ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST 5 - 01282025-64939

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD DIVISION, CARROLL COUNTY

This position has the potential opportunity to work from home up to 40% of the time.

Qualifications

Substitution of Education for Experience: Graduate coursework in environmental science, biology, chemistry, geology, physics, ecology, or other acceptable science, sustainable practices, or natural resource related field may be substituted for the required experience, on a year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years (24 semester hours is equivalent to one year).

1. Be willing to and able to qualify with, carry, and use assigned weapons as designated by the appointing authority;
2. Be eligible to receive and maintain a security clearance in accordance with applicable agency regulations as designated by the appointing authority;
3. Be at least eighteen (18) years of age;
4. Be a citizen of the United States;
5. Have a good moral character, as determined by investigation;
6. Complete a criminal history disclosure form in a manner approved by the appointing authority;
7. Agree to release all records involving their criminal history to the appointing authority;
8. Supply a fingerprint sample in a manner prescribed by the TBI for a fingerprint based criminal history record check as designated by the appointing authority;
9. Not have been convicted or pleaded guilty to or entered a plea of nolo contendere to any felony charge or to any violation of federal or state laws or city ordinances relating to force, violence, theft, dishonesty, gambling, liquor, or controlled substances, Tennessee Code Annotated 7-86-205;
10. Not have been discharged under any other than honorable conditions from any branch of the United States armed forces;
11. Pass a physical examination administered by a licensed physician that is consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and that relates to the essential functions of the position as designated by the appointing authority;
12. Pass a psychological evaluation administered by a licensed mental health professional that is consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act and that relates to the essential functions of the position as designated by the appointing authority.

Overview

Responsibilities

1. Supervises and/or investigates complaints; develops corrective recommendations for identified problems, and if necessary, initiates legal action to effect compliance of established standards, laws, rules, regulations, or policies.
2. Coordinates with Division of Human Resources (DHR), to ensure that all critical factors are considered when determining the need for disciplinary action of a subordinate and imposes necessary discipline.
3. Attempts to prevent grievances by fostering an atmosphere where potential problems are brought forth and resolved.

1. Analyzes available information/data, to ensure the best solution is chosen to meet regulatory and/or stakeholders (such as, but not limited to: the public, legislators, other government agencies, coworkers, non-governmental organizations, etc.), needs.
2. Reviews plans and reports to determine future regulatory actions required.
3. Determines if compliance violation warrants an enforcement order.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others:

1. Interprets findings, results, etc. to stakeholders (i.e. site inspections, permits, lab results, etc.).
2. Communicates and/or presents interpretation of regulations, policy, guidance, etc. to stakeholders.

Developing Objectives and Strategies:

1. Develops standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with established standards and consistency with division and department policies.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:

1. Performs environmental investigation, remediation and/or monitoring work including sampling and evaluation of pollutants to determine compliance with environmental or other standards.
2. Performs environmental or other compliance monitoring.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:

1. Supervises or independently performs inspection duties in a specific program specialty area such as air pollution, water resources, remediation, underground storage tanks, solid waste management, radiological health, natural areas, or Department of Energy Oversight, etc.
2. Enforces established environmental or other standards, laws, rules, regulations, and/or administrative policies and procedures, taking corrective action as warranted.
3. Supervises or determines if the documents (i.e., permits, applications, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), licenses, etc.) may be approved by reviewing and evaluating information submitted by applicant or acquired by site inspections and/or other informative sources used for determining minimum environmental or other compliance with established standards.
4. Ensures statutory obligations are fulfilled.
5. Reviews staff reports, performance review documents, and other submitted documentation for accuracy and completeness.
6. Ensures all agency directives, policies, procedures, and protocols are adhered to by direct reports.
7. Ensures direct reports submit electronic and paper reports as required accurately and promptly.
8. Ensures direct reports are completing tasks on time and within assigned performance standards.
9. Ensures completed budgets are properly justified and submitted in a timely manner with properly coded expenditures, as warranted.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others:

1. Coordinates environmental project management duties at assigned sites; including interaction with responsible parties, review of relevant documents and information pertinent to the site.
2. Coordinates and/or leads meetings with stakeholders.

Analyzing Data or Information:

1. Analyzes environmental and/or other information, such as monitoring records, site inspections, sampling data, etc. to determine if further action is necessary.
2. Assists in developing standards; performs special evaluation studies of environmental pollution and its socioeconomic effects; and prepares reports of findings.

Staffing Organizational Units:

1. Recruits, interviews, selects and/or assists in hiring employees for the work unit.
2. Ensures Preferred Service rules are strictly adhered to in selecting and recommending applicants for employment or promotion.

