TDEC-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER 3 at State of Tennessee Oak Ridge, TN

The State of Tennessee is seeking a TDEC-Environmental Manager 3 for a full-time position in Oak Ridge, TN. The role involves managing environmental programs, ensuring compliance with regulations, and conducting investigations and negotiations. Candidates should have a bachelor's degree and five years of relevant experience. The salary ranges from $77,748 to $123,120 annually. This position requires on-site presence and is not remote.
TDEC-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER 3 job at State of Tennessee. Oak Ridge, TN.

Job Information
State of Tennessee Job Information Opening Date/Time 09/24/2024 12:00 AM Central Time Closing Date/Time 10/14/2024 11:59 PM Central Time Salary (Monthly) $6,479.00 - $10,260.00 Salary (Annually) $77,748.00 - $123,120.00 Job Type Full-Time City, State Location Oak Ridge, TN Department Environment and Conservation

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION, DOE OVERSIGHT DIVISION, ANDERSON COUNTY

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Qualifications
Education and Experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree and five years of full-time professional environmental program, natural resource conservation work, increasingly responsible work or full-time professional work that involved ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards and/or regulations.

Substitution of Education for Experience: Graduate coursework may be substituted for the required experience, on year-for-year basis, to a maximum of two years (24 semester hours is equivalent to one year).

Substitution of Experience for Education: A bachelor's degree in health physics or nuclear engineering may substitute for one year of the required experience in the Division of Radiological Health. Necessary Special Qualifications: Applicants for this class must:
• Applicants for this class must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment in some positions.
Examination Method: Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Overview
Summary: Under general direction, is responsible for managerial professional environmental program work of unusual difficulty and performs related work as required. Distinguishing Features: This is the third managerial/supervisory level in the TDEC Environmental Manager classification series. An employee in this class performs professional environmental supervisory duties in environmental regulatory, radiological health and/or assistance programs by managing at least one Statewide program, managing an environmental field office, or managing a regional program covering more than one field office area. This class differs from TDEC Environmental Manager 4 in that an incumbent of the latter manages two or more statewide programs, or may function as an Assistant Director.

Responsibilities
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:
• Manages and/or performs environmental investigation, remediation, and/or monitoring work, including sampling and evaluation of pollutants to determine compliance with environmental or other standards, in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP's).

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others:
• Handle difficult negotiations with stakeholders to enhance the effectiveness of environmental program activities.
• Conducts or participates in enforcement conferences and other legal meetings including: case preparation for submission to attorneys, attending enforcement and settlement hearings, and testifying as necessary.
• Coordinates with the Division of Human Resources (DHR), to ensure all critical factors are considered when determining the need for disciplinary action of a subordinate, and imposes necessary discipline.
• Directs and/or assists in the investigation and/or resolution of complaints.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others:
• Provide central office technical and/or managerial support and direction to employees providing consultative, technical, or educational services to stakeholders for protecting human health, promoting safety, and conserving natural resources.

Analyzing Data or Information:
• Directs and/or manages special evaluation studies of environmental pollutants and ionizing radiation and their socio-economic effects.
• Analyze environmental and/or other information, such as monitoring records, site inspections, sampling data, etc. to determine if further action is necessary.
• Assists in developing standards; performs special evaluation studies of environmental pollutants and their socio-economic effects; and prepares reports of findings.

Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment:
• Ensure that documents (such as permits, reports, designs, layout, blueprints, soil evaluations, etc.) are prepared in a concise and defensible manner, so that Departmental/Division missions are met.

Thinking Creatively:
• Recruits, interviews, select and/or assist in hiring employees for the work unit and ensure that Preferred Service rules are strictly adhered to in selecting and recommending applicants for employment or promotion.

Developing Objectives and Strategies:
• Develops, interprets, and/or provides technical and/or managerial support and direction for employees preparing draft standards, policies, guidance documents, etc.
• Assist in developing and/or implementing standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with established standards consistent with division and department policy.

Scheduling Work and Activities:
• Develops, manages and/or implements an annual work plan for the division.
• Ensures the work week of direct and indirect reports are scheduled to address regular and complaint inspections, tasks, directives, correspondence, etc.
• Develops statewide activities and events, such as, but not limited to: certifying officials, coordination and training, records management, reporting requirements, etc.

Selling or Influencing Others:
• Build consensus among stakeholders to further the Department's/Division/s mission and goals.
• Make presentations to internal and external stakeholders.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems:
• Ensures the best decisions are made through analysis of available information/data, to meet regulatory and/or stakeholder's (such as, but not limited to: the public, legislators, other government agencies, coworkers, non-governmental organizations, etc.) needs.
• Develops and/or reviews work plans and reports.
• Determine if environmental violation(s) warrant an enforcement action.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:
• Provide central office technical and/or managerial support and direction to employees to determine if documents (i.e., permits, applications, licenses, etc.) may be approved.
• Provide central office technical and/or managerial support and direction for employees participating in the enforcement of established environmental standards, laws, rules, regulations, and administrative policies and procedures having statewide impact.
• Assist with development of recommendations for corrective actions of identified problems by providing technical and/or administrative support for action(s) to effect compliance with environmental and/or other established standards.
• Reviews and evaluates information submitted by applicants or acquired by site inspections and/or other informative sources used for determining compliance with environmental and/or other established standards.
• Assures compliance with agency directives, policies, procedures, protocols and ensures statutory obligations are fulfilled.
• Oversees grant programs consistent with local, state, and/or federal laws, regulations and/or grant conditions.
• Directs and/or manages the reviews of staff reports, performance review documents, and other submitted documentation for accuracy and completeness.
• Assures electronic and paper reports are submitted accurately and promptly.

Staffing Organizational Units:
• Recruits, interviews, selects and/or assists in hiring employees for the work unit and ensures Preferred Service rules are strictly adhered to in selecting and recommending applicants for employment or promotion.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources:
• Manages fee programs to ensure funds are properly and accurately distributed and tracked.
• Provide technical oversight, review, and/or project management of ongoing state and/or federal grant/loan programs.
• Direct eligibility determination for fund reimbursement programs.
• Manage purchase requests, budget development, and expenditure of funds.
• Ensures contractors' proposed work activities comply with established rates.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others:
• Interpret findings, results, etc. to stakeholders (i.e. site inspections, permits, lab results, etc.).

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:
• Meets with outside groups, legislators, and other local, state and federal agencies to solve critical problems and develop relationships for implementing policies of the department relating to environmental programs and administration.
• Ensures all internal and external customers are served in a timely, professional and knowledgeable manner, to meet the Department's/Division's mission.
• Coordinate with local, state, and/or federal agencies, and/or non-governmental organizations, for consultations and/or joint projects.
• Provide high-quality outreach, including design, distribution of information, technical assistance, etc. to stakeholders.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:
• Updates and determines application of regulatory information.
• Fulfills established educational/training requirements (up to and including annual training, mandatory certifications, etc.) that may require in-state and out-of-state travel and seeks opportunities for professional development.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:
• Work with other agencies and organizations to ensure that operational and programmatic activities receive early concurrence and input from regional and statewide authorities.
• Relate observations, conclusions, and opinions to co-workers/internal customers in a respectful and professional manner.

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:
• Through subordinate supervisory and management personnel, assigns, trains, supervises, and evaluates a technical staff with statewide responsibility for environmental programs in areas such as air pollution, water resources, remediation, underground storage tanks, solid waste management, radiological health, natural resources, etc.
• Assures direct and indirect reports are completing tasks on time and within assigned performance standards.
• Plans, organizes, and advises direct and indirect reports, as needed to meet program goals.
• Completes and submits performance review documents for direct and indirect reports accurately and promptly.
• Adhere to all directives, policies, procedures, and protocols to provide an example to direct and indirect reports.
• Assists direct and indirect reports in coordinating activities.

Training and Teaching Others:
• Identifies training needs and develops plans to ensure staff is adequately trained to perform their work.
• Ensure that direct and indirect reports maintain at least minimum standards in training and certification.

