TDEC-ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER 2 - 02112025- 65209

Job Information

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED: DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION, WATER RESOURCES DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For more information, visit the link below:
https://www.tn.gov/content/dam/tn/environment/job-announcements-/preferred-service/00150741_env_mgr_2_dwr_tdec-job-opp_ps.pdf

Qualifications

1. Applicants for this class must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of appointment in some positions.

Overview

Responsibilities

1. Provide technical expertise in handling disasters and/or emergency situations involving nuclear, transportation, and industrial accidents as well as natural catastrophes.
2. Provide technical and/or managerial support and direction to employees providing consultative, technical, or educational services to stakeholders for protecting human health, promoting safety, and conserving natural resources.

Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment:

1. Ensure that documents (such as permits, reports, designs, layout, blueprints, soil evaluations, etc.) are prepared in a concise and defensible manner, so that Department and Division missions are met.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others:

1. Coordinates with Division of Human Resources (DHR), to ensure all critical factors are considered when determining the need for disciplinary action of a subordinate, and imposes necessary discipline.
2. Provide technical and/or managerial support and direction to employees participating in the investigation and/or resolution of complaints.

Developing Objectives and Strategies:

1. Develops and/or provides technical and/or managerial support and direction for employees preparing draft standards, policies, guidance documents, etc.
2. Assist in developing and/or implementing standard operating procedures to ensure compliance with established standards consistent with division and department policy.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:

1. Manages and/or performs environmental investigation, remediation, and/or monitoring work, including sampling and evaluation of pollutants to determine compliance with environmental or other standards, in accordance with standard operating procedures (SOP's).

Making Decisions and Solving Problems:

1. Ensures the best decisions are made through analysis of available information/data, to meet regulatory and/or stakeholder's (such as, but not limited to: the public, legislators, other government agencies, coworkers, non-governmental organizations, etc.) needs.
2. Determines license/permit application worthiness based on regulations and other applicable criteria.
3. Determine the validity and severity of an incident and appropriate response.
4. Determine if environmental violation(s) warrant an enforcement action.
5. Assess the progress of regulatory, incident response, and remediation actions.
6. Develops and/or reviews work plans and reports.

Analyzing Data or Information:

1. Assists in developing standards; performs special evaluation studies of environmental pollutants and their socio-economic effects; and prepares reports of findings.
2. Analyze environmental and/or other information, such as monitoring records, site inspections, sampling data, etc. to determine if further action is necessary.
3. Provide technical and managerial support to employees participating in special evaluation studies of environmental pollutants and ionizing radiation and their socio-economic effects.

Selling or Influencing Others:

1. Build consensus among stakeholders, to further the Department's/Division's mission and goals.
2. Make presentations to internal and external stakeholders.

Staffing Organizational Units:

1. Recruits, interviews, select and/or assist in hiring employees for the work unit and ensure that Preferred Service rules are strictly adhered to in selecting and recommending applicants for employment or promotion.
2. Develop personnel staffing for a unit within a division.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others:

1. Interprets findings, results, etc. (i.e. site inspections, permits, lab results, etc.) to stakeholders.
2. Communicates and/or presents interpretation of regulations, policy, guidance, etc. to stakeholders.

Scheduling Work and Activities:

1. Develops, manages and/or implements an annual work plan for the division.
2. Ensures that the work of direct and indirect reports are scheduled to address regular and complaint inspections, tasks, directives, correspondence, etc.
3. Assists in developing statewide activities and events, such as, but not limited to: certifying officials, coordination and training, records management, reporting requirements, etc.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization:

1. Meets with outside groups, legislators, and other local, state and federal agencies to solve critical problems and develop relationships for implementing policies of the department relating to environmental programs and administration.
2. Ensures all internal and external customers are serviced in a timely, professional and knowledgeable manner, so as to meet the Department/Division's mission.
3. Provide high-quality outreach, including design, distribution of information, technical assistance, etc. to stakeholders.
4. Coordinate with local, state, and/or federal agencies, and/or non-governmental organizations, for consultations and/or joint projects.
5. Updates and informs stakeholders of policy and/or regulation changes, as they occur.

Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment:

1. Ensures that mechanical equipment (such as, but not limited to: ozone monitor, etc.) is calibrated, as needed.
2. Ensures that equipment (such as, but not limited to air monitoring, laser level, boats, etc.) is maintained as needed to perform duties.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards:

1. Provide technical and/or managerial support and direction for employees participating in the enforcement of established environmental standards, laws, rules, regulations, and administrative policies and procedures having statewide impact.
2. Assist with development of recommendations for corrective actions of identified problems by providing technical and/or administrative support for action(s) to effect compliance with environmental and/or other established standards.
3. Manage the enforcement of established environmental or other standards, laws, rules, regulations, and/or administrative policies and procedures, taking corrective action as warranted.
4. Ensures compliance with agency directives, policies, procedures, protocols and ensures statutory obligations are fulfilled.
5. Manages environmental compliance monitoring and inspection work for program(s) within air pollution, water resources, remediation, underground storage tanks, solid waste management, radiological health, etc.
6. Oversees grant programs consistent with local, state, and/or federal laws, regulations and/or grant conditions.
7. Manages and/or determines if the documents (i.e., permits, applications, licenses, etc.) may be approved by reviewing and evaluating information submitted by applicant or acquired by site inspections and/or other informative sources used for determining minimum environmental or other compliance with established standards.
8. Manages and/or reviews staff reports, performance review documents, and other submitted documentation for accuracy and completeness.
9. Provide technical and/or managerial support and direction to employees in determining if the documents (i.e., permits, applications, licenses, etc.) may be approved.
10. Ensure that electronic and paper reports are submitted accurately and promptly.

Training and Teaching Others:

1. Identifies training needs and develops plans to ensure staff is adequately trained to perform their work.
2. Ensures direct and indirect reports maintain at least minimum standards in training and certification.

Documenting/Recording Information:

1. Ensures all relevant work activities, contacts, and meetings are properly documented in complete, accurate, and timely completed and submitted records and reports, (such as, but not limited to: administrative records, enforcement action requests, etc.).
2. Compiles, manages, and directs the preparation and maintenance of operating records and reports.

Thinking Creatively:

1. Actively seeks opportunities to improve processes to ensure goals and/or mission of the department are met or exceeded.

Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment:

1. Ensures the maintenance and calibration of electronic equipment (such as, but not limited to: radiation detection meter, photo ionization detector, pH meter, GPS, etc.) is performed as needed.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge:

1. Updates and determines application of regulatory information.
2. Fulfills established educational/training requirements (up to and including annual training, mandatory certifications, etc.) that may require in-state and out-of-state travel and seeks opportunities for professional development.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public:

1. Coordinates, schedules, participates in, and/or leads public outreach presentations, (such as, but not limited to: public hearings, school presentations, special events, etc.).

Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates:

1. Provide technical and/or managerial support and direction for employees performing environmental compliance sampling, monitoring and inspecting with statewide impact in a specific program specialty area such as air pollution, water resources, remediation, underground storage tanks, solid waste management, radiological health, etc.
2. Plans, organizes, and advises direct and indirect reports, as needed to meet program goals.
3. Ensures direct and indirect reports are completing tasks on time and within assigned performance standards.
4. Completes and submits performance review documents for direct and indirect reports accurately and promptly.
5. Adhere to all directives, policies, procedures, and protocols to provide an example to direct and indirect reports.
6. Assists direct and indirect reports in coordinating activities.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships:

1. Works with other agencies and organizations to ensure operational and programmatic activities receive early concurrence and input from regional and statewide authorities.
2. Relate observations, conclusions, and opinions to co-workers/internal customers in a respectful and professional manner.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:

1. Provides effective communication to supervisors, peers, or subordinates by telephone, email, written correspondence, oral communications, etc.
2. Recognizes and implements program improvements.
3. Informs and advises management about issues of concern as they occur.
4. Communicates regularly with direct and indirect reports, coworkers, and/or supervisors to ensure consistent program operation, (i.e., staff meetings, performance evaluations, etc.).

Coaching and Developing Others:

1. Provide coaching to subordinates on appropriate performance management techniques in accordance with recommendations from agency HR.
2. Addresses and/or recognizes the performance of assigned direct reports appropriately in accordance with established policy.
3. Provides and/or participates in training direct reports.
4. Manage the establishment and implementation of an orientation program for subordinates.
5. Seek professional development opportunities for subordinates.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources:

1. Manages fee programs to ensure funds are properly and accurately distributed and tracked.
2. Provide technical oversight, review, and/or project management of ongoing state and/or federal grant/loan programs.
3. Manage purchase requests, budget development, and expenditure of funds.
4. Ensures contractors' proposed work activities comply with established rates.
5. Determine eligibility to participate in fund reimbursement programs.
6. Ensures equipment is maintained, obtains cost estimates, and writes justification describing the need for equipment.

