Engineer Trainee - Environmental Protection - Logan Co.
State of West Virginia
Posted: February 20, 2026 (0 days ago)
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State of West Virginia
Environment - Environmental Protection
Location
West Virginia, 25305
Salary
$62,058 - $110,386
per year
Type
Full-Time
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Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
This job involves reviewing and approving mining permit applications to ensure they meet environmental and safety standards, inspecting sites and structures like dams and roads, and preparing reports on potential environmental impacts from mining activities.
It's ideal for an engineer with experience in environmental or civil engineering who enjoys fieldwork in rugged outdoor settings and wants to contribute to protecting the environment in West Virginia's mining industry.
The role offers a balance of office work, site visits, and possible leadership opportunities in a supportive state agency.
***This job opportunity is not in the classified service and is not covered by the West Virginia Division of Personnel merit system. ***
DEP2600130 Engineer
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Mining and Reclamation; Operations/Permitting
Office location: 1101 George Kostas Dr, Logan, WV 25601
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Employee will be assigned to the Division of Mining and Reclamation's Logan Permitting Section. Employee will perform professional engineering work, with the level depending on experience, providing a wide variety of engineering services.
Duties will include, but are not limited to:
The review and supervision of all technical engineering aspects and processing of surface mining and underground mining applications to ensure that facilities are designed and operated in accordance with applicable state and federal surface mining guidelines, as well as sound engineering practices.
Employee will review plans and designs for the construction of roads, dams and sediment structures and review engineering plans and applications to access environmental impact of proposed mining.
Will compose reports detailing recommendations, conclusions and findings.
Will conduct annual inspections of impoundments as required by the Dam Control Act.
Employee will prepare a variety of reports and correspondence and updates computer data files on a regular basis.
Will conduct field inspections which may require walking over rugged terrain and in inclement weather.
Employee will attend meetings and hearings to observe or attest to the findings of environmental impact.
Will attend state and national meetings and seminars to gain and share engineering knowledge.
Employee may review lower level engineering work performed. May perform in a supervisory or lead worker role.
Will perform other duties as required.
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Training: Current Professional Engineer (PE) license issued by the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.
AND
Experience: Seven (7) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in engineering, in which three (3) years must be as a licensed Professional Engineer.
Note: The experience must have been acquired after the bachelor’s degree but may have occurred before or after registration as a professional engineer.
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