Pretreatment Environmental Specialist Sr

Job Overview

The City of Boise is hiring for Pretreatment Environmental Specialist - Sr!

In this role, you will play a critical role in protecting water quality and treatment infrastructure by leading compliance oversight of Significant Industrial Users (SIUs) under the city's EPA and IDEQ approved pretreatment program. This position offers the opportunity to work directly with diverse industries, applying technical expertise in wastewater chemistry, industrial processes, and environmental regulations to solve complex compliance challenges.

You'll conduct detailed facility inspections, manage sophisticated monitoring programs, develop enforcement strategies, and serve as a technical resource to industrial partners and local sewer districts. This role is ideal for an experienced environmental professional who values regulatory expertise, problem-solving, and making a tangible impact on community environmental protection.

Top talent deserves top-notch benefits.

The City is among the best in the Treasure Valley when it comes to the benefits and perks we offer our employees.

• ZERO premium medical coverage option for you and your family
• PERSI retirement benefits plus 401(k)/457b with employer match
• 10 hours vacation per month (increases with tenure) + 12 paid holidays + 8 hours sick leave per month
• 10 weeks Parental Leave
• Up to $500 annual Well Being incentive
• Tuition reimbursement and free local bus pass
• Basic Life and Long Term Disability insurance at no cost

Reviews and evaluates Significant Industrial User (SIU) required data disclosure forms. accidental spill prevention plans, toxic organic management plans, and quality assurance plans. Assists in identifying potential SIUs and Municipal Industrial Users (MIUs). Assists in building plan reviews to ensure appropriate pretreatment infrastructure. Assists in the development of SIU discharge permits, monitoring requirements and other standards as required by applicable approved pretreatment programs.

Maintains detailed files for each permitted industry including spill prevention and solvent management plans, periodic self-monitoring reports, site inspections and compliance monitoring reports and routine correspondence. Enforces industrial permit requirements and Boise city code in instances of non-compliance. Prepares and executes appropriate enforcement responses pursuant to the city’s required and approved Enforcement Response Plan.

Inspects critical and sometimes hazardous areas of SIU-regulated industries; evaluates chemical storage, use and disposal, as well as process wastewater pretreatment facilities as required by the city’s IPDES permit. Coordinates with industrial facility personnel to ensure full access to regulated facilities. Assists industrial personnel to identify and evaluate process issues related to regulated used water (wastewater) discharge. Develops records reflecting inspection review of good housekeeping practices, equipment maintenance and calibration and waste management practices for compliance with local, state and federal rules and permit requirements.

Maintains and uses a varied inventory of monitoring equipment, computer-programmed data loggers and manual and automatically used water sampling equipment. Performs compliance sampling and monitoring of discharge from SIU-regulated industries as required by the city’s EPA/IDEQ permit in a manner that ensures the generation of legally defensible data. Coordinates timing of events with city lab personnel to the maximum extent practicable for efficient use of resources.

Compiles, collates and interprets monitoring data and presents for review by management and other work groups. Maintains records of industrial discharge flows for planning purposes. Supports various work groups by developing and maintaining data analysis tools that streamline and automate data quality control checks and statistical analysis. Troubleshoots, maintains and upgrades the Industrial User Database user interface on a routine basis.

Locates and corrects data quality and integrity issues.

Manages required pollutant-specific Best Management Practices (BMP) enforcement programs. Develops BMP outreach educational materials and inspection program procedures for use by environmental technicians during inspection of dental office, photographic printing and food service facilities. Coordinates with environmental technicians on a periodic sampling of used water discharge from required pretreatment equipment. Reviews sample analysis results and handles necessary enforcement action until compliance is achieved.

Ensures all local independent sewer districts maintain and operate pretreatment programs in accordance with the IPDES permits and city agreement to provide pretreatment services. Provides technical assistance and direction to district staff to ensure procedures and inspection protocols are in line with city methods. Provides inspection and sampling technical assistance to…