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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Pretreatment Compliance Specialist Senior
FLSA: Standard/Non-Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 17108 Salary Grade: IE0
Approved: July 28, 1998 Last Revised: September 26, 2024

Purpose:
 
Under minimal supervision and using advanced knowledge of concepts, practices, procedures, and regulations, this position verifies and ensures compliance of the pretreatment regulated community in accordance with authority delegated by EPA/TCEQ. Responsible for projects of advanced scope and complexity.
Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Leads teams responsible for conducting and reporting on investigations, audits, surveillance, monitoring, inspection, sampling, analyses, research, training, outreach, recognition, permitting, registration, enforcement and other environmental and pretreatment-related activities and programs related to general industrial users and/or significant industrial users.
  2. Initiates the negotiation to resolve cases or enforcement proceedings for environmental, pretreatment, and pollution prevention issues of diverse scope and complexity related to residential customers, general indstrial users, liquid waste haulers, and significant industrial users.
  3. Reviews and ensures that all expedited site and building plans and proposals meet or exceed all Federal, State, and Local code, ordinance, regulations, and pretreatment guidelines and criteria.
  4. Collects, processes, analyzes, and evaluates information and data submitted within permit applications, contracts, schedules, proposals, self-monitoring reports and laboratory reports to provide approvals and recommendations, and assesses compliance with applicable regulations related to general industrial users, significant industrial users, and other jurisdictions.
  5. Interprets and explains City policies and procedures, and provides technical information, advice, assistance, and training for internal and external customers.
  6. Conducts case file preparation, initiates and participates in administrative and criminal enforcement proceedings, provides testimony in legal proceedings for alleged violations of regulations related to residential customers, general industrial users, significant industrial users, liquid waste haulers, and other jurisdictions.
  7. Researches, develops, reviews, interprets, recommends, and implements changes to specifications, standards, policies, procedures, codes, regulations and ordinances.
  8. Leads public outreach efforts, initiatives, task forces, and committees; represents department at board and commission meetings; and conducts and makes presentations for internal and external customers.
  9. Performs field sampling at sample ports for compliance and financial measurements. Reviews analytical data to establish surcharges and violation notifications for extra strength pollutants of concern. Performs field sampling related to special projects involving plant interference and/or pass throughs.
  10. Ensures Liquid Waste Haulers meet requirements to transport and dispose of liquid waste within the City of Austin and ensures compliance with all related regulatory requirements.
  11. Performs rotational on-call duty and respond to spill and/or emergency events, incidents, complaints, actions and other related situations.

 
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 

Provides leadership, work assignments, evaluation, training, and guidance to others.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of applicable Federal, State, and Local regulations.
  • Knowledge of City practices, policies, and procedures.
  • Knowledge of architectural and engineering principles and practicesSkill in oral and in written communication.
  • Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
  • Skill in using computers and related software applications.
  • Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
  • Skill in planning and organizing.
  • Skill in providing leadership, training, guidance, and technical support.
  • Ability to conduct research and/or investigations.
  • Ability to provide customer service and problem solving.
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with City employees and the public.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major/minor course work in a scientific field related to the job, plus five (5) years of relevant experience; 
    OR
  • Associate's Degree in a scientific field related to the job, plus seven (7) years of relevant experience; 
    OR
  • Master’s degree with major course work in a scientific field related to the job, plus two (2) years of relevant experience.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
 

Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.