Processing Information:

1. Manages and/or compiles processes, and reviews records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.
2. Generates queries and develops reports for stakeholders.
3. Manage databases, as designated, to meet agency requirements.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work:

1. Prioritizes work assignments to ensure goals are met.

Interacting With Computers:

1. Designs, develops, and/or maintains databases for stakeholders.
2. Maintains working knowledge and use of various software programs, such as word processing, spreadsheets, databases, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), etc.
3. Enter time and leave, expense accounts, etc. within the designated computer program, in a proper and timely manner.

Performing Administrative Activities:

1. Ensures confidential material is not disclosed or made accessible to unauthorized personnel.
2. Reviews and approves direct and indirect report's administrative actions, (including, but not limited to, performance evaluations, expense requests, time and labor, etc.).
3. Complete required documentation for travel and/or field use of vehicle (i.e. mileage logs, travel time, vehicle inspection checklist, etc.)
4. Ensures files are managed according to the Records Disposition Authorization (RDA).

Developing and Building Teams:

1. Continually seeks out ways to involve staff and seeks their commitment to departmental goals.
2. Encourages and works harmoniously with team members by listening, sharing, and/or brainstorming.
3. Willingly volunteers and participates in work groups, special assignments, planning teams, etc., as opportunities arise that further established goals.

Getting Information:

1. Writes and/or reviews rules, tracks updates, and assesses impact to stakeholders.
2. Attend meetings (such as, but not limited to: board meetings, regulatory meetings, public hearings, association meetings, etc.).
3. Obtains and receives records, data, operational plans, enforcement action requests, etc.

Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment:

1. Operates personal or assigned vehicles (such as, but not limited to watercraft, all-terrain vehicles, tractors, etc.), in accordance with agency policy and procedures, as well as all traffic laws.

Performing General Physical Activities:

1. Perform physical activities, such as, walking (i.e. ditches, uneven terrain, etc.), wading in water, climbing, lifting, operating environmental equipment, etc.

Competencies (KSA's)

1. Functional/Technical Competency
2. Decision Quality
3. Written Communications
4. Customer Focus
5. Directing Others
6. Process Management
7. Building Effective Teams
8. Confronting Direct Reports
9. Motivating Others
10. Priority Setting

Knowledge:

1. Customer and Personal Service
2. Administration and Management
3. Engineering and Technology
4. Law and Government
5. Mathematics

Skills:

1. Judgment and Decision Making
2. Science
3. Active Listening
4. Reading Comprehension
5. Writing
6. Speaking
7. Time Management
8. Management of Personnel Resources
9. Complex Problem Solving
10. Critical Thinking
11. Negotiation
12. Monitoring
13. Active Learning
14. Management of Financial Resources
15. Instructing
16. Persuasion

Abilities:

1. Oral Expression
2. Oral Comprehension
3. Deductive Reasoning
4. Speech Clarity

Tools & Equipment

1. Computer/Tablet
2. Telephone/Cell Phone/Pager
3. Printer/Scanner/Copier/Fax
4. Water Craft/Motor Vehicles
5. Sampling, Monitoring Equipment and Supplies/Tools
6. Radiation Detection Meter
7. Tractors/All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
8. Two-Way Radio
9. Camera and Optical Equipment
10. Global Positioning System (GPS)
11. Surveying and Measuring Equipment
12. Safety and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
13. Outdoor Power Equipment and Hand Tools
14. Laboratory Equipment
15. Projector
16. Personal Dosimetry
17. Film Processing Equipment
18. Radiation Survey Equipment
19. Hand & Power Tools

TN Driver Standards

State of Tennessee positions that may involve driving responsibilities require candidates to meet the following minimum driver qualifications:

• A valid driver's license
• For the past five years, the candidate's driver record must not have record of the following violations: driving under the influence (DUI), reckless driving, license suspension for moving violations, more than 4 moving violations.

Please include your Driver's License Information under the Licenses and Certifications section of your application.

**Agencies may allow an exception based on other factors.