Sanitarian Trainee (Environmental Trainee)

Are you an experienced professional looking to advance your career in environmental protection? Join our mission to protect the health of Pennsylvania's residents and its natural surroundings. In the role of Environmental Trainee, you will engage in overseeing public water systems, ensuring they adhere to the Department's standards and safeguarding public health. Seize this chance to impact your community positively and help preserve our state's valuable resources. Join our team at the Department of Environmental Protection now!

In this position, you will undertake various responsibilities within a designated geographical area of the Commonwealth, focusing on the regulation of public water systems to ensure adherence to the Department's standards and safeguard public health. Your role will involve a comprehensive assessment of a public water system to evaluate the adequacy of its sources, facilities, equipment, and operational maintenance, thereby determining its capacity to consistently deliver safe drinking water. Furthermore, you will perform both full and partial inspections of assigned public drinking water supplies, primarily within your designated area, to assess compliance with the PA Safe Drinking Water Act and its related regulations. You will complete a "Public Water Supply Inspection Report" that highlights deficiencies and violations, recommending corrective actions or operational changes to be implemented within specified timeframes, typically established in consultation with the operator. Additionally, you will provide information in various settings-field, office, or via phone-to waterworks operators, the general public, professional engineers, attorneys, laboratories, municipal officials, and other stakeholders. You will also review plans and specifications for new and existing Non-Community Water Systems (NCWSs), including the siting and construction of new sources, treatment systems, and the design of storage and distribution systems.

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full-time. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Reading.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $44,890.00 (before taxes).
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Four years of technical experience in environmental science, environmental engineering, environmental health, geology, biology, ecology, or a closely related field; or
• A bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, environmental health, geology, biology, ecology, or a closely related field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

Special Requirement:

• This position requires possession of an active motor vehicle license.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
  
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.employment.pa.gov/Additional%20Info/Pages/default.aspx and click the Veterans' Preference tab or contact us at ra-cs-vetpreference@pa.gov.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.