Technical Support Unit Supervisor (Environmental Engineer 5)

The Department of Ecology is hiring a Technical Support Unit Supervisor (Environmental Engineer 5) in Lacey, WA. This role involves managing staff responsible for contaminated site cleanup and inspections. The position allows for a hybrid schedule, enabling telework up to 3 days per week. Responsibilities include directing investigations and overseeing engineering analysis for environmental remediation. Applicants should be within commuting distance to the office.
Keeping Washington Clean and Evergreen

The
Toxics Cleanup Program
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Technical Support Unit Supervisor (Environmental Engineer 5)
• position. This position is located in our *
Southwest Region Office (SWRO)
• in
Lacey, WA.
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As the Technical Support Unit Supervisor, you will manage professional staff who have important roles in the cleanup of contaminated sites. Your staff are responsible for investigations and cleanup, and for completing the inspection of underground storage tanks (UST). In this role, you'll help set priorities, plan and schedule work with your team, as well as manage, mentor, recruit, and train staff.

You'll also be a site manager and technical support engineer on some of the most complex cleanup sites, developing, directing, and overseeing professional engineering analysis and technical services for soil, groundwater, surface water, and sediment investigations. As technical lead, you'll direct and manage remedial investigations, feasibility studies, and design activities, and implement corrective action at regional contaminated sites.
• Agency Mission:
• Ecology's mission is to protect, preserve and enhance the environment for current and future generations.
• Program Mission:
The mission of the Toxics Cleanup Program (TCP) is to protect Washington's human health and the environment by preventing and cleaning up pollution and supporting sustainable communities and natural resources for the benefit of future and current generations.

Tele-work options for this position:
• This position will have flexibility of a hybrid schedule, empowering work from home and office, providing less time in traffic and shrinking your carbon footprint. This position will be eligible to tele-work up to 3 days per week.
• Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or compressed schedules are encouraged to reach out to the contact person listed below in "other information." Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

Application Timeline:
This position will remain open until filled; we will review applications on September 27, 2024. In order to be considered, please submit an application on or before
September 26, 2024
. If your application isn't received by this date, it may not be considered. The agency reserves the right to make a Hire any time after the initial screening date.
• Please Note: *
We will review all applications received before the date above. Additional reviews after this date typically only occur if we have a small applicant pool, or if a successful Hire was not made.
Ecology employees may be eligible for the following: