Engineer Trainee (35 Hour)

Looking to start your engineering career?

The State of Connecticut has a terrific opportunity for you!

At the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP), we are dedicated to conserving, improving and protecting our natural resources and the environment - and increasing the availability of cheaper, cleaner and more reliable energy. The Bureau of Air Management Engineering Division’s Air Quality Modeling and Emissions Inventory Unit provides air quality modeling for new emissions source reviews in Connecticut, as well as emissions inventory responsibilities. Inventory responsibilities cover a wide range of engineering models, and estimating of air emissions from all point sources, mobile sources, non-point (or area) sources, and biogenic sources in Connecticut.

DEEP currently has a job opportunity for an Engineer Trainee within the Bureau of Air Management Engineering Division's, Air Quality Modeling and Emissions Inventory Unit.

Before you apply, make note of the following:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

Important information for after you apply:

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Questions about this position should be directed to Jake Ferrari via email at jake.ferrari@ct.gov.

In a state agency this class is accountable for receiving training in introductory professional engineering work for the development of technical and professional engineering skills and knowledge in order to qualify for advancement to the technical engineering work of the agency.

• Preparing comprehensive emissions inventory reports to support Connecticut’s compliance with state and federal air pollution statutes and regulations;
• Employ tools, calculations and models to estimate air emissions from all sectors of the air emissions inventory;
• Evaluating air emissions from all types of air pollution sources, including the verification of their associated control equipment efficiencies;
• Reviewing annual emissions statements for accuracy, compliance and annual fee billing;
• Collecting and providing data as needed to support other air bureau groups, other bureaus at DEEP, the EPA, and other external stakeholders;
• Preparing detailed emissions reports for local, regional, and national environmental groups;
• Attending formal training classes as well as self-study materials to enhance knowledge of the principles and practices of air pollution sources and their associated emissions;
• Performing related duties, as required.

Candidates must be able to meet the experience and training requirements of the designated job class at the completion of the development program. 

• Professional Experience or academic coursework in sources of air pollution and air pollution control technologies;
• Professional Experience or academic coursework with state or federal air pollution control laws or regulations;
• Experience organizing and prioritizing tasks;
• Experience communicating to audiences verbally and in writing;
• Experience using spreadsheet, statistical analysis, data base and presentation programs.

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes. As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.