Environmental Program Specialist 1/ Trainee 1/2

DO NOT APPLY THROUGH HANDSHAKE! SEE APPLICATION PROCEDURE IN NEXT PARAGRAPH. Looking for a career where you can make a positive social impact? How about job stability and financial security? Work-life balance and skill development? Working for the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) offers these opportunities, and more! Working in the DEC is a great opportunity to engage in a field where candidates will help to protect and enhance our environment at a time in which there are ambitious plans and opportunities to be part of finding solutions to the biggest issues we face, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, supporting/implementing water quality and protection programs, cleaning up hazardous waste and brownfield sites that foster redevelopment, and tackling our solid waste challenges.

The DEC’s Division of Environmental Remediation (DER) is actively recruiting, interviewing, and hiring qualified Environmental Program Specialist 1/Trainee 1/2 candidates for a position at the RayBrook Regional office. See the posting: https://statejobs.ny.gov/public/vacancyDetailsView.cfm?id=160975. Note the bachelor’s degree and other requirements for the position. To apply, simply send your resume to PostingResponses@dec.ny.gov including “Vacancy #24-160975” on your resume and also in the subject line of the email or it may not be accepted. APPLICATIONS NOT ACCEPTED THROUGH HANDSHAKE! Prospective applicants can search specific job titles here: https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/titleinfo.cfm?jobcode=4063035&nu=05 for more information on the job descriptions, qualifications, and salaries, and review State benefits here: https://dec.ny.gov/about/employment/permanent/benefits.

Duties of the position shall include emergency spill response which requires at a minimum: be available 24/7 in accordance with a predetermined on-call schedule to respond to petroleum and chemical spills, as required/directed. Provide oversight and prepare complete, accurate and detailed inspection reports, review investigation reports to determine cause and responsible parties. Prepare complete, accurate, and timely Investigative Summary Reports for cost recovery and testify in formal enforcement proceedings. Duties will also include management and oversight of investigation and cleanup projects in the State Superfund Program, Brownfield, Environmental Restoration Program, and Chemical and Bulk Storage Programs. Duties will involve interaction with remedial parties, property owners, the public and governmental agencies; oversight of remediation sites, remedial consultants, and contractors; review of site conditions and data to assess the nature and extent of site contamination, and evaluation of remedial alternatives and remedy selection; design and implementation of selected remedies and monitoring of remedy effectiveness. The candidate is expected to communicate effectively (verbal and written) and manage multiple projects simultaneously and under tight time schedules.