Sr. Environmental Specialist

Job Description:

Sr. Environmental Specialist

Description

Pay Range: $65,563 - $85,232 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Friday, January 17, 2025

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Sr. Environmental Specialist job is available with The City of Fort Worth (Water Department Customer Care / Pretreatment Services). This position is with the Grease Abatement Team and would be responsible for conducting inspections, collecting samples, and managing accounts of Food Service Establishments. Additionally, this position manages Grease Abatement roles for Customer Cities and conducts Plan Review tasks for new commercial builds.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in biology, chemistry, environmental science, or a related field
• Three (3) years of responsible experience in state or federally regulated environmental programs.
• Valid Texas driver’s license
• Be registered or complete registration with National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP) as a Registered Environmental Manager (REM) or higher level of competency with two (2) years from employment date.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least one (1) year experience with FOG program

The Sr. Environmental Specialist job responsibilities include:

• Conduct inspections of Food Service Establishments
• Collect wastewater samples
• Act as lead investigator for complaints and environmental investigations
• Conduct plan review tasks for commercial projects
• Act as lead for public outreach / education tasks

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.