Water Quality Compliance Specialist
About The Position
This position implements the City’s Stormwater Facility Best Management Practice (BMP) Inspection and Enforcement Program for stormwater facilities, implements the Dry Weather Outfall Screening Program, investigates Illicit Discharge and Illegal Discharge (IDDE) Complaints, performs Staff Training, and performs Public Education and Outreach to support compliance with the City’s Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) General Permit and MS4 Program Plan. The position works under the supervision of the Stormwater Principal Planner, and must take a highly proactive approach to work, think strategically to formulate solutions, and possess strong verbal and written communication skills to work effectively with the public, coworkers, and elected officials. Given that this position responds to resident service requests and performs essential job functions like BMP and outfall inspections, the position will not include a routine telework option.
Requirements
- Four-Year College Degree
- one year of experience stormwater pollution and measurement activities, and preventing pollution in storm water runoffs to comply with water quality requirements mandated by the Clean Water Act (CWA) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Program or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.
Nice To Haves
- Four-Year College Degree
- College/university graduation with major course work in environmental sciences or engineering, water resources, natural resources, or a related field
- thorough technical knowledge of the principles and practices of environmental sciences or engineering, especially related to the media of water
- ability to be present in the office five (5) days a week, along with some weekend and evening work
- ability to lift a minimum of 50 pounds
Responsibilities
- Implements a comprehensive Stormwater Facility BMP Inspection and Enforcement Program for private BMPs by performing onsite inspections, completing all inspection documentation, interacting with the public for required maintenance activities, completing all enforcement actions, and properly documenting the process
- Maintains the City’s BMP Database, to include creating entries for new BMPs from site development plans, creating electronic and hard copy field files, updating the ArcGIS layer, generating reports, and performing routine QA/QC of the data to ensure accuracy
- Reviews As-Built plans for conformity with approved site plans prior to bond release
- Reviews BMP Maintenance Agreements and BMP Certifications to ensure conformity with submitted site plans under review and approved as-built plans, respectively
- Performs Dry Weather Outfall Screening, to include inspections and maintenance of the Outfall Database
- Responds to Illicit Discharge and Illegal Dumping complaints, enforces violations of the City’s ordinance and completes all documentation using the Alex311 service request system built on Salesforce and the Cityworks™ asset management system
- Provides Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) and Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping training for field staff per the MS4 Program Plan, completes required documentation, and updates training materials as needed
- Implements Public Education and Outreach activities to include planning and holding stream cleanups, organizing and completing outreach events, and providing outreach to the public
- Helps create education and outreach materials for dissemination through social media, eNews, websites, or in-person events
- Performs related work as required
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