Scheduling Work and Activities:

1. Manages and/or assists in managing statewide programs, including certifying officials, coordination and training, records management, and federal reporting requirements (i.e. the ginseng program, etc.).
2. Schedules work week to address regular and complaint inspections, tasks, directives, correspondence, etc.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others:

1. Serves as a statewide technical program specialist by providing consultative, technical, or educational services to industry, municipalities, counties, individuals, or groups in the necessity and methodology of enhancing environmental stewardship, health or other standards, practices, and safety.
2. Provides technical expertise in handling disasters involving nuclear, transportation, and industrial accidents as well as natural catastrophes.
3. Responds to environmental or other requests/inquiries in a timely manner.
4. Updates regulatory information to stakeholders.

Coaching and Developing Others:

1. Provides coaching to subordinates on appropriate performance management techniques in accordance with recommendations from agency HR.
2. Oversees the establishment and implementation of an orientation program for subordinates.
3. Addresses and/or recognizes the performance of assigned direct reports appropriately in accordance with established policy.
4. Provides and/or participates in training direct reports.

Processing Information:

1. Compiles, processes, and reviews records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.
2. Compiles all required technical information for environmental or other documents.
3. Manages databases as designated to meet agency requirements.

Selling or Influencing Others:

1. Builds consensus among stakeholders to further the mission and goals of the department/division.
2. Makes presentations to internal and external stakeholders.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources:

1. Provides technical oversight, review, and/or project management of ongoing state and/or federal grant/loan programs.
2. Manages fee programs to ensure funds are properly and accurately distributed and tracked.
3. Determines eligibility to participate in fund reimbursement programs.
4. Ensures contractors' proposed work activities comply with established rates.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:

1. Works with other agencies and organizations to ensure operational and programmatic activities receive early concurrence and input from regional and statewide authorities.
2. Ensures healthy relationships with stakeholders.
3. Relates observations, conclusions, and opinions to co-workers/internal customers in a respectful and professional manner.

Training and Teaching Others:

1. Provides high-quality education and training to stakeholders.
2. Identifies training needs and develops plans to overcome performance deficiencies.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material:

1. Conducts inspections of equipment, structures and/or material, to ensure proper installation, maintenance, and/or operation.
2. Evaluates performance of equipment, structures, and/or materials.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:

1. Communicates regularly with direct reports, coworkers, and/or supervisors to ensure consistent program operation, (i.e., staff meetings, performance evaluations, etc.).
2. Provides effective communication to supervisors, peers, or subordinates by telephone, email, verbally, etc.
3. Recognizes, provides, and communicates areas of improvement.
4. Advises management about issues of concern as they occur.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:

1. Adheres to all directives, policies, procedures, and protocols to provide an example to direct reports.
2. Completes and submits performance review documents for direct reports accurately and promptly.
3. Plans, organizes, and advises direct reports as needed to meet program goals.
4. Assists direct reports in coordinating activities.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:

1. Implements state and/or federal grant/loan projects including planning, researching, field work, data management, report writing, and public outreach.
2. Prioritizes work assignments to ensure goals are met.
3. Assists in the development of administrative policy drafts.
4. Performs natural areas planning which includes preparing and updating management plans and ensuring annual reports are compiled and submitted annually.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public:

1. Schedules, participates in, and/or leads public meetings/hearings, as required.
2. Schedules, participates in, and/or leads public outreach presentations, (such as, but not limited to: school presentations, guided hikes, special events, etc.).

1. Performs physically demanding, ecologically-based stewardship and natural resource management tasks on state natural areas, (utilizing equipment, such as backpack sprayer, chainsaw, bush hog, lawnmower, tractor, etc. in the management of rare species habitat, controlled fire, trail maintenance, boundary maintenance, invasive species control, etc.).
2. Performs physical activities, such as, walking (i.e. ditches, uneven terrain, etc.), wading in water, climbing, lifting, operating soil evaluation equipment (i.e. auger or probe ), etc.

1. Documents all relevant work activities, contacts, and meetings.
2. Prepares and/or maintains complete and accurate records and reports, (such as, but not limited to the NEPA Administrative record, enforcement action requests, grant applications, etc.).

1. Ensures all internal and external customers are serviced in a timely, professional and knowledgeable manner to meet the departments/divisions missions/goals.
2. Coordinates with local, state, and/or federal agencies and/or non-governmental organizations for consultations and/or joint projects.
3. Provides high-quality outreach, including design, distribution of information, and technical assistance to stakeholders.
4. Uses tools, such as GIS, etc., to inform and educate stakeholders and improve or maintain environmental resources.
5. Updates and informs stakeholders of policy and/or regulation changes as they occur.

1. Maintains equipment (such as, but not limited to air monitoring, laser level, boats, etc.), needed to perform duties.
2. Calibrates mechanical equipment (such as, but not limited to: ozone monitor, etc.) as needed.

1. Uses various software programs, such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), etc.
2. Enters time and leave within the designated computer program in a proper and timely manner.

1. Prepares documentation (such as permits, designs, layout, blueprints, soil evaluations, etc.), in a concise and defensible manner, to ensure department/division missions are met.

