TCEQ - Engineer I

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k plans

457 plans

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Paid holidays

Professional development

Longevity pay

Wellness program

Onsite nurse practitioner

Work-life balance

Job summary

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is seeking an experienced Engineer to join the Office of Air in Austin. The role focuses on developing and implementing stationary source control strategies and rules to help Texas meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards.

You will collaborate with modeling, regulatory teams, and stakeholders to draft revisions, perform engineering analyses, and present findings to management and public audiences. A Texas PE license is required.

Qualifications

• Experience working in the environmental field.
• Experience with/training in advanced technical writing, data analysis, or fiscal analysis.
• Experience with/training in sources of air emissions or air pollution control technologies.
• Experience manipulating data in spreadsheets or database format.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine to moderately complex (journey-level) engineering work for planning, development, and implementation of stationary source control strategies and related rules.
• Coordinate and draft revisions to air quality regulations, SIP revisions, policies, or procedures and provide technical assistance on rule projects.
• Communicate status of rule development to management and stakeholders, participate in meetings, and coordinate with team members and external parties.
• Coordinate, organize, and implement special assignments including data evaluation, research, reporting, and development of implementation plans.

Skills

Environmental field experience

Technical writing / data analysis

Air emissions knowledge

Spreadsheet / database manipulation

Education

Texas Professional Engineer's license

Job description

Job Description

Are you an experienced Engineer, 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.

Job Description

Are you an experienced Engineer, 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.

Candidates external to TCEQ will be eligible to receive a $5,000.00 recruitment bonus if selected.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ's Office of Air, you would contribute to protecting and restoring Texas' air quality. See details about what we do.

This position is a member of our Stationary Source Programs Team in the Air Quality Planning Section of the Air Quality Division. You will be part of a team responsible for writing rules as necessary to ensure that nonattainment areas in Texas meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and to address visibility impairment in areas like national parks.

Here's What You'll Be Doing

• Perform routine to moderately complex (journey-level) engineering work for the planning, development, and implementation of stationary source control strategies and associated rules, which includes reviewing and evaluating regulations, standards, procedures, and technologies for potential control strategies; calculating costs; evaluating emissions inventory and other data; estimating potential emission reductions; developing spreadsheets to evaluate control strategy effectiveness in coordination with modeling section; and researching, developing, and evaluating programs in conjunction with appropriate TCEQ offices and outside organizations, including other state/federal agencies, affected entities, environmental organizations, and the public.
• Perform routine to moderately complex (journey-level) work in the coordination and drafting of revisions to air quality regulations, State Implementation Plan revisions, policies, or procedures in response to federal or state requirements, agency initiatives, or rulemaking petitions, which includes providing technical assistance on rule projects as a rule team member and coordinating rule projects as rule team project manager. Evaluate and recommend responses to requests for rule interpretations of TCEQ rules using all available and appropriate information including but not limited to rule language, preambles, background documents, and prior interpretations.
• Communicate the status of rule or policy development activities to section management, agency staff, other state/federal agencies, affected entities, environmental organizations and the public, and facilitate open negotiations via telephone calls and other correspondence. Participate in and represent the agency at internal and external meetings, workshops, and trainings. Coordinate and assist other team members with stakeholder group activities.
• Coordinate, organize, and implement special assignments, which involve evaluating engineering data; completing or coordinating research and analysis of issues; preparation of required reports and recommendations; presentation of reports; recommendations to agency management and other interested parties; and development of any required implementation plans, or documents.

Key Qualifications

• Experience working in the environmental field.
• Experience with/training in advanced technical writing, data analysis, or fiscal analysis.
• Experience with/training in sources of air emissions or air pollution control technologies.
• Experience manipulating data in spreadsheets or database format.

Required Education & Experience

Texas Professional Engineer's license.

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 TCEQ Austin Headquarters.

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 accommodation during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at [phone].

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.