Professional Engineer or Senior Professional Engineer
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Professional Engineer or Senior Professional Engineer

Bureau of Environmental Resource Regulation

The St. Johns River Water Management District is an environmental regulatory agency whose work is focused on ensuring a long-term supply of drinking water, and to protect and restore the health of water bodies in the district's 18 counties in northeast and east-central Florida. Become a member of our team to help protect our natural resources while enjoying work/life balance in a professional culture with competitive pay and benefits.

Job Summary: This is independent professional engineering work reviewing environmental resource permits and compliance and enforcement projects

Job duties:

* Reviews the engineering portion of the larger and/or more complex compliance and enforcement projects, including as-built inspections, to evaluate conformance with District rules and permits. Responsibilities include conducting periodic site inspections during and upon completion of project construction/implementation to monitor system conditions; evaluating compliance submittals; reviewing and evaluating monitoring reports; responding to complaints and public information requests pertaining to rule violations; facilitating resolutions to non-compliance issues; performing permit determinations; writing technical reports and enforcement action; reviewing legal documents and coordinating with legal staff; coordinating with other compliance team members and supervisors, as necessary; documenting compliance actions, activities and pertinent information in e-Reg; communicating regularly with the supervising engineer, compliance coordinator on compliance matters of heightened concern.

* Reviews the engineering portion of the larger and/or more complex applications for Environmental Resource Permits. Responsibilities include review of construction plans/drawings, calculations, data, legal documents, and hydrologic modeling to determine if projects meet the District criteria for water quality and flood protection; preparing technical staff reports and letters; conducting pre-application meetings including meeting to assist consultants in developing and completing their application through the design review process; coordinating the review of projects with other review team members and supervisors, as necessary; documenting project actions, activities, and pertinent information in e-reg; communicating regularly with supervisor on projects of heightened concern, and testifying as an expert witness in legal proceedings.

Minimum Qualifications:

Professional Engineer - requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering, and registration by the State of Florida as a Professional Engineer.

Senior Professional Engineer - requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in environmental, civil, hydraulic, agricultural or water resource engineering, registration by the State of Florida as a Professional Engineer, and one-year subsequent experience in work directly related to the field in which the position is assigned.

An advanced degree may substitute for a portion of the required experience.

Physical Requirements/Working Environment:

Mostly office environment sitting at a desk and operating a personal computer to produce work products with some field visits as required.

Periodic field visits:

Applicant must have ability to endure outdoor environments in uncomfortable temperatures, inclement weather, and remote locations.

Licenses:

Valid State of Florida Driver's License.

State of Florida Professional Engineer License.

Additional Details:

Starting Salary Range:

Professional Engineer - $75,753.60 - $98,467.20

Senior Professional Engineer - $81,057.60 - $105,352.00

Starting salary is based on qualifications and experience.

Benefits include Hybrid work schedule, Florida Retirement System, health insurance, paid parental leave, dental insurance, life insurance, long-term disability, paid leave and holidays, professional development, wellness program, and eligible for public service student loan forgiveness program.

Your application will receive careful consideration, and if selected for an interview, you will be contacted to schedule an appointment. St. Johns River Water Management District participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is an internet-based system that allows businesses to determine the eligibility of their employees to work in the United States.

Certain service members and veterans, and the spouses and family members of such service members and veterans will receive preference in employment and are encouraged to apply.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Veterans' Preference/Drug-Free and Tobacco-Free Workplace

Location: Negotiable

Closing Date: Open until filled