Title: Hazmat Manager District

State Role Title: Environmental Specialist II

Hiring Range: $71,797 - $116,670

Pay Band: 5

Agency: VA Dept of Transportation

Location: Richmond District Office

Agency Website: www.virginiadot.org/jobs

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

What drives you? If you are driven by a passion for environmental compliance and service to the community, we want you to join our team to keep Virginia moving.

VDOT is seeking a District Hazmat Manager to join our Environmental Section in the Richmond District.

As the District Hazmat Manager, you will plan, organize, manage, and coordinate activities related to the proper identification, evaluation, and mitigation of contamination associated with hazardous materials and related issues for projects and facilities in the Richmond District. This position will provide the necessary tools and assistance related to the Hazardous Materials Program for VDOT’s transportation planning, construction and maintenance programs to ensure compliance with applicable solid and hazardous substances, materials, and wastes laws and regulations and ensure liabilities potentially incurred by VDOT are minimized through appropriate engineering feasibility, cost-benefit, and, or risk management analyses and decision making.

Core Responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Provide daily hazmat program guidance, consultation, and assistance during project plan development and construction. Ensure project-related issues are identified and hazardous materials program concerns for right of way properties are addressed prior to project advertisement. Initiate studies of project corridors and specific right of way parcels and provide feedback during project development.
• Ensure proper considerations and risk-based decisions are made during project development for mitigating hazmat-related problems or issues. Plan and develop specifications, special provisions, and/or contracts for completion of cost-effective abatement or remediation strategies.
• Provide comments on Environmental Protection Plan submissions for lead-based paint bridge projects and technical support to field staff. Provide coordination of asbestos inspections for right of way and bridge structures and review the subsequent inspection reports. Support the Environmental Compliance Inspection Program on construction and maintenance projects.
• Provide guidance, support, and assistance for hazardous material program issues associated with maintenance and equipment facilities and maintenance operations. Support the Facility Compliance Assessment Program. Provide feedback as needed.
• Provide consultant management, using consultant resources when needed and maintaining fiscal accountability for consultant service delivery. Provide oversight of consultant activities, review consultant reports and provide comments and recommended revisions, and process invoices in conjunction with CO Environmental Contracting Office.
• Serve as the technical expert for hazardous materials program issues and studies. Prepare and conduct periodic training.

In order to be considered for this position, you must submit your resume.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience reflecting knowledge of environmental science, environmental engineering, hydrogeology, and chemistry principles and practices.
• Experience applying working knowledge of federal, state, and local solid and hazardous substances, materials, and waste laws and regulations to resolve hazardous materials/contaminations impacts on construction and maintenance projects and facility operations.
• Experience reflecting the ability to interpret highway construction plans and develop sound, cost-effective technical approaches for determining potential impacts of contamination on construction projects.
• Ability to effectively coordinate consultant activities.
• Ability to manage multiple technical projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Skill in the use of computers and software applications.
• Ability to obtain 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification and 40-hour asbestos supervisor or inspector certification.
• Valid driver’s license.

Additional Considerations

• Relevant experience providing contamination/hazardous materials-related investigation and mitigation services in an industrial, commercial, consulting, or in a regulatory oversight capacity.
• Possession of 40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER certification and 40-hour asbestos supervisor or inspector certification.
• A combination of training, experience or education in environmental science, geology, hydrogeology, chemistry, civil engineering, environmental engineering, or a related field preferred.

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

State applications will only be accepted as submitted online by 11:55 pm on the closing date through the PageUp System. State applications submitted via email, postal mail, fax, or in person will not be considered. Applicants are expected to fully represent qualifications and work history on the State application and or resume. The decision to interview an applicant is based on the information provided on the application, therefore, it is essential to fully complete each section of the application and provide detailed information. Submitting an incomplete state application, or a state application lacking in detail, may impact your interview eligibility.

Fingerprint based background check, references, work history, and DMV records will be verified prior to employment. Will be required to work to support emergency operations outside of normal work schedule. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. H1B VISA Sponsorship is not available.

VDOT utilizes a market-based pay program, which has been approved by DHRM. Therefore, advertised rates of pay may or may not align with the Commonwealth pay bands.

In addition to a rewarding work experience, VDOT offers core benefits including competitive health and life insurance programs, pre-tax spending accounts and leave programs. Employees participate in a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirements saving including employer matching. The Commonwealth of Virginia also funds a short-and long-term disability program. Miscellaneous benefits include paid holidays, training and tuition assistance programs, wellness programs and more.

We are a “Virginia Values Veterans” (V3) official certified company and state agency that provides hiring preference to Veterans and Members of the Virginia National Guard in support of Executive Order 29, (2010). If you are a Veteran or Virginia National Guard Member, we urge you to respond accordingly on your state application. VDOT is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more information, please visit “Information for VDOT Employees and Applicants” at: http://www.virginiadot.org/jobs/.

We have Shared Values and a Code of Ethics. Your success in our organization depends upon modelling these values, therefore visit http://www.virginiadot.org/about/missionandvalues.asp to review them and, if in agreement, we welcome you to apply.

Contact Information

Name: Jarita Taylor

Phone: 804-629-2086

Email: jarita.taylor@vdot.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.