Code Specialist II

Would you like to be part of the team that manages wastewater for the largest county in Virginia in a manner that ensures protection of the public and the environment? Wastewater Planning & Monitoring seeks a well-qualified Code Specialist II to perform monitoring and investigations for environmental programs mandated by the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality, and Environmental Protection Agency.

If you would like to join a creative, collaborative, and innovative team doing meaningful work for the Department of Public Works & Environmental Services, then Wastewater Planning & Monitoring is the place for you.

Under the general supervision of the Pretreatment Manager this individual:

• Takes a lead role in administering the county's state-mandated pretreatment program and related water quality and pollution prevention programs by accomplishing tasks to protect the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) from interferences and pass-through of pollutants that may adversely affect the public, worker health and safety, and the environment.
• Conducts environmental monitoring, investigations, business inspections, permitting, compliance assistance, and enforcement activities in the industrial waste pretreatment program and related programs, including reclaimed water management, ecological monitoring, hauled septage, fats, oils, and grease (FOG) control, and pollution prevention/waste minimization.
• Assists the Pretreatment Manager in developing and implementing program goals, policies, and procedures.
• Monitors wastewater and surface waters using multi-parameter field meters, wet chemistry kits, automatic samplers, and other methods. Collects, preserves, and relinquishes samples for conventional and toxic pollutant analysis.
• Prepares reports and correspondence summarizing monitoring and inspection findings, and recommends corrective actions as needed.
• Prepares permits and discharge authorizations and enforces their requirements in accordance with county code, state and federal regulations, and program policies.
• Assesses compliance of POTW users with Chapter 67.1 (Sanitary Sewers and Sewage Disposal) of the county code and other applicable regulations and binding agreements and initiates appropriate enforcement responses.
• Establishes and maintains liaison with stakeholders to effectively accomplish program goals and objectives.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to perform sampling and field analyses of wastewater and related matrices in outdoor and laboratory environments.
• Ability to create and maintain positive relationships with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to support or lead diverse technical and regulatory tasks.

• Benefits
• Retirement

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Any combination of education, experience, and training equivalent to the following:
(Click on the aforementioned link to learn how Fairfax County interprets equivalencies for "Any combination, experience, and training equivalent to")
Graduation from an accredited four year college or university with a bachelor's degree in a field of study directly related to the industry being regulated such as engineering, architecture, urban planning, biological or environmental science, public administration, law enforcement, legal studies or a related field; plus two years of progressively more responsible complaint resolution and/or code enforcement experience in the industry being regulated.

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:
A valid motor vehicle driver's license.

NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, driving record check, and a pre-employment physical examination to the satisfaction of the employer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
The preferred candidate will possess two or more years of experience in each of the following:

• Applying pretreatment program regulations including Fairfax County Code Chapter 67.1 and relevant state and federal regulations.
• Wastewater monitoring, compliance assessment, and enforcement of pretreatment regulations.
• Leading regulatory programs and projects relevant to wastewater management or pretreatment.
• Communicating technical, and occasionally controversial, information to diverse stakeholder groups both orally and in writing.
• Identifying, proposing, and executing initiatives to improve program performance.
• Using spreadsheets, databases, geographical information systems (GIS), or similar programs, to inform data-driven decision making relevant to wastewater management or pretreatment.