Required Education and Experience:
The required knowledge and skills are typically acquired through a combination of education and experience equivalent to Bachelor’s degree in physical or natural sciences, environmental engineering, or a related field.
This position requires four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in environmental impact assessment including project scope development, soil and groundwater sampling experience, reclamation work, report preparation, contract management, consultant oversight, environmental compliance management, technical research or other related relevant experience. Transportation related experience is preferred.
Certifications, licensure, or other credentials include:
- 40-hour OSHA 1920.120 – Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response and 8-hour annual update courses required to maintain certification.
Preferred but not required:
- 24-hour Asbestos Inspector Training and 8-hour annual update course (will provide on the job training)
- Fundamentals of Highway Traffic Noise (will provide on the job training)
Alternative qualifications include: Any combination of additional related work experience and education equivalent to the minimum qualifications.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
Knowledge:
- Environmental site investigation procedures and environmental sampling
- Underground storage tank (UST) technology and regulations
- Environmental laboratory analytical methods
- UST systems and aboveground storage tank (ASTs) compliance regulations
- Soil and groundwater treatment technologies
- Hazardous materials detection and identification
- Transportation management
- Use of environmental sampling, monitoring, and field detection equipment.
Skills:
- Ability to use personal computers and a variety of software applications for preparing technical reports, tables, graphs and maps
- Specialized testing and analytical equipment.
- Communicating technical complex, abstract, controversial, and emotional information and decisions to a variety of audiences, negotiating with designers, contractors, and consultants.
Abilities:
- Work collaboratively and independently to effectively manage multiple tasks
- Negotiate with others to benefit the project as well as preserving and/or improving long-term relationships
- Establish project priorities and organize work while coordinating many projects/tasks simultaneously
Required Application Materials:
- A resume detailing your qualifications and work history.
- A cover letter of no more than two pages addressing your qualifications for the position.
Your online application and all required additional materials must be submitted before midnight on the closing date. Ensure all materials submitted are selected as “Relevant.”
If you need an accommodation with the application process, please contact the HR representative listed below.
Other Information
The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is committed to continuous improvement of our employee safety program and our safety and health processes, and to achieving an injury-free workplace.
The Montana Department of Transportation is an equal opportunity employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, and veterans and disabled veterans are encouraged to apply. People with disabilities needing assistance in the application process, or those needing this job announcement in an alternative format may call the Human Resources and Occupational Safety Division, at 406.444.6054.
This position belongs to the MFPE bargaining unit. The successful candidate will receive more information about the union and the option to join the union during the onboarding process. MDT MFPE bargaining unit members will have preference.
Driver’s record will be verified. Successful applicants will be required to sign a release form which authorizes the Department to obtain the applicant’s permanent driving records. Compliance with Mont. Admin. R. 2.6.201, "State Vehicle Use," and MDT Policy #6.03.001, "State Vehicle Use Policy" are conditions of employment.