ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER - SES - 37020194

State of Florida • WEST PALM BEACH, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

This is an internal agency position located in West Palm Beach, Florida. The incumbent in this supervisory position is responsible for overseeing district staff in the Compliance Assurance Program. The role involves significant communication, motivation, training, and evaluation of employees, as well as planning and directing their work. The position has the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action. Responsibilities include conducting performance appraisals, identifying and developing high performers, initiating improvement plans for underperformers, and managing time and attendance for direct reports. The role also involves training staff, planning staff needs, ensuring staff efficiency and effectiveness, developing staff technical expertise, identifying and mentoring staff for leadership positions, motivating and building a team, and actively supporting DEP's statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements. The position requires maintaining effective internal communications, serving in assigned leadership roles, coordinating projects across district and division boundaries, negotiating with regulated entities to resolve disputes, advising staff on rule consistency, reviewing and approving compliance inspections and documents, participating in audits, working towards program and district goals, coordinating with manager counterparts, investigating and resolving issues, ensuring productive relationships with applicants/permittees, coordinating with management to reduce case resolution and response times, supporting upper management, managing conflicts, and representing Senior Leadership in their absence. Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

• Knowledge of leadership principles and techniques.
• Knowledge of the terminology, principles, and analytical techniques of the physical or natural sciences.
• Knowledge of data collection and analysis principles and procedures.
• Skilled in problem solving, managing conflict, and negotiating mutually acceptable outcomes across multiple programs.
• Skilled in managing and critically evaluating data and reporting program metric reports to assess and meet required Levels of Service.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures relating to multiple environmental programs.
• Ability to manage a multi-media compliance assistance program.
• Ability to supervise people.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assign work and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, and leadership.
• Ability to and prove experience and skill in managing conflicts and negotiating mutually acceptable outcomes.
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to improvement of operational and management practices.
• Ability to communicate regulatory information effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to speak to a large audience.
• Ability to use critical thinking skills.
• Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others and motivate a team.
• Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to monitor and inspect projects.
• Skill in strong written and communication skills.
• Knowledge in analyzing and interpreting data.
• Ability to coordinate with peers in order to meet workload commitments and goals.
• Valid Driver License.
• Travel, as required.
• At least 4 years of verifiable related experience in regulatory inspection/compliance/permitting or other related experience.
• Post-secondary degrees from an accredited college or university may be used as an alternative for the required 4 years of experience on a year-for-year basis.
• Successful completion of background screening will be required for this position.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing district staff in the Compliance Assurance Program.
• Communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees.
• Planning and directing employees’ work.
• Hiring, transferring, suspending, laying off, recalling, promoting, discharging, assigning, rewarding, or disciplining subordinate employees or effectively recommending such action.
• Conducting performance appraisals for employees at least annually.
• Identifying stellar performers and providing opportunities for increased visibility and training.
• Identifying poor performers and initiating improvement plans and, if necessary, termination.
• Responsible for time and attendance of direct reports.
• Training staff and planning staff needs necessary to achieve Department objectives within the Compliance Assurance Program.
• Ensuring that staff are efficient and effectively meeting deadlines, developing positive relationships, and professionally representing the department.
• Developing staff technical expertise in regulated industries.
• Identifying, developing, and mentoring staff for leadership positions.
• Motivating and building a team.
• Actively supporting and working toward fulfilling the DEP’s statutory requirements, regulatory requirements, and policies.
• Maintaining effective internal communications with superiors and subordinates.
• Serving in leadership roles assigned by Senior Leadership.
• Coordinating projects across district and division boundaries to streamline processes, promote consistency, and further the OneDEP concept.
• Negotiating with the regulated entities to resolve compliance and/or permitting/waste cleanup disputes, assuring that the impacts to the environment are acceptable as identified by Department rules.
• Advising staff regarding consistency with Department rules & policies.
• Reviewing and approving compliance inspections and/or documents in accordance with the District Director’s approved signatory authority delegation list.
• Participating in audits of local environmental programs and serving in advisory roles to those programs throughout the year.
• Working toward meeting program and district goals per the district’s Business Plan.
• Coordinating with manager counterparts to meet program needs.
• Investigating, assessing, analyzing and making recommendations to resolve issues and offer solutions to supervisor.
• Ensuring productive relationships with applicants/permittees.
• Coordinating with Assistant Director and Environmental Managers to reduce time for case resolution and response times.
• Being supportive and positive toward upper management.
• Managing conflicts and negotiating mutually acceptable outcomes.
• Representing Senior Leadership in their absence.
• Performing other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits.
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year.
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options.
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions.
• Tuition waivers.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: Associate degree