Environmental Scientist Manager

Salary : $5,845.00 - $10,521.00 Monthly
Location : Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type: Promotion
Job Number: 26-99 ES Mgr KS
Department: Department of Environmental Quality
Division: OES PERMIT SUP/PERMIT SUPPORT & LELAP
Opening Date: 10/06/2026
Closing Date: 10/11/2026 11:59 PM Central

This Environmental Scientist Manager vacancy is in the Permit Support and Louisiana Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (LELAP) Section of the Public Participation and Permit Support Division, Office of Environmental Services. The manager leads three units: the Permit Application Administrative Review Group, the Public Participation & Database Support Group, and LELAP. The section administratively reviews permit applications, processes Notification of Change (NOC-1) forms, maintains certain aspects of TEMPO, issues public notices and schedules and conducts public hearings for draft permits in the air, water, solid waste, and hazardous waste programs. It also accredits the environmental laboratories whose data the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality relies on.

Minimum Qualifications
A bachelor's degree in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field plus four years of experience in an environmental program, nuclear energy or radiation protection program; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); an environmental, analytical, or research laboratory, LIMS (Lab Integrated Management Systems), or laboratory auditing; OR

A master's degree in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field plus three years of experience in an environmental program, nuclear energy or radiation protection program; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); an environmental, analytical, or research laboratory, LIMS (Lab Integrated Management Systems), or laboratory auditing; OR

A doctorate in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field plus two years of experience in an environmental program, nuclear energy or radiation protection program; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); an environmental, analytical, or research laboratory, LIMS (Lab Integrated Management Systems), or laboratory auditing.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Manages the Permit Application Administrative Review (PAAR) group, the Public Participation and Database Support Group (PPG-DSG) group, and the Louisiana Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program (LELAP) group of the Permit Support and LELAP Section (PLS).
• Directs PLS activities; ensures work processes are efficient, strategic and operational plan commitments are met, and staff receive appropriate training.
• Reviews Notification of Change (NOC-1) letters, LELAP reports and correspondence, and public notices.
• Manages the LELAP contract assessor Request for Proposal process; present the Department in workgroups and meetings; assists in the preparation of regulations.

Position-Specific Details:
Appointment Type: Promotion - Internal Open only to current permanent employees of DEQ
Domicile: East Baton Rouge Parish

Compensation: This position offers a Special Entrance Rate (SER) listed below. This is the minimum compensation that may be offered. The job title and salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

• Environmental Scientist Manager: $38.45 per hour

How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application if possible (PDF format preferred). The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

You must submit an equivalency evaluation statement for any international degree(s) by the closing of this announcement.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Kierra Smith

LDEQ/OMF

(225)219-3850

Kierra.Smith2@la.gov

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Briefly describe your supervisory experience, including assigning work, reviewing and approving work products, and completing performance evaluations? Include your role, the number of employees you supervised, and the number of years of experience.
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Briefly describe your experience with environmental laboratory accreditation, laboratory assessments, or laboratory quality systems, include any experience with LELAP. Include the number of years of experience.
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Briefly describe your experience working in an environmental permitting program. Include your years of experience and the program media (i.g., air, water, solid waste, or hazardous waste).
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Briefly describe your experience with the NOC-1 process. Include the number of years of experience.
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Briefly describe your experience with public notices for draft permits. Include the number of years of experience and program media.
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Briefly describe your experience with scheduling or conducting public hearings or public meetings for draft permits. Include the number of years of experience and program media.
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Briefly describe your experience with TEMPO, include any experience with maintaining reference tables, templates, and/or the standard libraries in TEMPO. Include the number of years of experience.
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Have you been responsible for any part of a procurement for contracted services (e.g., writing a scope of work, serving as RFP contact, evaluatingproposals, or monitoring a contract)? If yes, briefly describe your role and include the number of years of experience.
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Do you possess a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear, or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field?

• Yes
• No

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Are you a current permanent employee of DEQ?

• Yes
• No

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