Salary : $68,774.37 - $114,625.06 Annually
Location : LORTON (JN02), VA
Job Type: FT Salary W BN
Job Number: 25-01340
Department: DPWES Solid Waste Management
Opening Date: 07/19/2025
Closing Date: 8/1/2025 11:59 PM Eastern
Pay Grade: S24
Posting Type: Open to General Public

Job Announcement

Do you want to make a difference? Are you excited to join a team that serves in assisting to help make Fairfax County a zero-waste community? If your answers are "Yes", we need you! The Fairfax County Department of Public Works and Environmental Services (DPWES) seeks a Management Analyst II to provide analytical, logistical and technical support to the Solid Waste Management Program (SWMP).

This position serves as a key contributor for an array of analytical, logistical, and technical support services for SWMP. Collects, measures, monitors and analyzes business operations and productivity to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and value of services and makes recommendations for improvement. Plans, conduct and/or oversees studies or research activities to ensure field operation/technical services program quality. Determines unmet needs and makes recommendations to ensure the effectiveness of existing programs. Conducts routine and ongoing data analyses, metrics management, and data presentations. Develops and administers procurement actions across a range of disciplines, including but not limited to, transportation, disposal, recycling, and technical support services. Serves as lead for key projects and operational programs. Engages in safe working practices and comply with Solid Waste safety programs and guidelines. Complies with DPWES Safety Competencies.

Benefits:
Fairfax County Government is committed to our employees, and offers comprehensive benefits, including a defined-benefit retirement plan; medical, life and disability insurance; paid leave; tuition reimbursement; and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. Through our LiveWell Program and the County Benefits Division, we endeavor to cultivate a culture of wellbeing that empowers, educates and engages employees and retirees to make life-long choices that promote a holistic approach to their physical, mental, emotional, social, spiritual and financial wellness. Please review our awesome benefits:DPWES provides award-winning solid waste collection services for approximately 45,000 homes, operates a transfer station and landfill, regulates solid waste services, and leads sustainability initiatives to promote zero waste goals for Fairfax County. DPWES Solid Waste is a diverse work force of approximately 300 merit and 50 non-merit employees and has an annual operating budget of more than $100M. Our nationally-recognized team of professionals are working together towards a singular goal: providing environmentally-responsible and cost-effective management of municipal solid waste, keeping Fairfax County safe, green, healthy, and clean.

Analyzes and evaluates public works/environmental services field operations and technical services. Develops, recommends and implements long-term and short-term improvements in operations. Reviews, analyzes and evaluates the effective use of the field operations or technical services branch's resources and makes recommendations to SWMP Leadership to improve organizational productivity and/or levels of service.

Identifies and uses proper business metrics to form the basis of recommended organizational changes or adjustments that need to be made to improve services/operations. Collects, measures, monitors, and analyzes business operations/levels of service to ensure efficiency, effectiveness and value of services and makes recommendations for improvement. Plans, conduct and/or oversees studies or research activities to ensure field operation/technical services program quality; determines unmet needs and makes recommendations to ensure the effectiveness of existing programs.

Note: The assigned functional areas for this position include operations analysis, contract management, and systems management.
Employment Standards

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in the field related to the assigned functional area; plus two years of professional work experience within the functional area.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
Valid driver's license.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check and driving record check to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Two years of experience in Zero Waste or Environmental Sustainability Program Management.
• Three years of experience in collecting, analyzing data and reporting on statistics.
• Three years of business management experience.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
Ability to perform repetitive hand, arm, wrist and shoulder movements. Ability to walk, negotiate or traverse property sites that may be undergoing construction or having terrain that is not level. Work requires performing tasks in an environment in which raw waste is present. Ability to input, access, and retrieve information from a computer. Ability to lift up to 25 lbs. without assistance and over 25 lbs. with or without assistance. Ability to operate a motor vehicle. Ability to perform repetitive hand, arm, wrist, and shoulder movements. Manual dexterity is needed in the performance of tasks. All duties performed with or without reasonable accommodations.

SELECTION PROCEDURE:
Panel interview and may include exercise.

The population of Fairfax County is very diverse where 39% of residents speak a language other than English at home () and we encourage candidates bilingual in English and a foreign language to apply to this opportunity.

Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. TTY 703-222-7314. EEO/AA/TTY.

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Merit Positions

Fairfax County is proud to offer employees an attractive and comprehensive benefits program, including the following:

• Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
• Group Term Life Insurance
• Long Term Disability
• LiveWell Program
• Flexible Spending Programs
• Paid Leave (annual, sick, parental, volunteer activity, and more!)
• Paid Holidays
• Contributory Retirement Plan
• Deferred Compensation
• Employee Assistance Program
• Employees' Child Care Center
• Continuous Learning Opportunities

NOTE: Fairfax County Government is a qualifying employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. For more information about the PSLF program:

For additional details please visit the
Non-Merit Positions

1. Non-Merit Benefit Eligible: scheduled to work a minimum 1,040 hours and no more than a maximum of 1,560 hours in a calendar year.
   • Medical/Vision/Dental Insurance Coverage
   • Flexible Spending Program
   • Deferred Compensation
2. Temporary: scheduled to work a maximum of 900 hours in a calendar year.
   • No benefits

01

What is the highest level of education that you have completed?

• Less than 12th grade
• High school diploma or GED
• Some college
• Associate's degree
• Bachelor's degree
• Master's degree
• Doctorate degree

02

If you answered "Some college" for the highest level of education completed, please indicate the number of quarter or semester hours you have completed towards a related degree.

• Less than 45 quarter hours
• 45 to less than 90 quarter hours
• 90 to less than 135 quarter hours
• 135 to less than 180 quarter hours
• 180 or more quarter hours
• Less than 30 semester hours
• 30 to less than 60 semester hours
• 60 to less than 90 semester hours
• 90 to less than 120 semester hours
• 120 or more semester hours
• Not applicable

03

Please indicate all major(s) or minor(s) for your completed degree(s). Check all that apply.

• Environmental sciences
• Engineering
• Construction management
• Architecture
• Other (related field)
• Other (non-related field)
• Not applicable

04

If you answered "Other (related field)" or "Other (non-related field)" for the previous question, please list the discipline of your degree. If this question does not pertain to you or you do not possess a degree, enter "N/A".
05

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have within the assigned functional areas of operations analysis, contract management, and/or systems management?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five to less than six years
• Six or more years

06

Do you currently possess a valid driver's license?

• Yes
• No

07

How many years of full-time equivalent professional experience do you have working in a data management program related to environmental, engineering, or construction fields?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five years or more

08

How many years of experience do you have in Zero Waste or Environmental Sustainability Program Management?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five years or more

09

How many years of experience do you have collecting, analyzing data and reporting on statistics?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five years or more

10

How many years of business management do you have?

• None
• Less than one year
• One to less than two years
• Two to less than three years
• Three to less than four years
• Four to less than five years
• Five years or more

11

Please indicate your level of proficiency with data visualization software like Microsoft PowerBI.

• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• No experience

12

Please indicate your level of proficiency with Microsoft Excel.

• Beginner (Basic knowledge of creating a worksheet; performing calculations in a worksheet; modifying and formatting a worksheet; printing workbook contents)
• Intermediate (Knowledge of inserting and modifying graphic objects in a worksheet; customizing and enhancing workbooks; analyzing data using Pivot Tables, Slicers, and Pivot Charts)
• Advanced (Extensive knowledge of increasing productivity and improving efficiency by streamlining workflow; collaborating with others using workbooks; auditing worksheets; analyzing data; working with multiple workbooks; importing and exporting data, using Excel with the web)
• No experience

Required Question