TDEC Environmental Scientist 2
Division of Solid Waste Management
Cookeville Environmental Field Office
Annual Salary Range: $48,684 – $73,188
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a collaborative, diverse team in Tennessee State government? Interested in protecting our environment and public health? This may be the perfect opportunity for you! This preferred service position is in the Division’s Cookeville Environmental Field Office in Putnam County and has some flexibility of working from home on scheduled days.
This position conducts regulatory inspections of hazardous waste facilities and solid waste permitted facilities, including landfills, transfer stations, and convenience centers. It is also responsible for conducting investigations of citizen complaints concerning solid and hazardous waste issues. Minimum qualifications (MQs) include a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science, biology, chemistry, geology, engineering, or other acceptable science field and one year of full-time professional environmental program work. This position requires strong computer skills and proficiency with Microsoft Office products, including Excel, and requires the ability to travel daily with some overnight travel. Candidates must meet the MQs for this position. For MQs and how to apply, please visit: https://www.tn.gov/careers.
Highlighted Responsibilities:
- Perform environmental investigations, remediation, and monitoring work of solid and hazardous waste facilities, including sampling and evaluation of pollutants, to determine compliance with environmental or other standards.
- Perform inspections and investigations to determine compliance with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Determine validity and severity of violation(s) and if an enforcement action is warranted.
- Respond to calls and complaints from the regulated community and conduct complaint investigations.
- Complete inspection reports of facilities and enter the information into departmental/divisional databases.
- Provide clear and accurate information regarding regulatory evaluations to be submitted for Enforcement Action Requests.
- Participate in Show Cause Meetings and public hearings.
Pursuant to the State of Tennessee’s Workplace Discrimination and Harassment policy, the State is firmly committed to the principle of fair and equal employment opportunities for its citizens and strives to protect the rights and opportunities of all people to seek, obtain, and hold employment without being subjected to illegal discrimination and harassment in the workplace. It is the State’s policy to provide an environment free of discrimination and harassment of an individual because of that person’s race, color, national origin, age (40 and over), sex, pregnancy, religion, creed, disability, veteran’s status or any other category protected by state and/or federal civil rights laws.