s Degree in environmental/natural resources based field or at least 3 years experience in a natural resource-based field
- Special consideration will be given to those that have a degree in a water-related field
Job Series
The selected candidate for this position may be brought in as an Environmental Scientist I with a salary range of $25.27 – $37.95, an Environmental Scientist II with a salary range of $29.73 – $44.66 per hour, an Environmental Scientist III with a salary range of $34.98 – $52.56 per hour.
Supplemental Information
- Risks which require the use of special safety precautions and/or equipment, e.g., working around operating machines, working with contagious diseases or hazardous chemicals, etc.
- Work requires physical exertion. May require the ability to stand; walk over rough surfaces; bend, crouch, stoop, stretch, reach, lift moderately heavy items (up to 50 lbs.) in a recurring manner and/or for long periods of time.
Employer: State of Utah
Address: 4315 S. 2700 W., Suite 2100, Taylorsville, Utah, 84129
