$6,093.00

Per Month

Position range in Travis County $6,580.00

•$11,166.00 Per Month TCEQ

•Engineer I

TEXAS

COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

Occupation:

Environmental Engineers

Location:

Austin, TX

•78753

Job Type:

Regular, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Posted:

08/28/2026

Positions available: 1

Source:

WorkInTexas

Web Site:

WorkInTexas

Onsite /

Remote:

Selection Required

Updated:

09/28/2026

Expires:

10/15/2026

Agency Job ID:

103584

Job #: 17062590

Job Requirements and Properties

Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Work Onsite

Full Time Schedule

Full Time Job Type

Regular Duration

Permanent Employment Shift

Day Shift Help for . Please paste the following URL into a browser to view the entire job posting on the CAPPS Careers page.

https:

//erphcmprd.cpa.texas.gov/psp/candidateportal/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=103584&PostingSeq=1 Are you an experienced Engineer, ready for a unique opportunity to grow with an environmental state agency? Join TCEQ! We bring passion and drive to carry out our mission of protecting our state's public health and natural resources. Candidates external to TCEQ will be eligible to receive a $5,000.00 recruitment bonus if selected.

YOUR FUTURE

TEAMAs part of TCEQ's Office of Air, you would contribute to protecting and restoring Texas' air quality. See details about what we do.

This position is a member of our Stationary Source Programs Team in the Air Quality Planning Section of the Air Quality Division. You will be part of a team responsible for writing rules as necessary to ensure that nonattainment areas in Texas meet National Ambient Air Quality Standards, and to address visibility impairment in areas like national parks.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL BE

DOINGPerform routine to moderately complex (journey-level) engineering work for the planning, development, and implementation of stationary source control strategies and associated rules, which includes reviewing and evaluating regulations, standards, procedures, and technologies for potential control strategies; calculating costs; evaluating emissions inventory and other data; estimating potential emission reductions; developing spreadsheets to evaluate control strategy effectiveness in coordination with modeling section; and researching, developing, and evaluating programs in conjunction with appropriate TCEQ offices and outside organizations, including other state/federal agencies, affected entities, environmental organizations, and the public.

Perform routine to moderately complex (journey-level) work in the coordination and drafting of revisions to air quality regulations, State Implementation Plan revisions, policies, or procedures in response to federal or state requirements, agency initiatives, or rulemaking petitions, which includes providing technical assistance on rule projects as a rule team member and coordinating rule projects as rule team project manager. Evaluate and recommend responses to requests for rule interpretations of TCEQ rules using all available and appropriate information including but not limited to rule language, preambles, background documents, and prior interpretations.

Communicate the status of rule or policy development activities to section management, agency staff, other state/federal agencies, affected entities, environmental organizations and the public, and facilitate open negotiations via telephone calls and other correspondence. Participate in and represent the agency at internal and external meetings, workshops, and trainings. Coordinate and assist other team members with stakeholder group activities.

Coordinate, organize, and implement special assignments, which involve evaluating engineering data; completing or coordinating research and analysis of issues; preparation of required reports and recommendations; presentation of reports; recommendations to agency management and other interested parties; and development of any required implementation plans, or documents.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Experience working in the environmental field.

Experience with/training in advanced technical writing, data analysis, or fiscal analysis.

Experience with/training in sources of air emissions or air pollution control technologies.

Experience manipulating data in spreadsheets or database format.

REQUIRED EDUCATION

& EXPERIENCETexas Professional Engineer's license. Employees in this classification series may research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure, including but not limited to a communication infrastructure system, cybersecurity system, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment system, or water treatment facility. See Tex. Business & Commerce Code Section 117.001(2). Accordingly, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a requirement to be hired for and to continue to be employed with

TCEQ. TRANSCRIPT/ COLLEGE

HOURS or

COURSE WORK

See instructions on how to attach documents. A copy of your official college transcript or evaluation of foreign credentials in CAPPS is required if needed to meet the qualifications listed above. WORK SCHEDULEStandard business hours are M-F, 8:00 a.m.

•5:00 p.m.

Individual and work group schedule determined by the TCEQ Austin Headquarters. BENEFITSOptional 401(k) and 457 plans

Insurance:

Health, Vision, Dental, and optional FSAPaid day(s) off from work on national holidays and holidays that the state observesProfessional development opportunitiesLongevity pay based on your number of years working for the stateWellness Program and ActivitiesOnsite Nurse Practitioner in HQWork-Life Balance CONDITiON

OF EMPLOYMENTTCEQ

will conduct a criminal history records search, driving history (if required for the job) on candidates offered employment.

In compliance with ADA, if you need accommodation during the employment process, please contact HRSS for assistance at (512) 239-0102.

MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY

(MOS) CODESMilitary Occupational Specialty (MOS) codes can be found at: https://hr.sao.texas.gov/CompensationSystem/JobDescriptions/. Please click the hyperlink under 'Occupational Category' for the respective Class Title. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is an Equal Opportunity Employer.