Industrial Permit Writer - 4120252

We respect and embrace the experiences, knowledge and contributions of our team members. We strive for a culture of belonging and balance by upholding our values: Stewardship, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Innovation. We are passionate about Missouri, our role to preserve, protect and enhance our environment and we are committed to serving its’ citizens. We believe our mission and vision serves a greater purpose and will be felt for generations to come.

This position will be located at 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 resources while working with industrial, commercial, and agricultural facilities? 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 an industrial permit writer, you will work with permittees, neighbors, consultants, and other interested parties to ensure facility permit applications are properly and thoroughly reviewed. If the application meets all requirements, the permit writer is then tasked with issuing a permit for the facility. This position will also work with agricultural and other commercial facilities to ensure compliance with the Missouri Clean Water Law and regulations.

• Conduct detailed analyses of permit applications for industrial, stormwater, and agriculturally related facilities including Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO) to ensure their compliance with Missouri Clean Water law and regulations.
• Draft permits, issue public notices, review input, and issue Missouri State Operating Permits for industrial or agricultural facilities.
• Coordinate with permittees, the Missouri Geological Survey, and our Water Protection Program engineering team members, legal counsel, and others to ensure compliance with all Clean Water law and regulations.
• Review all comments received on draft permits and proposed CAFOs, considering all comments, updating the draft permit, if needed, and responding to all comments.
• Provide compliance assistance and rule interpretation for permittees, potential permittees, neighbors, and other interested parties.

To be successful in this position, a candidate will need the following skills:

• Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Adaptability: Adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, considering the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Attention to Detail: Is thorough when performing work and conscientious about attending to detail.

Equivalent to those typically gained by:

• Bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry, or related scientific field.

(Additional education or experience may substitute for the required education or experience)

Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.

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.

Teresa Bullock, Industrial Unit Chief, 573-522-5449 or Teresa.bullock@dnr.mo.gov

Or

Aarick Roberto (Recruiter), 573-522-1503 or aarick.roberto@dnr.mo.gov.