Temporary - Pretreatment Compliance Specialist (Austin Water)

Job Description:

Temporary - Pretreatment Compliance Specialist (Austin Water)

Description

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Job Description:

Purpose:

Under limited supervision and using comprehensive knowledge of concepts, practices, procedures, and regulations, verifies and ensures compliance of the pretreatment regulated community in accordance with authority delegated by EPA/TCEQ. Responsible for projects and programs that are of diverse scope and complexity.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:

Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.

• Conducts, participates in, and reports on investigations, audits, surveillance, monitoring, inspection, sampling, analyses, research, training, outreach, recognition, permitting, registration, enforcement and other environmental and pretreatment-related activities and programs related to general industrial users and liquid waste haulers.
  
• Initiates negotiation to resolve cases or enforcement proceedings for environmental, pretreatment, and pollution prevention issues of diverse scope and complexity related to residential customers and general industrial users.
  
• Reviews and ensures that all site and building plans and proposals meet or exceed all Federal, State, and Local code, ordinance, and regulation pretreatment guidelines and criteria.
  
• Collects, processes, analyzes, and evaluates information and data submitted within permit applications, contracts, schedules, proposals, self-monitoring reports and laboratory reports to provide approvals and recommendations and assesses compliance with applicable regulations related to general industrial users.
  
• Interprets and explains City policies and procedures, and provides technical information, advice, assistance, and training for internal and external customers.
  
• Conducts and assists with case file preparation, initiates and participates in administrative and criminal enforcement proceedings, and provides testimony in legal proceedings for alleged violations of regulations related to residential customers, general industrial users, and liquid waste haulers.
  
• Researches, recommends, and implements changes to specifications, standards, policies, procedures, codes, regulations, and ordinances.
  
• Participates in public outreach efforts, task forces, and committees. Represents department at board and commission meetings. Conducts and makes presentations for internal and external customers.
  
• Performs field sampling at sample ports for compliance and financial measurements. Reviews analytical data to establish surcharges and violation notifications for extra strength pollutants of concern and sanitary sewer overflows.
  
• Performs rotational on-call duty and responds to spills and emergency events, incidents, complaints, actions, and other related situations.
  

Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:

May provide leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.

• Knowledge of applicable Federal, State and Local regulations.
  
• Knowledge of City practices, policies, and procedures.
  
• Knowledge of architectural and engineering principles and practices.
  
• Skill in oral and in written communication.
  
• Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
  
• Skill in using computers and related software applications.
  
• Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
  
• Skill in planning and organizing.
  
• Skill in providing leadership, training, guidance, and technical support.
  
• Ability to conduct research and/or investigations.
  
• Ability to provide customer service and problem solving.
  
• Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with city employees and the public.
  

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major/minor course work in a scientific field related to the job, plus four (4) years of relevant experience;
  OR
  
• Associate's degree in a scientific field related to the job, plus six (6) years of relevant experience;
  OR
  
• Master’s degree with major course work in a scientific field related to the job, plus two (2) years of relevant experience.
  

Licenses and Certifications Required:

Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License.

Notes to Candidate:

Position Overview
This position is responsible for conducting plan reviews, performing inspections, initiating enforcement, and issuing plan approvals and permits to ensure customer projects comply with applicable pretreatment regulations for general, categorical, and Significant Industrial Users. This position will be responsible for carrying and responding to an emergency pager, on a rotating one-week schedule.

Working with Austin Water provides a number of health and welfare benefits such as low-cost medical, dental, vision, paid leave time, a highly competitive retirement plan, training opportunities and more. Please click HERE for more information.

Schedule:

Monday to Friday from 7:00am to 5:00pm

Hybrid option available

Pay Range:

$26.86 - $32.43

Location:

City of Austin Permitting and Development Center

6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr,

Austin, TX 78752

When completing a City of Austin employment application:

• Please be sure to detail on the application all previous employment that you wish to be considered as part of your qualifications.
  
• A detailed, complete employment application is required. It helps us to better evaluate your qualifications and will be used to determine salary if you are selected for this position. Be sure to provide job titles and employment dates for all jobs you wish to be considered.
  
• A resume is required, but will not substitute for a complete employment application. Please include contact information from previous employers.
  
• A cover letter is required. In the cover letter candidates should describe, in concise detail, their interest in this position and highlight any prior experience that is relevant to this position.
  

Driving Requirement:

• This position requires a Valid Texas Class C Driver’s License or the ability to acquire one by your hire date. External New Hires must meet the City of Austin’s Driver Record Evaluation ( DRE ) requisite . To be considered for a driving position, applicants cannot have more than three moving violations or a total of six Driver Record Evaluation points within a period of thirty-six (36) months.
  
• This position will be required to travel to and collect samples from regulated entities.
  

If you are selected as a top candidate:

• Verification of your education (which may include high school graduation or GED , undergraduate and/or graduate degrees) will be required. You must provide proof of education from an accredited organization/institution and proof of your professional licenses or certifications.
  
• If you are in the military or a veteran, you will need to provide a copy of your DD-214 prior to confirming a start date.
  
• This position requires a criminal background investigation.
  

EEO Statement for City of Austin:

The City of Austin will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, age, religion, veteran status, disability, or sexual orientation. In addition, the City will not discriminate in employment decisions on the basis of an individual's AIDS, AIDS Related Complex, or HIV status; nor will the City discriminate against individuals who are perceived to be at risk of HIV infection, or who associate with individuals who are believed to be at risk.

City of Austin is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process or have a question regarding an essential job function, please call (512) 974-3210 or Texas Relay by dialing 7-1-1.

Closing Date/Time: 2026-03-06