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Environmental Compliance Inspector III The City of Santa Rosa announces an exciting opportunity to serve City and make a difference in the community as an Environmental Compliance Inspector III. The City of Santa Rosa is committed to building a workforce reflective of our community and establishing a lasting culture of equity and belonging within our organization. Our collective talents and expertise contribute to high-quality public services that support a vibrant, resilient, inclusive City for our community and visitors. We celebrate a diverse workforce and welcome all qualified candidates to apply. In addition to offering a rewarding work environment, opportunity for career growth, and excellent salary, the City of Santa Rosa provides a generous suite of benefits, including retirement through CalPERS, a competitive leave accrual package, your choice of three health plans, and top of the line employer paid vision and dental coverage. A flexible work schedule: 5/8 or 9/8012 paid holidays annually, plus 1 to 3 'floating holidays' per year, depending on start date and years of service $500 annually for wellness.

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The City of Santa Rosa is seeking to fill one Environmental Compliance Inspector III vacancy within the Environmental Compliance Section of the Water Department. This is the advanced journey level position in the Environmental Compliance Inspector classification series, specializing in industrial wastewater pretreatment and source control programs. Under general supervision, the Environmental Compliance Inspector III enforces local, state, and federal pretreatment regulations governing discharges to the wastewater collection system. Responsibilities include conducting inspections of industrial wastewater dischargers, evaluating building plans for pretreatment equipment, obtaining industrial wastewater samples, evaluating compliance with wastewater discharge permits and determining applicable federal and state pretreatment requirements. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Compliance Inspector II in the complexity of inspections and the emphasis on industrial wastewater pretreatment compliance. This class is distinguished from the Environmental Compliance Supervisor in that the latter has supervisory and administrative responsibilities for the Environmental Compliance Section.

The ideal candidate:

• Demonstrated experience in an industrial wastewater pretreatment program, including evaluating and implementing new local, state, and federal regulations to anticipate the impacts on the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) and regulated industrial dischargers. This includes experience with industrial wastewater discharge permit development, modification, and compliance monitoring.
• An aptitude for being detail oriented, self-motivated, exercising good judgement, and is thorough in regard to follow through on inspections, investigations, sampling, reporting, and enforcement activities.
• Experience delivering effective presentations, performing complex industrial compliance monitoring projects with minimal supervision, and interpreting industrial processes, wastewater discharge characteristics, and related technical documents.
• A proven track record of establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with industrial or commercial dischargers, internal staff, regulatory agencies, and other stakeholders.
• The ability to be proactive in conflict resolution, communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing; and demonstrate characteristics of a team player, leader, and mentor to co-workers.
• The ability to review and interpret building plans to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal pretreatment regulations.
• Working knowledge of wastewater collection system and treatment plant fundamentals with a strong understanding of the EPA Pretreatment Program, including Significant Industrial User inspections, categorical standards, and source control principles.
• Four (4) years of increasingly responsible experience performing commercial and/or industrial inspection and monitoring of discharges to wastewater treatment systems.

Examples of Duties and Responsibilities:

• Interpret and implement Title 15 of the Santa Rosa City Code (Sewers) and the sewer codes of the sub-regional system partners; evaluate industrial sewer discharges to classify and prepare permits for industrial or commercial discharger; inspect industrial and commercial facilities to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations, ordinances, standards and laws;
• Develop and implement Pollution Prevention Programs to ensure legally defensible data and actions;
• Keep inspection records and documents current;
• Plan non-compliance enforcement actions;
• Respond to spills that involve the sanitary sewer and storm water collection systems;
• Respond to complaints and meet with industrial and commercial dischargers regarding industrial waste problems;
• Review development plans and blueprints for new and tenant improvements from other departments and public entities for appropriateness with wastewater containment and discharge into the sanitary sewer and storm water systems;
• Conduct a variety of required sampling programs and chemical and biological laboratory and field tests;
• Conduct investigations to provide support for legal action in response to permit non-compliance;
• Track industrial and commercial user discharge volumes and loadings for billing and data collection.

Additional Duties:

• Prepare technical reports for the State Water Quality Control Board and the Environmental Protection Agency;
• Prepare compliance letters to industrial waste dischargers;
• Maintain and update Industrial Questionnaire and Permit file;
• Prepare and conduct presentations to industrial users and the general public;
• Collaborate with other City Departments implementing various programs;
• And perform related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Applicable local, state, and federal ordinances, standards and laws
• Chemistry and biology as they relate to environmental compliance enforcement
• Principles of the operation and maintenance of wastewater treatment facilities
• Chemicals and their safe use
• Laboratory equipment and procedures
• Industrial waste flow and sampling techniques

Ability to:

• Effectively communicate clearly and concisely, orally and in writing
• Maintain harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of business
• Work effectively in a team based organization
• Prepare and maintain correspondence and reports
• Apply wastewater control principles and techniques to the solution of difficult environmental problems
• Conduct sanitary and environmental studies
• Analyze complex environmental situations
• Understand basic hydraulic and environmental engineering concepts
• Read engineering drawings
• Interpret rules, regulations and laws relating to environmental compliance
• Comprehend and make inferences from written material
• Enter data into a computer terminal or PC device
• Conduct required sampling programs and laboratory tests
• Enforce regulations with tact, firmness and consistency

Experience and Education:

Any combination equivalent to experience and education that could likely provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be: Experience - Sufficient experience in environmental compliance inspection or related field to demonstrate possession of the above knowledge and abilities; Education: Equivalent to four year degree of Environmental studies or related field including course work in chemistry, biology, wastewater treatment, or related course work. Completion of Sacramento State Pretreatment Facility Inspection course or other course work approved by the Utilities Department within two years of employment.

License or Certificate:

This classification requires the use of a personal or City vehicle while conducting City business. In order to drive, individuals must be physically capable of operating the vehicles safely and must possess a valid class C California motor vehicle operator's license. An Environmental Compliance Inspector III Certificate issued by the California Water Environment Association is highly desirable.

Additional Information:

Working Conditions:

Incumbents assigned to this classification communicate with industrial and commercial users orally, face to face and using a telephone. Work is performed indoors in an office setting and outdoors in a variety of weather conditions. In the office, incumbents enter data or information into and retrieve it from a computer terminal, PC or