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Please note: The salary range listed in this job description is a base salary. Applicants eligible for years-of-service adjustments or shift differentials may exceed salary range listed above.

This position will be located with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Quality, Water Protection Program, Water Pollution Control Branch and will be located at the Lewis and Clark State Office Building, 1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, Missouri 65101.

Are you looking for a challenging but rewarding position protecting Missouri's water quality while working with permittees, consultants, neighbors, and other interested parties? Are you wanting to find the best ways to implement rules for water protection? Are you a detail-oriented individual who can provide highly technical analyses, service, and guidance to a wide range of stakeholders? If so, this Environmental Program Assistant/Analyst position is for you. As a permit writer, you will be tasked with thoroughly reviewing permit applications, previous permits, discharge data, and other relevant information to make informed permitting decisions. This position will also work with domestic, municipal, agricultural, other commercial facilities, and other interested parties.

This posting is for positions in the Industrial, Major & Municipal Domestic, and Minor Domestic Units.

Job Details - More reasons to love this position Benefits & Work-life Balance

Our benefits package and flexible 40-hour work week promotes the mental and physical health of you and your family as you work towards achieving your professional goals. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance. Learn more here.

How we invest in you:

- Exceptional professional development: mentoring from experienced professionals, cross-media training, career advancement opportunities, paid trainings and continuing education tuition assistance.
- Support for professional registrations when required, through paid study materials, fees, study time, test time, exam fees and licensure renewal fees.

Contact Details - If you have questions or require any accommodations to participate in the application or interview process please contact: Operating Permits Section at 573-522-4502, or cleanwaterpermits@dnr.mo.gov

OR

Sally Namassy, Recruiter at dnr.recruiter@dnr.mo.gov

The State of Missouri is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.

Responsibilities

- Conduct detailed analyses of permit applications for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System and State Only operating permits for domestic, municipal, industrial, stormwater, and/or agriculturally related facilities. In the Industrial Unit, this may include Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations to ensure compliance with Missouri Clean Water Law and regulations.
- Draft permits, issue public notices, review input, and issue Missouri State Operating Permits for domestic, municipal, industrial, stormwater, and/or agriculturally related facilities.
- Review all comments received on draft permits and proposed facilities, considering all comments, updating the draft permit, if needed, and responding to all comments.
- Become proficient with, and implement, applicable state statutes as well as state and federal regulations, such as the Missouri Clean Water Law and the Clean Water Act. Provide compliance assistance and rule interpretation for permittees, potential permittees, neighbors, and other interested parties.
- Gain a general working knowledge of various wastewater pollutants, treatment technologies, nomenclature and expected performance capabilities.
- Correspond with permittees, consultants, stakeholders, or other interested parties regarding permit requirements and decisions.
- Coordinate with permittees, the Missouri Geological Survey, and our Water Protection Program (WPP) engineering team members, legal counsel and others to implement requirements in accordance with Clean Water Laws and regulations.
- In coordination with regional office team members, attend occasional field/site visits when necessary to gain a better understanding of specific treatment technologies or processes.
- Provide exceptional customer service by responding timely and professionally to inquiries from other department team members, permittees, consultants, and the general public.

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