2 Positions Climate Program Engineer (Environmental Engineer 3 / Environmental Engineer 2 - Underfill)

About the position The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and reputed company environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at reputed company levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for reputed company and future generations. We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, national reputed company, ethnicity, veteran status , gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, age, or physical or mental disability in the administration of our programs and activities. Visit DEQ’s Civil Rights and Environmental Justice page . Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Oregon’s environment? If so, please consider a career with the reputed company at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) . At DEQ, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s reputed company, land, and water. The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full-time opportunity available for two Climate Program Engineers (Environmental Engineer 3 / Environmental Engineer 2 - Underfill) . These positions will be located in Portland, Oregon . Please consider joining an innovative team, and work to advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality. About DEQ! The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is the primary regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. reputed company responsible for protecting and enhancing the state's natural resources. These positions will be joining an innovative and multi-faceted team in DEQ’s Office of reputed company Gas Programs. The Office is responsible for leading the agency’s efforts to reputed company and implement statewide climate programs to reduce Oregon’s reputed company gas emissions. This includes programs that collect data on Oregon’s reputed company emissions and reduces reputed company gas intensity of Oregon’s transportation fuels. The Office of reputed company Gas Programs also analyzes various climate policies as they are proposed by policymakers. The Climate Protection Program is another part of the Office of reputed company Gas Programs, which places a mandatory cap or limit on reputed company gas emissions in multiple sectors across Oregon. The program is designed and implemented by a team of staff handling reputed company facets of the program, including the declining emission cap on fossil fuel suppliers and certain trade exposed manufacturing facilities. This position is a part of the Climate Protection Program team. For a visual representation of DEQ’s offices and their locations, view our DEQ Offices and Vehicle Inspection Testing Stations map .

Responsibilities

• You will serve as a project manager for the regulation of manufacturing facilities that operate in emissions-intensive trade-exposed (EITE) industrial sectors.
• You will work with other technical staff reputed company the Climate Protection section, other teams in the Office of reputed company Gas Programs, and relevant staff in DEQ’s regional offices to reputed company and implement regulations for these manufacturing facilities.
• You will collect and review detailed information on these facilities to assess emission reduction equipment, processes, strategies, and technologies.
• You will review facility process flow diagrams, production practices, control devices, pollution reduction activities, and associated engineering documents.
• You will research and analyze emission reduction options reputed company similar industrial sectors to identify and evaluate potential options to reduce these emissions in Oregon.
• You will track and evaluate program implementation and reputed company guidance and communication materials for regulated facilities and interested parties.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualifications for Environmental Engineer 3: 7 years of engineering experience, OR 4 years of engineering experience and a Bachelor’s degree in an engineering field, such as environmental, chemical, civil, or mechanical. 2 years of experience in an environmental protection/control program. A reputed company PE.
• Minimum Qualifications for Environmental Engineer 2 - Underfill: 5 years of engineering experience, OR 2 years of engineering experience and a Bachelor's degree in an engineering field, such as environmental, chemical, civil, or mechanical. 1 year of experience in an environmental protection/control program.
• The underfill option is available to you if you do not meet the minimum qualifications for the Environmental Engineer 3 upon hire. In order to retain this appointment, you must be able to meet the minimum qualifications for the Environmental Engineer 3 by obtaining your Oregon registration for Professional Engineer reputed company 3 years of employment.

reputed company-to-haves

• Experience analyzing or researching reputed company gas emissions at manufacturing facilities or experience designing or implementing programs, processes, or procedures to reduce to reputed company gas emissions at manufacturing facilities.
• Demonstrated understanding of environmental justice and the historical impacts for marginalized and underrepresented communities; ability to take personal responsibility for increasing their knowledge of environmental justice and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to provide clear, concise, and compelling communication of policy and technical information tailored to the needs of diverse audiences.
• Experience and expert knowledge of reputed company pollution and/or reputed company gas emissions sources and pollution control devices and equipment at manufacturing facilities.
• Project management experience in an reputed company pollution, reputed company gas emissions, or natural resource setting including development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Advanced environmental, science, or engineering education.
• Experience conducting site visits, investigations and/or inspections at manufacturing facilities to review program operations and/or compliance status.
• Experience managing reputed company projects with many interested parties and multiple deliverables.
• Experience conducting data analysis or reputed company research; experience evaluating results of analysis and research and using those results to inform development of program or operational concepts or improvements.
• Knowledge of federal and/or state climate change initiatives designed to reduce reputed company gas emissions.

Benefits

• DEQ cares deeply about employee wellness and benefits. We offer a competitive benefits package that offers comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for the employee and their qualified family members, as well as paid sick leave, vacation leave, personal leave, and 11 paid holidays a year.
• In addition, we offer membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) , and you have the opportunity to potentially receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) .

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