Environmental Protection Specialist Ii

Department Information

This position is only open to current, permanent residents of the State of Colorado. This is a HYBRID position (please note, this arrangement can be subject to change). This Environmental Protection Specialist II is located in Grand Junction.

Be BOLD and make a real difference. The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness. The State is resolute in non‑discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services.

Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

• Employee wellness programs and facilities
• Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
• Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
• Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
• Tuition assistance for college level courses including Masters degree programs
• Excellent work‑life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
• A variety of employee resource groups

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The Remediation Program is responsible for selecting, implementing, and overseeing remedial actions, and ensuring long‑term protectiveness of those actions, under various federal and state programs, which are consistent with applicable federal and state requirements and are protective of human health and the environment. The Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Program is one such program with the Remediation Program. The UMTRA Program ensures that long‑term disposal repositories of uranium mill tailings remain protective;

works with the Department of Energy for the ongoing maintenance and operation of disposal cells; ensures that newly discovered tailings are appropriately managed; and provides technical and educational outreach and reports to local governments and private parties so that uranium mill tailings are identified, removed, stored and disposed of, in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and in a manner which is protective of human health and the environment.

This position acts as a project manager assisting with the implementation of the Colorado uranium mill tailings program and the solid waste permitting program. This position assures adequate storage, treatment and disposal of solid waste and uranium mill tailings and assure adequate remediation of contaminated sites by: investigating, analyzing, and evaluating the geology, geophysics, hydrogeology, and geotechnical aspects of regulated facilities;

reviewing technical data; inspecting facilities; overseeing certain activities at facilities; writing and enforcing the recommendations for certificate of designation applications and/or subsequent modifications of the design and operations plans for facilities; and providing technical expertise for the review of engineering plans and designs to ensure that activities are conducted in a technically sound, cost‑effective, timely, and protective manner.

Residency Requirement: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Experience Only

• Five (5) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to Environmental Earth Sciences, Geochemistry or…