TCEQ - Natural Resources Specialist II

Job Description

Are you a Natural Resources Specialist, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency?

Join TCEQ's strategic and efficient Water Quality Planning team! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state's public health and natural resources.

TELEWORK

This position offers a work life balance with an opportunity for a hybrid work schedule with a minimum 2-day work in office.

YOUR FUTURE TEAM

As part of TCEQ's Office of Water, you would contribute to ensuring clean and available water and protecting Texas' water resources.

This position is a member of our Water Quality Planning Division.

See details about what we do.



Qualifications:

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience managing, summarizing, validating, or quality assuring water quality data in a relational database.
• Experience using Statistical Analysis Software (SAS) or other statistical software.
• Experience developing databases or other applications to track, review, and/or summarize data.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING...

• Experience developing databases or other applications to track, review, and/or summarize data.
• Assist with integrating, verifying, and validating water pollutant data from monitoring stations throughout Texas. Process monitoring station information. Serve as a front-end database administrator to process metadata, test system changes, and support maintenance activities. Communicate clearly about relational database and technical terminology.
• Review and summarize basic water quality data. Review plans for monitoring data collection. Query data from information systems for internal and external customers.
• Develop databases, web pages, and/or applications to track, review, and summarize water quality monitoring and data management information. Develop manuals and software-assisted data management and validation procedures and tools, database development tools, and data display techniques.
• Coordinate with TCEQ management and staff, other agencies, and the public to convey information on matters related to water quality.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with a major in a natural or physical science, engineering, environmental studies, or related field.

One year of full-time experience in the field of environmental activities may be substituted for each year (30 semester hours) of the required education.

Do you think you are good fit for our team?

We would love to talk to you!

BENEFITS

• Optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Insurance: Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSA
• Paid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observes
• Professional development opportunities
• Longevity pay based on your number of years working for the state
• Wellness Program and Activities
• Onsite Nurse Practitioner

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT

TCEQ will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.

In compliance with ADA, if you need any special accommodations during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY (MOS) CODES

Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/. Please click the hyperlink under 'Occupational Category' for the respective Class Title.

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.