Statewide Emergency Spill Response Coordinator

Overview

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is seeking a Statewide Emergency Spill Response Coordinator. This high-impact role manages the full lifecycle of hazardous material incidents for UDOT. You will lead a unified response strategy, coordinating across all UDOT regions and partnering with state agencies (DEQ, DPS, and local health departments) to ensure rapid stabilization and seamless transition to final remediation. You will act as the central bridge between UDOT regions, divisions, state agencies, and private contractors to mitigate the significant regulatory and financial risks associated with fuel, oil, and chemical releases.

This position will lead a unified approach by synchronizing response efforts across Maintenance, Construction, Environmental, Structures, and Safety divisions. This position will act as an interagency liaison and establish and maintain clear communication networks with first responders, the DEQ, third-party insurers, and cleanup contractors to ensure seamless ownership transfers. This position manages every phase of cleanup to ensure all spills are remediated to regulatory standards, protecting the state from long-term environmental and financial liability.

• Program Ownership:
  Manage all aspects of UDOT’s IDDE Program, including monitoring compliance, planning long-term improvements, and providing strategic recommendations to UDOT Management.
• Incident Response:
  Immediately respond to inquiries, complaints, or reports of suspected illicit discharges, illegal dumping, or illicit connections.
• Data & Compliance Management:
  Develop and maintain intuitive organizational structures for IDDE programmatic data, tracking programs, and compliance databases.
• Reporting & Quality Assurance:
  Prepare, monitor, and submit first-quality technical reports and regulatory deliverables for all IDDE incidents.
• Stakeholder Coordination:
  Act as the primary lead for internal and external IDDE incident meetings with divisions such as Stormwater, Risk Management, Traffic and Safety, and the Attorney General’s Office.
• Training & Auditing:
  Collaborate with Learning and Development to periodically review and revise IDDE training modules, and perform annual inventories and audits of spill response equipment at maintenance stations.
• Enforcement:
  Work with the Attorney General’s Office to develop and implement MS4 Permit-required enforcement options and penalty schedules.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor’s degree or higher in the sciences, engineering or a related field OR six or more years of related experience.
• Relevant
  
  Experience:
  
  Four or more years in environmental regulations, permitting, monitoring, emergency response, safety, or a related field.
• Licensure/Certification:
  Must complete and maintain OSHA’s 40-hour HAZWOPER certification, and hold and maintain a valid Utah driver’s license.

The ideal candidate is a self-directed leader capable of tracking numerous complex work products and deadlines in a fast-paced environment. You are responsible for seeing all IDDE incidents through until close-out. You must be able to lead by example, professionally represent UDOT to outside parties, prepare concise and complete regulatory reports, and clearly convey technical regulations to stakeholders of varying programmatic understanding.

• Regulatory Proficiency:
  Ability to understand relevant and applicable laws, rules, regulations, and/or policies and procedures.
• Compliance Oversight:
  Ability to interpret, implement, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, and/or standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with UDOT’s MS4 Permit.
• Leadership:
  Ability to lead people and groups, and effectively communicate expectations.
• Analytical Examination:
  Experience conducting methodical examination of information and evaluating information against a set of standards.
• Data Analysis:
  Ability to analyze and identify underlying principles, reasons, and facts associated with information or data.
• Effective Communication:
  Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively, both verbally and in writing; ability to listen to and…