TCEQ - Environmental Permit Specialist III-V

06 Nov 2025
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HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL BE DOINGReview and evaluate moderately-complex Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (TPDES) pretreatment programs and participates in other pretreatment related activities for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).Prepare, conduct, and document on-site audits of routine to moderately-complex approved pretreatment programs for compliance with TPDES permit requirements and state and federal statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines. Draft audit reports.  Assist in preparing, conducting and documenting on-site audits of politically-sensitive pretreatment programs.Review and evaluate pretreatment program substantial and non-substantial modifications for compliance with TPDES permit requirements and state and federal statues, rules, policies, and guidelines. Conduct numerical analyses of local limits and incorporates the results into program modifications. Incorporate approved substantial modifications into TPDES permits.Prepare pretreatment sections of routine to moderately-complex TPDES permits in accordance with state and federal statutes, rules, policies, and guidelines.Evaluate pretreatment program annual reports; complete industrial waste surveys and TexTox reports; and make categorical determinations for industrial users.  Participate in the resolution of contested permit applications, attends alternative dispute resolutions and public meetings, and prepares expert testimony for public hearings before an Administrative Law Judge or the Commission.Provide basic training to new or less experienced staff.Respond to inquiries on assigned permits, audits, and modifications to approved pretreatment programs. Prepare responses to comment documents, and revises associated documents as necessary.Communicate routine to moderately-complex information concerning the Pretreatment Program to control authorities, industrial users, agency staff, and the public.  Attend meetings. Respond to telephone calls and letters received by the program. Provide routine public presentations and speeches.

  • ID: #54783266
  • State: Texas Austin 73301 Austin USA
  • City: Austin
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Full-time
  • Showed: 2025-11-06
  • Deadline: 2026-01-05
  • Category: Et cetera
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