Environmental Engineering Trainee

NOTE: THIS IS A REPOSTING OF CS-2024-94783-14510. IF YOU APPLIED UNDER THE PREVIOUS POSTING WHICH WAS OPEN FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2024 TO OCTOBER 13, 2024, YOU CANNOT SUBMIT A NEW APPLICATION.

Are you passionate about protecting the health of communities and the environment in Pennsylvania? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to transform that passion into a rewarding career! Consider applying for our Environmental Engineering Trainee position and embark on a path to create a significant difference. Apply today and join our team as an essential contributor!

In this position, you will engage in a 12-month training program aimed at equipping you with the skills necessary to serve as an Environmental Engineering Specialist. Your responsibilities will include supporting the permitting process within the public water supply program. This entails aiding in the development, revision, and maintenance of the Department's design manuals, regulations, forms, and technical guidance documents pertinent to public water system permitting. You will work under the supervision of a licensed professional engineer. Additionally, the role involves assessing lead and copper corrosion control technologies and ensuring simultaneous compliance with permits, as well as offering training and technical support related to these permitting processes to the regulated community, engineering consultants, and Department personnel. The assignments will encompass a range of complex tasks, requiring the application and interpretation of intricate regulatory standards, engineering design principles, and a comprehensive understanding of public water supply treatment systems and technologies. This role plays a vital part in advancing the public health and safety goals of the SDW Program by ensuring that public water systems are effectively planned, designed, constructed, and operated in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act and associated regulations.

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 negotiable between 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to 3 days a week. 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 Harrisburg.
• Salary: Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $64,861 (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:

• One year of experience in environmental engineering, and possession of a valid Engineer-in-Training certificate issued by or acceptable to the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists; or
• A bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, or in any engineering field that includes or is supplemented by 9 credits in environmental engineering.
• Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

• 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.