Environmental Resources Specialist 1 - Environment - Environmental Protection - Kanawha Co.
State of West Virginia
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Environmental Resources Specialist 2 - Health - BPH - Marion Co.
State of West Virginia
HEALTH - BPH - OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Location
West Virginia, 25305
Salary
$41,194 - $71,789
per year
Type
Closes
March 12, 2026
Job Description
Summary
This job involves helping public water systems in West Virginia comply with state and federal drinking water regulations by providing technical advice, reviewing data, and recommending improvements to avoid violations.
The role focuses on onsite assistance, report generation, and enforcement guidance in the Marion County area.
It's a good fit for someone with a background in environmental protection who enjoys working directly with utilities to ensure safe drinking water.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent substitution with professional experience (1 year per 30 semester hours)
- Two years of full-time paid professional experience in environmental/natural resources protection, environmental impact, or related agency-specific areas
- Graduate coursework may substitute for experience (15 semester hours per year)
- Knowledge of State and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act regulations
- Ability to review technical and analytical data for compliance with limits
- Skills in providing onsite technical assistance and generating reports
- Experience recommending treatment or process changes for water systems
Full Job Description
1 VACANCYMARION COUNTY
Located in the Fairmont District Office of the Office of Environmental Health Services, this position will act as a Regulatory Advisor for the Compliance and Enforcement Unit of the Environmental Engineering Division for the assigned area.
This position will: assist public water systems with compliance and enforcement actions in the district area of the state in accordance with State and Federal Safe Drinking Water Act regulations; provide onsite technical assistance to public water systems to increase compliance with monitoring requirements and schedules; provide guidance to public water systems with required documentation, which may include contacting systems that are potentially out of compliance to minimize the number of reporting violations; generate reports and review data to determine which public water systems have missing sample results and provide guidance to minimize the number of monitoring violations; review technical and analytical data to determine if the public water system sample results are within the required minimum and/or maximum limits set by the State and Federal regulations; and, with the assistance of an assigned engineer, the position will determine and recommend treatment or process changes necessary to achieve or maintain compliance.
Other duties as may be determined necessary to assist public water systems in achieving and maintaining compliance with state and federal regulations.
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Qualifications
Training: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
OR
Substitution: Additional full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience as described below may be substituted for the required training at a rate of one (1) year of experience for every thirty (30) semester hours of training.
AND
Experience: Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid professional experience in the acquisition, preservation, protection and enhancement of environmental/natural resources, environmental protection or in an agency-specific area related to environmental impact.
OR
Substitution: Graduate coursework from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the required experience at the rate of fifteen (15) semester hours for every one (1) year of experience.
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