Do you have experience with enforcement of environmental laws and regulations? Are you interested in working independently and collaboratively with an interdisciplinary interagency team? If so, this may be the position for you! Apply today and join our team. The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board’s Agriculture and Enforcement Division has an opening for an Environmental Scientist working in our Enforcement Unit. The position will be in either of two North Coast Regional offices:
1) Santa Rosa (Sonoma County) main office location: 5550 Skylane Boulevard, Suite A, Santa Rosa, CA 95403 in the Airport Business Park next to the Sonoma County Airport, the Sonoma Marin Area Rapid Transit (SMART) Train, and other public transportation,
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2) Eureka (Humboldt County) Northern Field Office location: 930 6th Street, Eureka, CA 95501 in Downtown Eureka.
Duties:
The Environmental Scientist will fill a role in the Enforcement Unit within the Agriculture and Enforcement Division, enforcing the California Water Code and Clean Water Act to minimize pollution, nuisance, and impacts to water quality. The duties of this position include inspecting sites, and compliance reports including data and other related information from facilities throughout the region; assessing threats and impacts to water quality and compliance with the Water Code, Clean Water Act, and other laws and regulations; evaluating impacts to wetlands and other waters of the state, including forensic analyses; issuing formal and informal enforcement actions; collaborating with other staff and other agencies, including law enforcement; reviewing technical reports for adequacy to comply with laws, regulations, and enforceable requirements; providing professional assessments; developing and implementing strategies, priorities, procedures, templates, guidance and trainings to support enforcement; presenting and providing testimony at Board meetings, hearings and court proceedings.
See Duty Statement for specific job duties.