REGULATORY AND COMPLIANCE ENGINEER/ARCHITECT SUPERVISOR

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We encourage you to consider an exciting career with the Maryland Department of the Environment (MDE). If you are dedicated to protecting and preserving Maryland's air, water, land resources, and safeguarding the health of all its citizens, we invite you to apply and become a part of our team.

MDE is committed to a mission of protecting and restoring the environment for the health and well-being of all Marylanders, with a vision of healthy, vibrant, and sustainable communities and ecosystems throughout the state.

 

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Land and Materials Administration

AST and Permits Division

1800 Washington BLVD 21030

Baltimore, MD 21030

The incumbent in this position will serve as the Division Chief of the Aboveground Storage Tank (AST) and Permits Division within the Oil Control Program at MDE and supports the agency’s mission to protect public health and the environment. The Division Chief supervises engineering staff responsible for reviewing oil storage facilities, petroleum AST systems, and permits to ensure compliance with engineering standards and environmental regulations. The position also oversees the drafting and issuance of water discharge permits, including NPDES permits, in accordance with COMAR regulations. Additional responsibilities include supervising staff and managing daily division operations, overseeing permit review and regulatory compliance activities, managing the division’s annual budget, ensuring compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act, and maintaining required Steel Tank Institute (STI) certifications as an AST inspector and AST system inspector. The position requires strong knowledge of environmental regulations, permitting, engineering practices, and program management.

The working conditions of this position may involve:

• Exposure to uncomfortable or unpleasant surroundings.
• Work may involve inspections of oil storage and oil handling facilities and AST systems located in restricted access areas and may occur outside during inclement weather.
• Work involves exposure to hazardous conditions which may result in injury.
• Facilities and vehicles inspected store, transfer, and transport oil including gasoline, diesel fuel and used oil.
• Special physical demands such as lifting 50 pounds or more
• Work requires occasional climbing of ladders and working at heights during inspections.
• Use of protective equipment such as hard-hat, safety shoes, googles, gloves, mask, etc.

Education:   A Bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Four years of engineering or architectural experience in pollution control, waste remediation, resource conservation, environmental protection, or public health and safety to ensure regulatory or quality compliance with engineering or architectural standards, practices, principles and methods.

Notes:

1. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with at least 20 credit hours in engineering and two years performing engineering or architectural work in pollution control, waste remediation, resource conservation, environmental protection, public health and safety, or a related area for the required education. 

2. Candidates may substitute the possession of a Master's degree in engineering or architecture from an accredited college or university for up to one year of the required experience.

3. Candidates may substitute the possession of a current Professional Engineer or Professional Architect registration in the State of Maryland or in a state with comparable requirements may be substituted for the required education and one year of the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Engineering and Architecture classifications or Engineering and Architecture specialty codes in the Environmental field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Please note that your answers to the supplemental questionnaire must correspond to the information provided on your application to receive credit.

It is preferred that the selected candidate has the following:

• Experience working with oil storage tanks or facilities
• Experience with formal enforcement or compliance activities
• Inspector certification related to the aboveground storage tanks (STI or API), non-destructive testing, or corrosion protection.
• Supervised a team of technical staff

Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator's license valid in the State of Maryland.

Employees in this classification may be subject to call-in twenty-four hours a day, and, therefore, may be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where they can be reached.

Please make sure that you provide sufficient information on your application to show that you meet the qualifications for this recruitment. All information concerning your qualifications must be submitted by the closing date. We will not consider the information submitted after this date. Successful candidates will be ranked as Best Qualified and placed on the eligible (employment) list for at least one year.

 

Application must be completed. Do not leave work experience section blank.  Do not cut and paste resume or answer see resume. All supplemental questions must be answered thoroughly. Incomplete or one-word answers, such as "yes, " will result in no credit for those responses.

 

Should you possess a bachelor's/master’s degree from a college or university outside of the United States, you must have your educational credentials evaluated by an approved education review service.  This evaluation must be submitted prior to hire. For further information, you may call International Consultants of Delaware, Inc. at 302-737-8715 or World Education Services Inc. at 1-800-932-3897 or 202-331-2925.

 

All Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States under the Immigration and Reform Control Act of 1986. You must be legally authorized and possess any necessary documents under this Act to be hired in the position for which you applied.  

The State of Maryland offers a generous benefits package that includes:

Flexible work schedules and telework opportunities for many positions

Free mass transit in Baltimore & Annapolis

Generous paid leave that increases with years of service

Paid holidays

Health coverage with low out-of-pocket costs

Employee & employer contributory pension plan 

 

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STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

It is highly preferred that you apply online. If you are unable to apply online, you may submit the State paper application and supplemental questionnaire (by the closing date) to shantasia.baker1@maryland.gov or mail to:

Maryland Department of the Environment

OHR - Recruitment and Examination Division

1800 Washington Blvd.

Baltimore MD 21230

 

Resumes are not accepted in lieu of completing the application. 

 

For questions regarding this recruitment, please contact Shantasia Baker at 410-537-3808. If you have difficulties submitting your online application, please contact the Department of Budget and Management, Recruitment and Examination Division at 410-767-4850 or Application.Help@maryland.gov.

 

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country.  People with disabilities and bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, Maryland is committed to recruitment, retaining, and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity.  MDE is dedicated to creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We strive to cultivate an inclusive environment where differences are celebrated.