Engineer I (Flexible/Hybrid)

nc; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality seeks a Public Water Supply Engineer to conduct field inspections, investigations, and audits, ensuring compliance with Safe Drinking Water and related regulations. You will provide technical/regulatory support to diverse audiences and review engineering plans.

Occasional overnight travel is required; candidates should be adept with data entry, document preparation, and maintaining current knowledge of PWS regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience in field inspections and regulatory compliance related to public water systems.
• Professional Engineer licensure not required but is an asset.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds and travel overnight occasionally.
• Proficiency with computers, internet research, word processing, and spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Conduct PWS field inspections, investigations, and audits including facility surveys.
• Provide technical and regulatory assistance to internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and develop enforcement actions as needed.
• Review engineering plans and specifications for comment or approval.

Skills

Field inspections

Regulatory compliance

Technical/regulatory guidance

Public water systems

Education

Professional Engineer licensure or Engineer Intern (not required)

Tools

MS Office

Spreadsheet proficiency

Job description

Agency
Dept of Environmental Quality
Division
Water Resources

About Us

The primary mission of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is to provide science-based environmental stewardship for the health and prosperity of all North Carolinians. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is the lead stewardship agency for the protection of North Carolina’s environmental resources. The organization, which has offices from the mountains to the coast, administers regulatory programs designed to protect air quality, water quality, and the public’s health, and works to advance in all-of-the-above energy strategy that fits North Carolina’s needs. DEQ also offers technical assistance to businesses, farmers, local governments, and the public and encourages responsible behavior with respect to the environment through education programs provided at DEQ facilities and through the state’s school system. DEQ touches the lives of all North Carolinians in many ways to enhance and ensure our quality of life.

Description of Work

* This is a REPOST of position 60091013. Previous applicants must reapply to be considered. *

Engineers with the Public Water Supply (PWS) Section of DEQ's Division of Water Resources (DWR) are our professional "boots on the ground" who go out to the field to inspect facilities, investigate complaints, and provide technical and regulatory assistance. They understand, implement, and enforce the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act, North Carolina Drinking Water Act, Rules Governing Public Water Systems, and related regulations. They provide environmental engineering and public health expertise to PWS systems, officials, and other interested parties.

Field work requires occasional overnight travel; ability to lift 50 pounds unassisted and move wellhead covers and wellhead tops for inspection; ability to walk several miles through rough terrain, over hills or ditches, and tolerate exposure to loud noise, extreme weather conditions, insects, small animals, snakes, and chemical substances; and driving a state-owned vehicle, which requires a valid driver’s license.

Back in the office, PWS Engineers complete related data entry and document preparation/review, review engineering plans and specifications, and keep their knowledge of rules and regulations current. This requires proficiency with computers, internet research, word processing software and spreadsheets. Professional Engineer licensure/Engineer Intern certification is not required but is considered an asset.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct PWS field inspections, investigations, assessments, evaluations, and audits, including (but not limited to)
  • facility sanitary surveys
  • monitoring, reporting, and maximum contaminant level violations and rules violations
  • comprehensive audits of lead/copper and bacteriological monitoring programs
  • potential water sources for new and existing PWS
  • construction compliance/violations
  • compliance with emergency management plan and operation/maintenance plan requirements
  • public complaints
• Provide technical and regulatory assistance to and consult/confer with a variety of internal and external organizations/individuals on a range of PWS subjects and issues
• Ensure PWS regulatory compliance; develop enforcement cases and coordinate enforcement actions
• Prepare, review, and/or respond to correspondence and reports for various audiences
• Maintain current understanding of PWS concepts, technologies, and all applicable rules/regulations; provide training to internal and external associates
• Review engineering plans and specifications for comment, consultation, or approval

Recruitment Range

$57,983.00 - $76,755.00

Important

Important: This posting closes at 11:59:59 PM the night BEFORE the End Date above. Job posting details will no longer be available after the position closes.

Supplemental Information

The Division of Water Resources: The Division of Water Resources (DWR) is responsible for protecting North Carolina’s drinking, surface, and ground water for all waterbodies including lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands, and aquifers. This environmental stewardship is accomplished through actions including permitting issuance, investigations, regulatory compliance, and enforcement, monitoring and field assessments, certifications, laboratory analysis and testing, planning, water quality standards management, educational outreach, and other efforts. The Division comprises six sections: Water Quality Regional Operations, Water Sciences, Public Water Supply, Water Quality Permitting, Water Quality NPDES Permitting, and Water Planning.

DWR's Public Water Supply (PWS) Section promotes public health by ensuring that safe, potable water is available in adequate quantities to the