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In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.

Staff Associate Engineers perform professional engineering assignments not requiring licensure by the State Board of Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors.

Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform advanced-level work and may provide work direction and training to others. This position is with the Bureau of Water Pollution Control within the Technical Services, Compliance and Enforcement (TCE) Branch located in the Las Vegas Office. Applicants must have an ABET accredited BS engineering degree (or equivalent as defined by the Nevada Board of Professional Engineers). Applicants are expected to have passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam (FEE) prepared by the National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. If the selected applicant has not yet passed the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam at the time of employment, the incumbent will be expected to take and pass the exam within the first year of employment. If the employee fails to pass the FEE exam within a year, they will be considered for release prior to the end of probation. Primary duties include inspecting facilities, conducting effluent sampling, reviewing plan and technical document submissions, and conducting compliance related enforcement of permits with surface water & groundwater discharges, working in waters permits, and temporary discharge permits in conformance with the Federal Clean Water Act and state statutes and regulations (NRS and NAC 445A).

Full compliance evaluations include review of records and documentation as well as performing physical plant inspections in various indoor and outdoor environments. Reports of findings and conclusions are required at the completion of each inspection. This position will also conduct enforcement meetings and issue enforcement actions, conduct sampling of permitted facilities and reported spill incidents, and will complete technical plan reviews and compliance inspections on permits located in Southern Nevada. Additional duties include: Issuance of violation notices, spill investigations, conducting meetings with major dischargers, subdivision plans, meeting with permittees and/or consultants. This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies in the agency. The position is approximately 50% office work and 50% field work. Field work will include day travel to facilities in Southern Nevada and occasional overnight travel to facilities in in Rural and Northern Nevada. Overnight (typically Tuesday - Thursday) travel is approximately 15%. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages. ***THIS RECRUITMENT MAY CLOSE AT ANY TIME BASED ON THE AMOUNT OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED. QUALIFIED APPLICANTS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.***

In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements: