• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance

• Paid vacation, sick leave, FMLA, and holidays

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility

• 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

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• Develops, coordinates, and performs environmental compliance assessment audits/inspects and writes detailed reports.
• Inspect and report on Land Quality Division-regulated operations to ensure compliance with the Wyoming Environmental Quality Act and Wyoming mining rules & regulations.
• Review and analyze mine authorization and permit proposals to ensure compliance with the Act and mining rules & regulations.
• Manages an environmental program.
• Delegates work responsibilities to subordinates.
• Process permit applications and petitions for completeness and compliance.
• Makes independent judgment of compliance through inspections/interpretations of regulations & reports.
• Identifies compliance issues with state-wide entities.
• From an environmental perspective, may review, analyze, evaluate, and interpret technical (biological and physical science) land, water, and/or property data.
• Conducts field inspections and writes detailed inspection reports.
• Makes recommendations with respect to the technical data reports and enforcement issues.
• Recommends level of enforcement responses, penalties, and settlement terms.
• Answers technical questions related to policies, procedures, and statutes.
• Mediates disputes between appropriators.
• Conducts and evaluates moderately complex modeling of pollutant transport in the environment.
• Measures, monitors, regulates, and manages resources, and utilization in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and court decrees.
• Trains junior staff and is responsible for their work.
• Inspects facilities, structures, and permits for compliance, completes engineering and may complete hydrologic analysis; mediates disputes.
• Represents the agency in meetings with various State, Federal, and private entities.
• Makes presentations to various interest groups.
• Conducts complex analysis of problems using data collected through physical measurement and inspection.
• Some agencies may have some law enforcement authority.
• Process proofs of appropriation for adjudication; review plans.
• Collects, qualifies, and publishes records using scientific equipment.
• Mediates mid-level disputes between contractors and consultants.
• Participate in the decision-making process at the mid-management level.
• Manage multiple complex projects for corrective action/reclamation activities.
• Participate in the decision-making process at the mid-management level.
• Analyze complex environmental data and draw conclusions.
• Apply professional judgment in the interpretation of formulas, templates, or standards as applied to technical data or information and make recommendations based on results.

• Inspection of surface mine sites involves over-the-road travel and foot traversing mine sites that involves negotiating uneven terrain.
• Most inspections are conducted during the growing season (April through July) however, some may need to be conducted during shoulder seasons.