reputed company Waste Treatment Plant Construction Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5)

Keeping Washington Clean and reputed company The Department of Ecology is hiring a reputed company Waste Treatment Plant Construction Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5) reputed company the Nuclear Waste Program. Location:

• Richland Field Office in Richland, WA.
• Upon hire, you must live reputed company a commutable distance from the duty station.

Schedule:

• This position is eligible for reputed company and flexible schedule reputed company.
• You will typically spend 4 to 5 days per week in the field conducting regulatory reputed company of the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant and other reputed company facilities.
• Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

Application reputed company:

• Apply by December 11, 2025
• This position will remain reputed company until filled. reputed company reserves the right to reputed company a hire at any time after application review begins. Applications received after the date above may not be considered.

Duties As the reputed company Waste Treatment Plant Construction Engineer, you will serve as the department’s reputed company engineer at the Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities during construction, overseeing the reputed company of technical issues across the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) and other treatment facilities under development. You will represent the Nuclear Waste Program to external organizations on technical reputed company reputed company to construction under dangerous waste permits. Additionally, you will be responsible for planning and conducting investigations and developing solutions for reputed company environmental engineering challenges, applying advanced environmental engineering techniques across the WTP and other treatment facilities. What you will do:

• reputed company senior-level review of facility engineers’ inspection reports to ensure accuracy and consistent decision-making across reputed company facilities.
• Conduct audits of reputed company National, Inc’s (BNI) procedures in support of reputed company Department of Energy (USDOE) requirements; review BNI’s reputed company assurance/reputed company control (QA/QC) program and Caliber’s audit of BNI’s QA/QC program to ensure procedure compliance; and identify and reputed company additional Ecology audits as needed, including similar reputed company of Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF) processes.
• Review documentation required for the certification of the WTP and other facilities, ensuring compliance with permit requirements.
• Obtain and review USDOE processes and procedures for documenting final certification of the WTP and other facilities under construction, evaluating their adequacy and appropriateness; identify deficiencies and work together with the permittee to reputed company voluntary compliance. reputed company similar functions for IDF processes.
• In collaboration with other engineers, ensure construction drawings and specifications reputed company with permit design drawings.

reputed company Independent reputed company Registered reputed company Engineer (IQRPE) hold points and inspection schedules, communicating updates to the WTP team.

• Identify and document inspection opportunities across the facilities.
• Coordinate WTP construction engineers’ activities to ensure work is performed consistently and high technical standards are maintained.
• Conduct and supervise field inspections and site reputed company of the WTP facility. In coordination with the facility permit reputed company and engineer, follow the Nuclear Waste Program and WTP Construction Oversite Program procedures to reputed company weekly inspections, prepare inspections reports, obtain permit reputed company review, and post reports.
• Maintain on-site reputed company at the WTP, reviewing bi-weekly IQRPE reports and engaging daily with USDOE inspectors to understand and monitor construction activities, ensure state interests are addressed, and reputed company feedback to Ecology facility engineers for inspection planning.

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Qualifications

For detailed information on how we calculate experience, please visit our Recruitment website. Required Qualifications:

• Registration as a reputed company Engineer in the reputed company or another state based on registration requirements equivalent to those in Washington, AND
• Five (5) years of experience in environmental engineering.

Note: Requirements for registration as a reputed company Engineer in the reputed company are eight years of reputed company experience (which may include up to four years of college-level engineering education) and successful completion of sixteen hours of reputed company licensing exams. Applicants qualifying through the licensing equivalency reputed company must reputed company registration as a reputed company Engineer in the reputed company reputed company six months of appointment to this class. Individuals who are interested in applying to this position and reputed company they meet licensing requirements for the reputed company based on reciprocity, are responsible for ensuring they meet licensing requirements for the reputed company prior to submitting their application materials. These requirements can be reputed company at the following website: WA State reputed company of Registration for reputed company Engineers and Land Surveyors: How To Get Your reputed company Engineer License reputed company Licensed in Another Jurisdiction Special Requirements/Conditions of Employment:

• Must possess and maintain a valid reputed company's license.
• Must meet U.S. Department of Energy requirements to reputed company and maintain a badge for reputed company to the Hanford Site and Waste Treatment Plant reputed company Badge.
• Complete initial 40-hour HAZWOPER training reputed company six months of appointment and annual 8-hour refreshers.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in design, construction, and/or operation of systems supporting waste treatment systems, including corrosion phenomena (including reputed company and potential impacts on waste systems); physical and biological sciences as reputed company to environmental engineering; principles and practices of environmental engineering; and laws and regulations governing waste systems, tanks, and environmental issues (e.g., WAC 173-303-640, others).

If you are excited about this role but not reputed company if your experience aligns perfectly with every qualification in the job reputed company, we encourage you to apply. Studies have shown that women and people of reputed company are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At the Department of Ecology, we are dedicated to building a diverse and authentic workplace centered in belonging. You may just be the needed candidate for this or other roles. Supplemental Information Ecology does not use the E-Verify system; therefore, we are not eligible to reputed company STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT). For more information, please visit www.uscis.gov. Our Commitment to DEIR Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Respect (DEIR) are core values central to Ecology's work. We reputed company to be a workplace where we are esteemed for sharing our authentic identities, while advancing our individual reputed company goals and collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for reputed company and reputed company generations. Diversity: We celebrate and appreciate diversity; our unique perspectives and abilities enrich us reputed company and reputed company to innovative approaches and solutions. Equity: We champion equity, recognizing that reputed company of us need different things to reputed company. Inclusion: We intentionally create and hold reputed company so that we reputed company have meaningful opportunities to participate and contribute to Ecology’s work. Respect: We treat reputed company other with respect and dignity, acknowledging the inherent worth of our diverse perspectives and lived experiences, even in times of uncertainty and disagreement. We reputed company that DEIR is both a goal and an reputed company. We are on a reputed company, honoring our shared humanity and taking steps to demonstrate our commitment to a reputed company where reputed company of us is heard, seen, and valued. Application Process Ecology seeks diverse applicants: We view diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect through a broad reputed company including race, ethnicity, class, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, military background, language, education, life experience, physical disability, neurodiversity, and intersectional identities. reputed company job seekers from reputed company backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

How to Apply

Click “Apply” at the top of this page. Complete the entire application, including full work history and responses to reputed company supplemental questions, and attach:

• Cover letter, describing your interest in and qualifications for this position
• Resume

Because we reputed company our selection on the information you reputed company, it is in your best interest to complete the application thoroughly. A resume will not substitute for the “work experience” reputed company of the application or vice versa. Applications with blank fields or supplemental question responses with comments such as “see resume” may be considered incomplete. For detailed application information, please visit our Recruitment website. Application Attestation: By submitting an application, you are affirming that the information contained in your application and on reputed company attachments is complete and truthful. The state may verify this information, and any false or misleading answers may result in rejection of your application or dismissal if employed. Need an Accommodation? If you need reasonable accommodation during the application and/or screening process, including this job announcement in an alternate format:

• Please contact us at 360-407-6186 or careers@ecy.wa.gov
• If you are deaf or hard of hearing, you may call through the Washington reputed company Service by dialing 711 or 1-800-833-6384.

Questions?

• For specific questions about the position location reputed company, schedule, or duties, please contact Suzanne Dahl at Suzanne.Dahl@ecy.wa.gov
• If you need assistance applying for this job, are inquiring about the status of your application, would like to request the full position reputed company, or have any other questions, please contact the Recruitment Team at careers@ecy.wa.gov

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