Are you looking to further your Environmental career by helping to protect Pennsylvania’s water resources and provide for the health and safety of its residents and visitors? If so, The Department of Environmental Protection wants to hear from you. We are currently seeking motivated candidates for a Professional Geologist Manager position with our Bureau of Safe Drinking Water. In this role, you will coordinate, consult on, and track complex projects to ensure that drinking water stays safe for communities across the region. Apply today for a rewarding career opportunity!
This position is responsible for overseeing technical hydrogeologic work needed to support safe drinking water regulatory requirements for public water system construction, modification, and operations. As a Professional Geologist Manager, you will perform the following duties:
- Permit and Application Work: Prioritize, direct, perform, and document a wide variety of hydrogeologic evaluations to inform recommendations for final technical decisions and actions
- Staff Supervision: Direct, plan, and assign work and promote professional development for a team of Licensed Professional Geologists, Geoscientists, and Geoscientist Trainees
- Communication: Prepare sound technical analyses and written feedback, coordinate meetings, and consult with and provide consultation to applicants, officials, professionals, and other parties
- Inspection Oversight: Supervise the coordination of inspections for public water system sites including the evaluation of proximity to potential contamination sources
- Emergency Response: Coordinate and direct geologic review for regional cases involving drinking water related issues of compliance, contamination, droughts, floods, and infrastructure damage
Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- You will have the option to work from one of the following headquarters offices:
- Northeast Regional Office - 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701
- Pottsville District Office - 5 Laurel Boulevard, Pottsville, PA 17901
- Bethlehem District Office - 4530 Bath Pike, Bethlehem, PA 18017
- Scranton District Office - 321 Spruce Street, Scranton, PA 18503
- Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to three days per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters location. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
- Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- Two years as a Licensed Professional Geologist (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
- Two years of professional geology experience, possession of an active license as a professional geologist issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists, and a bachelor's degree in geology, hydrogeology, earth sciences, geosciences, geoenvironmental sciences, environmental sciences, or a closely related field.
Special Requirements:
- All positions require possession of an active license as a professional geologist issued by the Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors and Geologists.
- All positions require possession of an active Pennsylvania non-commercial Class C driver's license or equivalent.
Other Requirements:
- PA residency requirement is currently waived for this title.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.