Getting Information:
• Writes and/or reviews rules, tracks updates, and assesses impact to stakeholders.
• Attend meetings (such as, but not limited to: board meetings, regulatory meetings, public hearings, association meetings, etc.).
• Obtains and receives records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:
• Prioritizes work assignments to ensure goals are met.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:
• Informs and advises management about issues of concern as they occur.
• Recognizes and implements program improvements.
• Provides effective communication to supervisors, peers, or subordinates by telephone, email, written documents, oral communications, etc.
• Communicates regularly with direct and indirect reports, coworkers, and/or supervisors to ensure consistent program operation, (i.e., staff meetings, performance evaluations, etc.).

Processing Information:
• Directs and/or manages databases as designated to meet agency requirements.
• Generates queries and develops reports for stakeholders.
• Manage and/or compiles, processes, and reviews records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.

Documenting/Recording Information:
• Compiles, manages, and directs the preparation and maintenance of operating records and reports.
• Ensures all relevant work activities, contacts, and meetings are properly documented with complete and accurate records and reports, (such as but not limited to: administrative records, enforcement action requests, etc.).

Interacting With Computers:
• Directs and/or oversees the design, development, and/or maintenance of databases for stakeholders.
• Maintains working knowledge and use of various software programs, such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), etc.
• Enter time and leave, expense accounts, etc. within the designated computer program, in a proper and timely manner.

Developing and Building Teams :
• Continually seeks ways to involve staff and seeks their commitment to departmental goals.
• Encourages and works harmoniously with team members by listening, sharing, and/or brainstorming.
• Willingly volunteers and participates in work groups, special assignments, planning teams, etc., as opportunities arise that further established goals.

Coaching and Developing Others:
• Provide coaching to subordinates using appropriate performance management techniques in accordance with recommendations from agency HR.
• Addresses and/or recognizes the performance of assigned direct reports appropriately in accordance with established policy.
• Provides and/or participates in training direct reports.
• Direct the establishment and implementation of an orientation program for subordinates.
• Seek professional development opportunities for subordinates.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others:
• Coordinate committee meetings to develop policies, procedures, and plans.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public:
• Coordinates, schedules, participates in, and/or leads public outreach presentations, (such as, but not limited to: public hearings, school presentations, special events, etc.).

Performing Administrative Activities:
• Ensures confidential material is not disclosed or made accessible to unauthorized personnel.
• Reviews and approves direct and indirect reports' administrative actions, (including, but not limited to, performance evaluations, expense requests, time and labor, etc.).
• Ensures files are managed according to the Records Disposition Authorization (RDA).
• Complete required documentation for travel and/or field use of vehicle (i.e. mileage logs, travel time, vehicle inspection checklist, etc.)

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment:
• 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.

Performing General Physical Activities:
• Perform physical activities, such as, walking (i.e. ditches, uneven terrain, etc.), wading in water, climbing, lifting, operating environmental equipment, etc.

Competencies (KSA's)
Competencies:
• Decision Quality
• Customer Focus
• Directing Others
• Functional/Technical Competency
• Written Communications
• Process Management
• Building Effective Teams
• Confronting Direct Reports
• Priority Setting
• Motivating Others

Knowledge:
• Customer and Personal Service
• Law and Government
• Administration and Management
• Engineering and Technology
• Mathematics

Skills:
• Judgment and Decision Making
• Science
• Management of Personnel Resources
• Complex Problem Solving
• Critical Thinking
• Active Listening
• Reading Comprehension
• Speaking
• Writing
• Time Management
• Instructing
• Negotiation
• Active Learning
• Monitoring
• Persuasion

Abilities:
• Oral Comprehension
• Oral Expression
• Deductive Reasoning
• Speech Clarity

Tools & Equipment
• Computer/Tablet
• Telephone/Cell Phone/Pager
• Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax
• Water Craft/Motor Vehicles
• Sampling, Monitoring Equipment and Supplies/Tools
• Radiation Detection Meter
• Tractors/All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
• Two-Way Radio
• Camera and Optical Equipment
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Surveying and Measuring Equipment
• Safety and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
• Outdoor Power Equipment and Hand Tools
• Laboratory Equipment
• Projector
• Personal Dosimetry
• Film Processing Equipment
• Radiation Survey Equipment
• Hand & Power Tools

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.