Environmental Analyst

Environmental Analyst

Salary Grade: 10

Pay Range

Hiring Range: $52,291 - $62,732 Annually

Pay Range: $52,291 - $73,174 Annually

Department - Environmental Quality

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Job Type: Classified
Job Classification: 5601 - Environmental Analyst
Salary Grade: 10
Pay Range:
Hiring Range: $52,291 - $62,732 Annually
Pay Range: $52,291 - $73,174 Annually
Range Explanation

• Hiring Range is an estimate of where you can receive an offer. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, training, and internal equity.
• Pay Range is the entire compensation range for the position.

As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

• Collects, compiles, classifies and analyzes data related to environmental research and compliance activities;
• Performs technical work in repair, maintenance, installation, calibration, modification, and quality control checks of field environmental instrumentation;
• Reviews and analyzes local, state and federal laws, regulations and proposals, and assists management in developing departmental comments on proposed regulations;
• Designs environmental quality data collection systems and specialized environmental quality control methods, using computer automated systems, databases and research techniques;
• Assists management and engineering staff in writing critiques and recommendations on specific environmental projects and plans, determines cost and impact of implementation;
• Prepares written reports and correlates resulting scientific data for use in the development of environmental quality control strategies;
• Recommends and initiates planning activities, data requests and data analysis methods for compliance related purposes;
• Provides information to the public and news media concerning environmental quality including the interpretation of scientific data and trends in pollution control or forecasting;
• Interprets county ordinances, state and federal laws, rules and regulations affecting environmental quality;
• Advises and consults with management, public officials, vendors, professional, civic and other groups, organizations and individuals in the area of specialization;
• May participate in the development of department policy and procedures.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in an environmental science, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, biochemistry, bio systems analysis, or a closely related field as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment AND one year of technical experience in wastewater, water treatment, drinking water, groundwater, surface water, air quality control, solid waste, hazardous waste, sustainability or general environmental management.

• (Relevant experience and/or education from an accredited college or university may be substituted.)

Or

One year with Pima County in an Environmental Health Specialist I or related position as determined by the department head at the time of recruitment.

Qualifying education and experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Do not substitute a resume for your application or write "see resume" on your application.

(Be specific in describing your experience in your application. Ensure the descriptions provided illustrate your competencies, specifically addressing the required and preferred qualifications.):

• Experience with/knowledge of operation and maintenance of air monitoring data collection and validation tools.
• Experience with/knowledge of the installation, calibration, troubleshooting and repair of scientific, laboratory or industrial process control, sound, light or communications instrumentation or equipment.
• Experience conducting site maintenance; brush trimming, painting, digging drainages, etc.
• Experience in using Excel and Word to generate documents and analyze data.
• Experience with/knowledge of testing and analysis of scientific data and sample collection.

Pima County Human Resources Department reserves the right to admit to the selection process only those candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. All applications will be assessed based on an evaluation of the listed education and experience. Candidates meeting the minimum qualifications may be further evaluated/scored against any advertised Preferred Qualifications. The hiring authority will interview and select the successful candidate from a referral list provided by Human Resources.

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