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Environmental Program Coordinator 3 – Maintenance Clean Water Program Coordinator
Oregon Department of Transportation
Delivery & Operations Division – Maintenance & Operations Branch
Maintenance Services Section / Environmental Program
Salem

The role:

Join our team as the maintenance clean water program coordinator where you will serve as our technical expert on water quality regulations that pertain to ODOT highway maintenance activities. Bring your knowledge of protecting water resources and experience complying with water quality regulations to help us keep ODOT’s highways safe and operational!

We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply for our positions. We hope you’ll join us on our path to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging through our values, commitments, strategies and actions.

Before applying, visit our applicant information website to learn more about our process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, you must apply through your employee Workday profile.

A day in the life:

• Coordinate the development and implementation of our clean water program to address water quality compliance efforts involving maintenance actions and oversight.

• Organize, plan, coordinate and evaluate budget requirements in the development and implementation of complex and controversial clean water permits.

• Track and report the status of procedures necessary to meet permit conditions and ensure that regulatory agencies, interested parties and decision makers are informed of progress.

• Coordinate and provide tools to maintenance staff to inspect and maintain water quality facilities intended to treat highway stormwater runoff.

• Coordinate across business lines and multiple statewide programs, state and federal regulatory agencies to understand agency goals, constraints and concerns related to clean water regulatory compliance.

• Review inspection data and report issues to maintenance and the hydraulic engineering section.

• Coordinate with the hydraulic engineering section on the development of water quality facility maintenance requirements to ensure guidance is implementable.

• Work in a standard office environment. Work outside of the office may involve exposure to difficult terrain, all weather condition, heavy traffic, construction equipment and other hazardous conditions. Hybrid work options available with remote work allowed 2-3 days per week pending manager approval.

• To request a copy of the position description, which includes all duties and working conditions, please email ODOTRecruitment@odot.oregon.gov.

What’s in it for you:

• Work/life balance, 11 paid holidays a year, flexible work schedules, paid leave and so much more. Learn more about working at the Oregon Department of Transportation and the benefits we offer.

• Comprehensive and equitable base salary offer within the listed range. Through an equal pay assessment, we will determine the salary offer using the information you provide in your submitted application materials. Please ensure your application materials are detailed, accurate and reflect your skills, experience (paid and unpaid) and education as they relate to the position when applying.

• The salary range listed is the non-PERS monthly salary range. If you are already a participating PERS member or once you become PERS eligible, the salary range will increase by 6%.

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness opportunity!

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Minimum qualifications:

A bachelor's degree in environmental science, a physical science, a natural science, engineering, or a closely-related field AND three years of environmental analysis or resource project management experience, one year of which must have included research, design and analysis

NOTE: Three additional years of environmental analysis or resource project management experience may substitute for the bachelor's degree.

What we’d like to see:

If you have these attributes, let us know in your application materials! It's how we will choose whom to move forward! You do not need to have all these qualities to be eligible for this position. We may also use transferable skills, experience, education and alignment with ODOT values to help us decide who will move forward.

• Proven experience working in earth sciences.

• Proven ability to research, understand and apply environmental regulations.

• Experience working independently to analyze diverse resources and generate solutions.

• Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills including the ability to navigate difficult conversations while demonstrating empathy, tact and assertiveness.

• Strong technical report writing skills with the ability to take complex technical and regulatory information and communicate it to a variety of audiences.

How to apply:

• Complete the following required steps:

  • Fill out the application or attach a resume. Please contact the recruiter under the ‘Need help?’ section if you have any questions about how to fill out the experience fields or to attach a document. Your submitted experience fields or attached resume must include dates (MM/YYYY) for each employer.

  • Attach a cover letter. Your cover letter should clearly demonstrate how your experience and training relates to the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section above.

    • Your cover letter must be limited to no more than two (2) pages.

    • Please address your cover letter to Rebecca Burrow, Maintenance Services Manager.

    • Generic cover letters that do not address the qualities that you have under the “what we’d like to see” section may receive lower scores than those that addressed the desired qualities.

    • You must upload your cover letter in the ‘Resume/Cover Letter’ section of the application.

  • Complete questionnaire. Answer the checkbox-style questions before submitting your application.

• After you submit your application, please respond to the public records request authorization and gender identity questionnaire. This screen will come after you submit and will complete the process. If you are a current State of Oregon employee, the tasks will come to your Workday inbox.

• If you are a veteran, you may receive preference. The task to upload your documents will be available after you submit your application. For privacy reasons, please do not attach your military service document(s) to your application or combine it with any other required document attachments.

Need help?

• For questions, call 971-345-1967 or email ODOTRecruitmentJS@odot.oregon.gov.

Additional information:

• We do not offer visa sponsorship. If you are hired, you will be required to fill out the US Department of Homeland Security’s I-9 form confirming you are able to work in the US. We are not an E-Verify participating employer, and we are unable to proceed if E-Verify participation is required [e.g., STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Extension]. We are also unable to proceed with Curricular Practical Training (CPT) program requests.

• We may use this recruitment to fill multiple or future vacancies.

• We will conduct name-based criminal background checks on final candidates, not including current ODOT employees. All applicants may be subject to additional pre-employment check(s) such as driver license, LEDS (Law Enforcement Data System), and/or education verification as required for the position.

• You will be represented by the Association of Engineering Employees of Oregon (AEE).

ODOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other class protected by state or federal laws in admission or access to our programs, services, activities, hiring, and employment practices. Applicants with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. For questions, concerns, or complaints regarding EEO/AA/ADA, contact 1-877-336-6368 (1-877-EEO-ODOT). This information can be made available in an alternative format by contacting ODOT Recruitment at 503-986-3700. Oregon Relay Service can be reached by calling 7-1-1.

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