TCEQ - Engineer III

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) / 457 plans

Health, Vision, Dental, FSA

Paid holidays

Professional development

Longevity pay

Wellness program

Onsite nurse practitioner

Work-life balance

Job summary

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in Austin seeks an experienced Engineer to join the Water Supply Division and contribute to protecting Texas' water resources. You will conduct engineering reviews, provide technical assistance, and support wastewater programs.

This role emphasizes data analysis, reporting, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, with standard business hours and opportunities for professional development within a state agency.

Qualifications

• Wastewater system design, maintenance, and operations evaluation.
• Wastewater quality, chemistry, microbiology, or treatment processes analyses.
• Preparation of reports and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working with wastewater systems.
• Handling large data sets for scientific processes and technical guidance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-office and on-site engineering reviews and quality control of information to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Provide engineering assistance related to wastewater system requests through verbal, email, meetings, and on-site visits.
• Support internal and external customers with wastewater program guidance and PIR responses.
• Provide training and mentoring; serve as SME for assigned topics.
• Participate in projects, SOP ownership, guidance document development, and process improvements.

Skills

Wastewater analysis

Wastewater data analysis

Technical reporting

Wastewater systems experience

Large data sets

Education

Texas Professional Engineer 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.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ's Office of Water, you would contribute to ensuring clean and available water and protecting Texas' water resources. See details about what we do.

This position is a member of our Water Supply Division.

Here's What You'll Be Doing

• Conduct in office and/or on-site engineering and technical reviews, analyses, quality control and evaluations of routine to highly complex information from internal and external customers to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures; and follow up with appropriate actions.
• Provide information and engineering assistance concerning requests and submittals from wastewater systems to internal and external customers through verbal communication, email, correspondence, meetings, on-site assistance, and presentations.
• Provide customer service to internal and external customers related to the agency’s wastewater program through verbal and written communication, correspondence, reports, meetings, presentations, and responses to Public Information Requests (PIRs).
• Provide training and mentoring to other staff. Serve as a subject matter expert engineer for assigned programs/topics.
• Plan and/or participate in special projects, such as serving as an owner of standard operating procedures (SOPs), updating, or developing a guidance document and working on Section/Division business process improvement projects.

Key Qualifications

• Experience with analyzing engineering design, maintenance, administration, and operations of wastewater systems.
• Experience performing wastewater system analyses, such as evaluation of wastewater quality, wastewater chemistry and microbiology, or wastewater treatment processes.
• Experience preparing reports, correspondence and recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience working for or with wastewater systems.
• Experience processing, analyzing, interpreting, and managing large data sets used for improving scientific processes, providing technical assistance and recommendations.

Required Education & Experience

Texas Professional Engineer’s license plus two years of full-time engineering experience beyond licensure.

• Qualifying work experience includes that obtained post licensure as an engineering graduate student or teacher.

Career Ladder Progression

One year of full-time experience at TCEQ as an Engineer II.

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 Water Supply Division.

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.