Engineer Trainee-BPH-Office of Environmental Health Services-Statewide

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This position serves as a district field engineer to ensure the implementation of the Environmental Health Services (EHS) Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) in an assigned District Office area. This position will conduct a wide variety of engineering or creative works for the Environmental Engineering Division (EED). This position performs EPA mandated Sanitary Surveys of public water systems (PWSs), provides technical/engineering assistance to public water systems related to treatment and distribution of public drinking water, conducts engineering reviews for the Infrastructure and Jobs Development Council (IJDC) and Drinking Water Treatment Revolving Fund (DWTRF) funded projects, conducts engineering review on construction permit applications, emergency response including on-site and collecting of critical data during emergencies (floods, blizzards, spills, droughts, etc.) relating to public health protection and engineering services, provides routine and emergency technical assistance to PWS operators, assists in teaching PWS operator training courses to comply with State and Federal requirements, and advises and consults with public officials, consulting engineers, utility operators, property developers and the general public regarding the best available public health engineering practices pursuant to 16-1-9 of the West Virginia State Code. This position is a field position and is required to be on call 24/7/365 for emergency response and disaster relief. Click The APPLY Link To Apply Online .

Training:

Bachelor's degree in any engineering curriculum. AND Satisfactory completion of the examination on the fundamentals of engineering (FE). OR Current certification in good standing as an Engineer Intern issued by the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.

NOTE:

At the appointing agency's discretion, competitive candidates may receive probationary appointment pending official verification of the qualifying training, examination or certification. The qualifying training, examination or certification must be verified before the employee may be certified permanent.