Salary : $64,507.00 - $100,066.00 Annually
Location : 6605 Farrington Road, Durham, NC
Job Type: Full time with benefits
Job Number: 26-06164
Department: Water Management
Opening Date: 10/07/2026
Closing Date: 11/7/2026 11:59 PM Eastern
Position DescriptionDevoted to providing sampling, testing, monitoring, analysis and reporting of wastewater to ensure compliance with environmental permits, standards and regulations. Perform sampling, inspections, evaluation and enforcement activities related to water quality.
Responsible for coordinating schedules, training and public education; assisting senior staff with project management and with developing policies and procedures; performing fieldwork; responding to customer concerns; and providing customer service.
Duties/Responsibilities- Prioritizes and monitors work assignments; prepares and conducts training sessions for staff; and ensures operations comply with applicable codes, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Assists senior staff with project management and with developing policies and procedures, to include assisting with developing project plans and schedules, drafting standard operating policy documents, and ensuring that lower-level staff follow established procedures and plans asneeded.
- Conducts on-site inspections of facilities, utility systems, equipment, and assigned areas to ensure compliance with applicable plans, codes, regulations, policies,
- Conducts investigations and assists with special research studies, to include tracking and identifying pollution sources within assigned areas, collecting evidence to document violations, and identifying responsible parties to enforce applicable codes, typically involving the issuance of official notices and documentation.
- Conducts on-site sampling of industrial waste and other materials in accordance with applicable guidelines and policies; work involves collecting and delivering samples and assisting with analyzing test results and/or communicating study findings.
- Prepares and/or maintains operational, project, and other departmental reports, records, files, and other documents; prepares and issues notices, permits, and other documentation; updates and maintains databases; gathers and compiles data; prepares information for submittal to internal and external agencies; and reviews work and work of others to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Provides customer service; collaborates with a variety of internal and external parties; responds to public concerns, complaints, and questions; sends timely notifications to assigned parties to facilitate issue resolution; provides public education; and testifies in court, as assigned.
- Maintains supply inventory; maintains and operates equipment; ensures equipment is appropriately calibrated and in proper working condition; and makes purchase recommendations, as assigned.
- Assigned, incumbents may serve as lead workers, assigning work and monitoring work completion
Positions assigned to may be responsible for:- Performing inspections and enforcing compliance with the City's Sewer Use Ordinance, the Collection System permit and industrial user permits, Fats Oils and Grease, and related ordinances including conducting site inspections and on-site sampling of facilities, grease trapinterceptors and oil water separators.
- Updating and maintaining databases.
- Maintaining and operating equipment.
- Educating the food service provider industry.
- Coordinating logistics for public education and outreach programs.
- Managing and attending outreach events either alone or with a team.
- Responding to sewer overflows and recommending/performing mitigation.
- Assisting in general education by making community presentations and participating in public outreach activities.
Minimum Qualifications & Experience - Associate's degree in environmental science, chemistry, biology, or directly related field.
- Three years of related experience.
- A valid North Carolina Class C Driver's license, or must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire.
Additional Preferred Skills- Coursework related to environmental science, and environmental technology may be preferred.
- North Carolina pretreatment, wastewater collection system orwastewater laboratory certification preferred for industrial assignments.
Benefits - General Full-Time Employees - 12-13 paid holidays per year
- 13 standard work days of vacation per year
- 13 standard work days of sick leave per year, which accumulates indefinitely; sick leave may be used toward early retirement
- 2 weeks paid military leave per year
- Medical, dental, vision, and supplemental life insurance plans
- State and City retirement plans
- Short and long term disability plans
- Paid temporary disability leave for specified conditions
- City contribution of 13.6% into the N.C. State Retirement System
- Paid funeral leave
- Employee Assistance Program - personal and family counseling
- Paid life insurance equal to annual salary
- 48 hours for volunteer work each year*
- 4 hours parental leave each year
- Workman's Compensation Insurance
- 457 Deferred Compensation Plans
Benefits - Part-Time (1,000 hours or more per year) - 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
- State retirement plan
Benefits Part-Time (Average 30 hours per week over 12 month period) - 401(k) retirement plan (5.0% of salary)
- State retirement plan effective first day of the month following date of hire
- Health insurance effective first day of the month following date of hire
- Dental and life insurance, after one year of service
- Pro-rated vacation, pro-rated sick, pro-rated floating holiday, parttime holiday pay (based on scheduled hours for that day) after one year of service
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Do you have a valid, unrestricted, North Carolina driver's license? (If you have a license from a State other than North Carolina, you must be willing and able to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days of hire)
- I have a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license.
- I have a valid license from another State and I am willing to obtain a valid, unrestricted NC driver's license within 60 days.
- I do NOT have a valid, unrestricted driver's license, and I am unwilling or unable to obtain one within 60 days of my start date
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