TCEQ - Director VI (TCEQ Employees Only)

Job Description:

TCEQ - Director VI (TCEQ Employees Only)

Description

Job Description

Are you an experienced Manager, Director or have experience directing programs ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency?
Join TCEQ! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state's public health and natural resources.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM
As part of TCEQ's Office of Water, you would contribute to ensuring clean and available water and protecting Texas, water resources. See details about what we do .

This position is a member of our Water Quality Planning Division (WQPD).

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Manage and direct programs and staff of the Water Quality Planning Division, which include water quality monitoring and assessment, Texas Surface Water Quality Standards, Total Maximum Daily Loads, Nonpoint Source, Galveston Bay Estuary, Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries, and the Sugar Land Laboratory.
• Complete and/or direct personnel management functions. Manage personnel effectively to meet performance and communication objectives.
• Evaluate state and federal regulatory developments and legislation as they impact division operations; and implement regulations as needed.
• Communicate regulations concerning division responsibilities to agency executive management, federal and state officials, and internal and external customers.
• Manage all aspects of the division budget, assuring proper monitoring, allocation, and expenditure of funds.
• Serve as division contact to the Agency Records Management program concerning records retention, storage, access, and destruction.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience planning, developing, coordinating, and facilitating work activities among internal teams within government or other large organizations to implement legislative, federal, or programmatic commitments.
• Management experience, including leading, hiring and developing staff, tracking performance management, and mentoring others.
• Experience with government agencies or other large organization's budget processes, government contracts, and/or grants.

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in a field relevant to assignment.

OR

Experience in the management of a business function, division, or department to include professional management experience where primary duties consist of planning organizing, controlling, and directing the work of an organization or formal subdivision, or team.

OR

Experience as a special assistant to a TCEQ director or deputy director developing management policies and directing/evaluating operations.

Employees in this classification series may research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure, including but not limited to a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. See Tex. Business & Commerce Code Section 117.001(2). Accordingly, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a requirement to be hired for and to continue to be employed with TCEQ.

TRANSCRIPT/ COLLEGE HOURS or COURSE WORK:
See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the qualifications listed above.

Work Schedule
Standard business hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Individual and work group schedule determined by the Office of Water.

BENEFITS

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
• Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
• Professional development opportunities
• Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
• Wellness Program and Activities
• Onsite Nurse Practitioner in HQ
• Work-Life Balance

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT
TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.
In compliance with ADA, if you need any special accommodations during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) CODES
Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/ . Please click the hyperlink under 'Occupational Category', for the respective Class Title.
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Closing Date/Time: 2026-07-15

Salary:

$12472.00 - 12472.00 Monthly