Job Description:

MassDEP seeks applicants for the position of Environmental Analyst V (EA V) for the Bureau of Air and Waste (BAW). This position is assigned to the Western Regional Office (WERO), located in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Under the direction of the Deputy Regional Director for the Bureau of Air and Waste, or designee, the EA V will serve as the Solid Waste Section Chief and will be responsible for management and supervision of the Solid Waste Program.

Job Duties:

• Supervise, mentor, and support Solid Waste Program staff by assigning work, setting priorities, providing guidance and training, reviewing work products, and conducting performance evaluations.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the regional Solid Waste Program, including inspections, permitting, compliance, complaint response, enforcement, and related activities.
• Establish program priorities and ensure inspections, permit reviews, enforcement actions, and other responsibilities are completed in a timely, consistent, and effective manner.
• Provide leadership and technical direction on complex or sensitive solid waste matters involving compliance, permitting, facility operations, enforcement strategy, complaints, and public or municipal concerns.
• Review and approve inspection reports, enforcement documents, permit correspondence, technical memoranda, and other written materials to ensure accuracy, consistency, and regulatory defensibility.
• Evaluate compliance issues and determine appropriate regulatory responses, including compliance assistance, enforcement actions, penalties, orders, and referrals for legal action when necessary, while ensuring matters are tracked and resolved promptly.
• Coordinate with MassDEP legal staff, regional leadership, program managers, and other agencies on matters involving permitting, enforcement, policy, appeals, litigation, and overlapping regulatory issues.
• Work with facility operators, municipalities, consultants, attorneys, public officials, and members of the public to explain regulatory requirements, resolve issues, and advance program objectives.
• Represent MassDEP at meetings, conferences, site visits, public discussions, hearings, and other proceedings involving solid waste facilities, compliance matters, permitting, and enforcement activities.
• Review and analyze technical reports, permit applications, consultant submissions, and compliance documents, and prepare correspondence, memoranda, reports, and recommendations supporting program oversight and decision-making.
• Promote effective communication, sound judgment, and practical problem-solving while ensuring the protection of public health, safety, and the environment and maintaining productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Identify training needs, workload challenges, process improvements, and program risks; support implementation of MassDEP policies and priorities; and perform other related duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of environmental protection, environmental regulation, environmental science, public health, or natural resource protection.
• Knowledge of or ability to understand and apply laws, regulations, policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines governing assigned program activities.
• Knowledge of the general purpose and function of environmental compliance, permitting, inspection, and enforcement programs.
• Ability to supervise, manage, motivate, train, and evaluate staff.
• Ability to establish priorities, manage competing deadlines, and ensure accountability for timely completion of work.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating complex facts, regulatory requirements, compliance issues, and recommended courses of action.
• Ability to determine appropriate compliance and enforcement responses based on the nature, severity, and circumstances of violations.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to explain technical, regulatory, or procedural information in a clear, practical, and understandable manner to diverse audiences.
• Ability to prepare, review, and edit correspondence, reports, memoranda, enforcement documents, permit-related documents, and other written materials.
• Ability to give oral and written instructions in a precise and understandable manner.
• Ability to conduct and participate in meetings involving agency staff, municipal officials, regulated entities, consultants, attorneys, public officials, and members of the public.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, supervisors, senior management, municipal officials, public officials, regulated entities, consultants, and the general public.
• Ability to remain professional, diplomatic, and effective in challenging, sensitive, or adversarial situations.
• Ability to work collaboratively to resolve problems while maintaining appropriate regulatory boundaries and enforcement authority.
• Ability to work independently, adapt to changing priorities, and make recommendations to management on complex or sensitive matters.
• Ability to read, understand, and evaluate technical reports, inspection findings, compliance information, permit applications, and other documents relevant to assigned program activities.
• Ability to maintain accurate records and use data or tracking systems to monitor inspections, enforcement, permitting, and program activities.
• Ability to use standard office technology, including Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and other data or document management systems.
• Possession of a valid Massachusetts driver's license or equivalent is required.

Qualifications:
First consideration will be given to those applicants that apply within the first 14 days.

MINIMUM ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS:

Applicants must have at least six years of full-time, or equivalent part-time, technical or professional experience in the field of environmental science, biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental health, meteorology, natural science, toxicology or public health, of which (B) at least four years must have been in a professional capacity, and of which (C) at least two years must have been in a supervisory, managerial or administrative capacity, or (D) any equivalent combination of the required experience and the following substitutions.

Substitutions:

I. An Associate's degree with a major in the field of environmental science, biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental health, meteorology, natural science, toxicology or public health may be substituted for a maximum of one year of the required (A) experience.*

II. A Bachelor's degree with a major in the field of environmental science, biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental health, meteorology, natural science, toxicology or public health may be substituted for a maximum of two years of the required (A) experience.*

III. A Graduate degree with a major in environmental science, biology, chemistry, earth science, environmental health, meteorology, natural science, toxicology or public health may be substituted for a maximum of three years of the required (A) experience and one year of the required (B) experience.*

*Education toward such a degree will be prorated on the basis of the proportion of the requirements actually competed.

NOTE: Educational substitutions will only be permitted for a maximum of one year of the required (B) experience. No substitutions will be permitted for the required (C) experience.

Comprehensive Benefits

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