1. Encourages and works harmoniously with team members by listening, sharing, and/or brainstorming.
2. Seeks out ways to involve staff and seeks their commitment to departmental goals.
3. Volunteers and participates in work groups, special assignments, planning teams, etc., as opportunities arise that further established goals.

1. Operates personal or assigned vehicles (such as, but not limited to watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, tractors, etc.), in accordance with agency policy and procedures, as well as all traffic laws.

1. Conducts and/or oversees environmental surveys, inventories or monitoring, including site evaluations that may be of conservation interest.
2. Performs research on regulatory information sources to provide assistance and remain current with local, state, and federal standards and/or procedures.
3. Searches for entities that should be regulated to identify and inform those that need to be brought into compliance.
4. Reviews rules, track updates, and assess impacts to stakeholders.
5. Obtains and receives records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.
6. Attends meetings (such as, but not limited to: board meetings, regulatory meetings, association meetings, etc.).

1. Maintains and calibrates electronic equipment (such as, but not limited to: radiation detection meter, photo ionization detector, pH meter, GPS, etc.), as needed.

1. Drafts and/or develops documents (such as, but not limited to administrative orders, letters, permits, etc.), for review and signature.
2. Reviews and approves direct reports administrative actions, (including but not limited to performance evaluations, expense requests, time and labor, etc.).
3. Supervises the preparation and maintenance of operating records and reports.
4. Ensures confidential material is not disclosed or made accessible to unauthorized personnel.
5. Ensures all activities, contacts, and meetings are properly filed.
6. Distributes documents to appropriate parties to ensure proper routing.
7. Recognizes and coordinates interpretation or translation services, as needed.
8. Completes required documentation for travel and/or field use of vehicle (i.e. mileage logs, travel time, vehicle inspection checklist, etc.).
9. Ensures files are managed according to the Records Disposition Authorization (RDA).

1. Ensures direct reports maintain at least minimum standards in training and certification.
2. Fulfills established educational/training requirements.
3. Updates and determines application of regulatory information.
4. Seeks opportunities for professional development.

1. Creates and designs outreach material (i.e. websites, social media, etc.) and/or regulatory assistance/training programs that will educate, assist or benefit stakeholders.

Competencies (KSA's)

1. Integrity & Trust
2. Functional/Technical Competency
3. Problem Solving
4. Customer Focus
5. Decision Quality
6. Technical Learning
7. Conflict Management
8. Developing Direct Reports and Others
9. Directing Others
10. Organizing

Knowledge:

1. Customer & Personal Service
2. Law & Government
3. Biology
4. Mathematics
5. Personnel & Human Resources
6. Chemistry
7. Education & Training
8. Geology
9. Administration & Management
10. Computer & Electronics
11. Physics
12. Engineering & Technology
13. Geography
14. Clerical
15. Communication & Media
16. Mechanical

Skills:

1. Reading Comprehension
2. Writing
3. Active Listening
4. Speaking
5. Critical Thinking
6. Complex Problem Solving
7. Active Learning
8. Science
9. Instructing
10. Negotiation
11. Judgment & Decision Making
12. Time Management
13. Learning Strategies
14. Monitoring
15. Coordination
16. Mathematics
17. Management of Material Resources
18. Persuasion
19. Social Perceptiveness
20. Troubleshooting
21. Management of Personnel Resources
22. Service Orientation
23. Equipment Selection
24. Inductive Reasoning
25. Quality Control Analysis
26. Management of Financial Resources
27. Equipment Maintenance
28. Systems Evaluation
29. Systems Analysis
30. Operation & Control

Abilities:

1. Written Comprehension
2. Written Expression
3. Oral Expression
4. Oral Comprehension
5. Speech Clarity
6. Speech Recognition
7. Deductive Reasoning
8. Mathematical Reasoning
9. Number Facility
10. Selective Attention
11. Time Sharing
12. Memorization
13. Multilimb Coordination
14. Near Vision
15. Fluency of Ideas
16. Visualization
17. Far Vision
18. Category of Flexibility
19. Flexibility of Closure
20. Spatial Orientation
21. Extent Flexibility
22. Gross Body Equilibrium
23. Stamina
24. Static Strength

Tools & Equipment

1. Personal Computer/Tablet
2. Telephone/Cell Phone
3. Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax
4. Water Craft/Motor Vehicles
5. Firearms (Military)
6. Sampling, Monitoring Equipment and Supplies/Tools
7. Radiation Detection Meter
8. Tractors/All-Terrain Vehicles (ATV)
9. Two-Way Radios
10. Cameras and Optical Equipment
11. Global Positioning System (GPS)
12. Surveying and Measuring Equipment
13. Safety and/or Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
14. Outdoor Power Equipment and Hand Tools
15. Projector
16. Laboratory Equipment

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.