Environmental Analyst 3 (35 Hour) Hybrid #261001-7120EE-001

State of Connecticut; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Connecticut Department of Public Health is seeking an Environmental Analyst 3 to lead the Lead and Copper Rule Implementation Unit within the Drinking Water Section. This role guides analysts, oversees regulatory implementation, and ensures statewide monitoring and reductions in lead and copper.

The position is Hartford-based with a Monday–Friday schedule, full-time 35 hours; telework/flex options may be permitted to support public health goals and ongoing staff development.

Qualifications

• Experience applying environmental regulations and interpreting data to support public health decisions.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory concepts into actionable guidance for staff and stakeholders.
• Experience developing training materials and guides for staff and external water systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the work of lower level environmental analysts in the LCRIU.
• Ensure consistent implementation of current and new lead and copper rules statewide.
• Develop and provide materials to train DWS staff, public water systems, and certified operators on current and new lead and copper rules.
• Generate lead and copper rule compliance reports to create candidate violations and review calculations to determine lead and copper action level exceedances.
• Oversee LCRIU staff review and actions taken on all candidate violations and exceedances.
• Update and maintain public water system information in DWS databases and tracking applications.
• Oversee the designation of optimal water quality parameter ranges for corrosion control treatment systems.
• Review water quality data to determine compliance with corrosion control treatment technique requirements.
• Review and process monthly operation reports for corrosion control treatment systems.
• Review and process lead and copper monitoring reduction requests for public water systems.
• Review and process requests from public water systems to deem to have optimized corrosion control treatment.
• Review public water system sampling site plans and verify compliance with lead and copper sample site selection requirements.
• Develop new forms, operating procedures, and guidance for internal and external use necessary to implement the current and new lead and copper rules.
• Provide regulatory and technical assistance to staff, public water systems, water system operators, consultants, and local health on issues related to lead and copper.

Skills

Regulatory analysis

Data interpretation

Training development

Lead and copper rules

Education

Bachelor's degree in a scientific or technical discipline

Master's degree in a related scientific field

Tools

SDWIS

Job description

Are you passionate about protecting public health and ensuring safe, reliable drinking water for communities across Connecticut? Join our team as an Environmental Analyst 3 and play a key role in advancing statewide implementation of drinking water regulations that safeguard public health.

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a motivated and knowledgeable Environmental Analyst 3 to serve as the lead analyst in the Lead and Copper Rule Implementation Unit (LCRIU) within the Drinking Water Section. This position will support statewide efforts to reduce lead exposure and ensure compliance with the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR), Lead and Copper Rule Revisions (LCRR), and the upcoming Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI).

In this leadership role, you will guide lower-level analysts, oversee regulatory implementation, and ensure consistency in how Connecticut’s public water systems monitor, report, and reduce lead and copper levels.

Highlights

• Location: Hartford, CT


• Schedule: Monday - Friday


• Hours/Shift: Full-time (35 hours per week), First Shift


• Please note: A flex and/or teleworking schedule may be permitted

What We Can Offer You

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• Professional growth and development opportunities


• A health work/life balance to all employees

In This Role You Will

• Lead and oversee the work of lower level environmental analysts in the LCRIU.


• Ensure consistent implementation of current and new lead and copper rules statewide.


• Develop and provide materials to train DWS staff, public water systems, and certified operators on current and new lead and copper rules.


• Generate lead and copper rule compliance reports to create candidate violations and review calculations to determine lead and copper action level exceedances. Oversee LCRIU staff review and actions taken on all candidate violations and exceedances.


• Update and maintain public water system information in DWS databases and tracking applications.


• Oversee the designation of optimal water quality parameter ranges for corrosion control treatment systems.


• Review water quality data to determine compliance with corrosion control treatment technique requirements.


• Review and process monthly operation reports for corrosion control treatment systems.


• Review and process lead and copper monitoring reduction requests for public water systems.


• Review and process requests from public water systems to deem to have optimized corrosion control treatment.


• Review public water system sampling site plans and verify compliance with lead and copper sample site selection requirements.


• Develop new forms, operating procedures, and guidance for internal and external use necessary to implement the current and new lead and copper rules.


• Provide regulatory and technical assistance to staff, public water systems, water system operators, consultants, and local health on issues related to lead and copper.

More About The Agency

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by:

• Assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy


• Preventing disease, injury, and disability


• Promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

Minimum Qualifications - General Experience

Seven (7) years of experience involving technical analysis and interpretation of environmental program data or planning and implementing environmental programs.

Minimum Qualifications - Substitutions Allowed

• College training in a scientific or technical discipline related to the environmental field including but not limited to biological, earth, or physical sciences; environmental planning; environmental law; economics; leisure services; geographic information systems; geography with a concentration in geographic information systems; natural sciences; natural resources may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.


• A Master's degree in a scientific or technical discipline related to the environmental field including but not limited to biological, earth or physical sciences; environmental planning; environmental law; economics; leisure services; geographic information systems; geography with a concentration in geographic information systems; natural sciences; natural resources may be substituted for five (5) years of the General Experience.


• NOTE: Education may only be substituted for a total of five (5) years.


• For state employees one (1) year of experience as an Environmental Analyst 2 or two (2) years of experience as an Environmental Analyst 1 may be substituted for the General Experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with state and/or federal regulations related to safe drinking water, specifically the lead and copper rules, and experience in compliance determination for regulated public water systems.


• Experience with the lead and copper rules and implementation of rule requirements related to lead and copper monitoring and reporting, water quality parameter monitoring, sampling site plan and sample reviews, monitoring reduction requests, treatment techniques requirements, public notification and education requirements, and service line inventory requirements and review.


• Experience with the new federal Lead and Copper Rule Improvements (LCRI) requirements.


• Experience using software applications to analyze data for compliance determination, including, but not limited to, the Safe Drinking Water Information System/State and other applications.


• Experience conveying state and federal drinking water rule regulatory requirements to public water systems, certified water system operators, and drinking water testing laboratories.


• Experience with development of SOPs, standardized forms, and guidance documents related to implementation of rules for internal and external use.

Special Requirements

• Incumbents in this class may be required to travel.


• Incumbents in this class may be required to possess and retain a valid Motor Vehicle Operator’s license.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.