As a State of Wyoming employee, you will enjoy a competitive benefits package, including Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays. Benefits also include a State Pension and a Deferred Compensation Program. Wyoming is one of only seven states with no state income tax.

Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays
• Retirement- Pension and 457(b) plans that help you build a secure future
• Flexible schedules and work-life balance options
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities

and MUCH MORE! Click here for detailed information, or you can watch this short video to learn about our benefit package!

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Human Resource Contact: deq.hr@wyo.gov

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed in the job level.

• Statewide engineering duties for coal and non-coal mining operations related to mass balance calculations, slope stability analyses and surface hydrology calculations.
• Assist with statewide technical reviews for coal and noncoal operations with an emphasis on engineering procedures for end-of-mine reclamation, closure plans and termination of associated permits.
• Responsible for completing statewide engineering design and construction-related reviews of impoundments, stream channels and reclaimed surface topography for coal and non-coal mine permits.
• Serve as permit coordinator for one or more coal and non-coal mining operations as assigned by the District Supervisor.
• Participate in the development of guidance documents and regulations focusing on surface water hydrology-related topics and issues.
• Coordinate efforts with other state and federal agencies on mine engineering-related issues for coal and non-coal permitting actions and NEPA procedures.
• Perform and coordinate interdisciplinary technical reviews for complex permitting actions.
• Will recommend approval of complex permits and reclamation performance bond estimates and assist in regulating district exploration and delineation drilling programs.
• Conducts technical review of documents, reports and data to ensure they are in accordance with agency policies, rules and state statutes.
• Conducts inspections of various mining operations as assigned by the district supervisor to determine compliance and writes detailed inspection reports.
• Write appropriate and necessary enforcement actions (Conference and Conciliation, Notice of Violation, Order, etc.) in a timely fashion; this may include the development of a Settlement Agreement when appropriate.
• Represents LQD in public meetings and provides appropriate recommendations for resolving permitting and enforcement-related issues.
• Confer with public officials, government agencies, representatives of private industry and consultants in the resolution of permitting issues relevant to the LQD program.
• Respond to and resolve, within delegated authority, concerns raised by the public and other government agencies.
• May serve as an expert witness related to engineering in contested case hearings.
• Additional duties as assigned by LQD Administrator and/or District Supervisor.

Preference will be given to those applicants with a Bachelor’s degree and experience related to environmental/civil/mechanical/mine engineering or surface water hydrology.

• Knowledge of engineering design and construction principles related to surface mining operations.
• Knowledge of mass balance calculations, postmine topography (PMT), surface water hydrology, erosion and pollution control, watershed management, water chemistry, fluvial geomorphology, and channel modeling as related to surface mining operations.
• Understanding of permitting, regulating, and enforcing state environmental law and the practices of mining operations and reclamation procedures.
• Skill in the application of scientific principles to effectively analyze problems and situations that potentially threaten the environment due to mining-related activities.
• Ability to prioritize workload, resolve conflicts, solve complex problems, travel and work in the field.
• Experience with global positioning systems (GPS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and maintenance and design of relational databases.
• Skill in the use of personal computers for word processing, database and spreadsheet applications, and query and mapping from GIS databases.
• Ability to communicate, work cooperatively with staff and regulated community, prioritize workload, resolve conflicts, solve complex problems, travel and work in the field.
• Solution-oriented in the resolution of complex issues.

• Participation in the various groups as Wyoming's representative may require extensive travel at times.

• Field site visits are necessary, and the candidate must be physically capable of site inspections that may include hiking over rough terrain.
  

• FLSA: Exempt
• The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality may use a video interview as a mandatory first step of our process. If chosen for a video interview, you will receive an email with all the necessary information to complete the process.