Pretreatment Compliance Specialist Senior - Austin Water

City of Austin

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Under minimal supervision and using advanced knowledge of concepts, practices, procedures, and regulations, verify and ensure compliance of the pretreatment regulated community. Responsible for projects of advanced scope and complexity. The position performs environmental compliance work for Austin Water’s approved pretreatment program. This critical work ensures that the City meets all federal and state requirements for administering a program to protect the City’s wastewater treatment and collection systems from adverse effects of industrial and commercial wastewater pollutant discharges to the City’s system. The pretreatment program helps to make sure that the wastewater treatment operations are protected and effective in assuring that the millions of gallons of wastewater treated each day at our facilities meets the strictest water quality standards and permit effluent for discharging to receiving streams in our community. This program is also responsible for ensuring that pollutant sludge standards are met consistently to allow the City to continue producing biosolids that can be re-used beneficially. The position requires someone with environmental regulatory expertise and an ability not just to learn and understand existing and new complex regulations, but also to teach commercial and industrial stakeholders and community members about these regulations and how to comply with them in furtherance of these goals. The Pretreatment Compliance Specialist, Senior position being advertised will play a large role in our program’s team that focuses on industrial user permitting, inspection and pretreatment plan reviews, but the person hired will also be expected to contribute and develop experience and expertise in all other program areas and activities.

Requirements

Knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local regulations.
Knowledge of City practices, policies, and procedures.
Knowledge of architectural and engineering principles and practices
Skill in oral and in written communication.
Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
Skill in using computers and related software applications.
Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
Skill in planning and organizing.
Skill in providing leadership, training, guidance, and technical support.
Ability to conduct research and/or investigations.
Ability to provide customer service and problem solving.
Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with City employees and the public.
Bachelor's degree with major/minor course work in a scientific field related to the job, plus five (5) years of relevant experience; or Associate's Degree in a scientific field related to the job, plus Seven (7) years of relevant experience; or Master’s degree with major course work in a scientific field related to the job, plus Three (3) years of relevant experience.
Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License.
External New Hires must meet the City of Austin’s Driver Record Evaluation (DRE) requisite. To be considered for a driving position, applicants cannot have more than three moving violations or a total of six Driver Record Evaluation points within a period of thirty-six (36) months.

Nice To Haves

Professional work experience in Natural, Environmental or Physical Science
Experience with pretreatment or environmental/field investigations, or other regulatory compliance related activities and knowledge of local, state or federal water and wastewater rules and regulations
Experience reviewing building and construction plans and specifications for compliance with regulations.
Experience providing technical advice and assistance to internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

Leads teams responsible for conducting, and reporting on investigations, audits, surveillance, monitoring, inspection, sampling, analyses, research, training, outreach, recognition, permitting, registration, enforcement and other environmental and pretreatment-related activities and programs.
Initiates the negotiation to resolve cases or enforcement proceedings for environmental, pretreatment, and pollution prevention issues of diverse scope and complexity.
Review and ensure all plans and proposals meet or exceed all federal, state, and local code/ordinance/regulations pretreatment guidelines and criteria.
Collect, process, analyze and evaluate information and data submitted within permit applications, contracts, schedules, proposals, self-monitoring reports and laboratory reports to provide approvals, recommendations and assess compliance with applicable regulations.
Interpret and explain City policies and procedures, and provide technical information/ advice, assistance and training for internal and external customers.
Conduct case file preparation, initiate and participate in administrative and criminal enforcement proceedings and provide testimony in legal proceedings, for alleged violations of regulations.
Research, develop, review, interpret, recommend, and implement changes to specifications, standards, policies, procedures, codes, regulations and ordinances.
Leads public outreach efforts, initiatives, task forces, and committees; represent department at board and commission meetings; and conduct and make presentations for internal and external customers.
Perform inventory procurement and control functions, and consult with and monitor performance of contractors.
Perform rotational on-call duty and respond to spill and/or emergency events, incidents, complaints, actions and other related situations.
May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.