Agency : Environmental Protection Agency
Closing Date/Time: 09/21/2023
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary $4,331.00/Month, CBA Language Applies-Full Range $4,331-$6,221 Monthly
Job Type: Salaried Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 2
Plan/BU: RC062
This position is a union position; therefore, provisions of the relevant collective bargaining agreement/labor contract apply to the filling of this position.
All applicants who want to be considered for this position MUST apply electronically through the illinois.jobs2web.com website. State of Illinois employees should click the link near the top left to apply through the SuccessFactors employee career portal.
Applications submitted via email or any paper manner (mail, fax, hand delivery) will not be considered.
Posting Identification Number 30847
(Job Assignment Only: Targeted title for Life Sciences Career Trainee Bid Req# 30846)
***Please upload a copy of your official/unofficial transcripts for all degrees earned, and a copy of any applicable professional licenses you possess to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application. ***
Note: The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency must verify and have proof of higher education and coursework (if applicable) for any degree earned before any offer can be extended.
*Answer all questions thoroughly-DO NOT STATE SEE RESUME*
Job Overview
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Bureau of Water (BOW), Water Pollution Control, Compliance Section Environmental Protection Specialist I (EPS I) positions performs beginning level professional duties related to the observation, participation in, or conducting compliance and/or enforcement actions pursuant to Section 31 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act.
The benefits of working at the EPA include a 37 ½ hour work week, a generous salary and benefits package (paid time off for vacation, sick or personal leave, holidays) pension and other retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and insurance eligibility on day one (medical, dental, vision, and life).
Job Responsibilities
30% 1. Observes, assists and participates in preparing, timely implementing, and monitoring until complete routine compliance and/or enforcement actions pursuant to Section 31 of the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, for the Compliance Section, Division of Water Pollution Control, Bureau of Water;
- Violation Notice (VN)s, Compliance Commitment Agreement (CCA)s, Environmental Decision Group (EDG) File Summaries, Decision Memos, etc.
25% 2. Observes, assists and participates in utilizing and maintaining applicable State and Federal compliance and enforcement databases including:
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- VN Tracking, Integrated Compliance Information System (ICIS), Enforcement and Compliance History Online (ECHO), ATHENA, NetDMR, etc.
- Monitors compliance/enforcement and target violations.
- Enters required data elements including: permit schedules/reports, Single Event Violations, formal and informal enforcement actions/linking associated violations, permit tracking events, general permit renewal information, and uploading CCAs to Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) website.
- Conducts routine searches, running reports to target/identify non-compliance and proposing the most appropriate resolution for the non-compliance.
- Provides outreach, training and assistance with electronic reporting tools including NetDMR, Net, etc.
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25% 3. Observes, assists and participates in routine compliance program activities including:
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- Coordinates actions, providing assistance, responding to inquiries and monitoring compliance for facilities.
- Obtains input from other divisional staff and researching Agency files to assist with investigating the validity of violations, collecting/documenting evidence, and summarizing historical non-compliance and enforcement actions.
- Documents complaints, assuring complaints are updated to include additional violations, reviewing complaints for completeness and settlement agreements, and providing testimony at hearings.
- Explains and interprets routine State and Federal regulations, answering inquiries, and providing information relative to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (NPDES) program to facility operators, city administrators, industry management, consulting engineers, legal counsel, and private citizens.
10% 4. Observes, assists and participates in initiating and providing routine input at meetings to develop plans or programs for achieving compliance;
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- Determines actions to achieve compliance or prevent future non-compliance.
- Observes, attends and participates in violation and Notice of Intent to Pursue Legal Action (NIPLA) meetings to assist with resolution of non-compliance and mitigate any environmental impacts caused by the non-compliance.
- Travels in performance of duties.
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05% 5. Observes, assists and participates in drafting routine management summaries, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)s, and project status reports utilized by management for program oversite.
05% 6. Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.
Minimum Qualifications
1. Requires the knowledge, skill and mental development equivalent to the completion of four years of college with coursework in the physical, life or environmental sciences and requires either:
- one year of professional experience in pollution abatement or a related field, or
- completion of an agency approved training program.
OR
2. Requires a master’s degree with coursework in the physical, life, or environmental sciences.
Preferred Qualifications (In Order of Significance)
- Prefers working knowledge of modern inspectional and investigative techniques and procedures.
- Prefers working knowledge of modern environmental control systems, facilities, techniques and procedures.
- Prefers working knowledge of state laws, rules and regulations as pertaining to environmental protection or pollution abatement.
- Prefers ability to prepare comprehensive, technical and scientific reports of field investigations and/or inspections.
- Prefers ability to analyze and interpret the scientific data of plans for facilities, installations and equipment.
- Prefers ability to establish and maintain working relationships with municipal officials, facility operators and owners, plant managers, or their representatives and general public.
- Prefers ability to interpret pertinent state laws, rules, regulations, policies or procedures of the agency to individuals and municipal bodies.
- Prefers ability to operate field equipment (and sampling equipment) such as a camera, dissolved oxygen testing and monitoring equipment, Hach field kit, real time analyzer, hand-held gas detectors, sound level meters and (drilling, sampling, and probing equipment).
- Prefers ability to meet safety standards as specified by applicable state and federal laws.
- Prefers the ability to utilize a personal computer and knowledge of software applications.
Conditions of Employment
- Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.
- Requires appropriate, valid driver’s license.
- Requires the ability to pass a name-based background check
Work Hours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday – Friday
Work Location: 1021 North Grand Avenue East, Springfield, IL 62702
Agency Contact:
Chris Steinkruger
Email: Christopher.E.Steinkruger@Illinois.gov
Phone #:217-558-1256
Job Family: Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics; Environmental & Natural Resources
This position [DOES NOT] contain “Specialized Skills” (as that term is used in CBAs).
Revolving Door: “Certain provisions of the revolving door restrictions contained in 5 ILCS 430/5-45 apply to this position. As a result, the employee should be aware that if offered non-State employment during State employment or within one year immediately after ending State employment, the employee shall, prior to accepting any such non-State employment offer, notify the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the Agencies of the Illinois Governor (“OEIG”), and seek a revolving door determination from the OEIG, or may be subject to a fine.”
Agency Statement: The mission of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) is to safeguard environmental quality, consistent with the social and economic needs of the State of Illinois, so as to protect health, welfare, property and the quality of life. IEPA works to safeguard the states natural resources from pollution to provide a healthy environment for its citizens. By partnering with businesses, local governments and citizens, IEPA is dedicated to continued protection of the air we breathe and our water and land resources.
The IEPA does not provide sponsorship for employment visa status (e.g. H-1B visa status). To be considered for permanent IEPA employment, applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS
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If you have questions about how to apply, please see the following resources:
State employees: Log in to the career portal for State employees and review the Internal Candidate Application Job Aid
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