Title: Hazardous Materials Specialist (HAZMAT Officer) #00113

State Role Title: Emergency Coordinator III

Hiring Range: $78,000 - $82,000

Pay Band: 5

Agency: Dept of Emergency Management

Location: Region 1

Agency Website: https://www.vaemergency.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

The Hazardous Materials Officer position exists to provide hazardous materials and CBRN guidance, training, response and recovery assistance to local governments, tribal organizations and state agencies during hazardous materials or CBRN emergencies or natural disasters. This position works in conjunction with the agency's Hazardous Materials Program, assists in the implementation of the Commonwealth's Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Program and helps enhance local, tribal, and state emergency response capabilities.

The Hazardous Materials Officer is assigned to the Regional Support Division to support VDEM's all-hazards emergency management programs and may be assigned other secondary duties to support VDEM's all-hazard preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery efforts. When necessary, the Hazardous Materials Officer makes entry into hazardous areas for the purpose of assessment or mitigation. This position requires frequent travel and participation in an on-call rotation. A response vehicle is assigned to this position.

Because this role includes emergency response duties, you must be able to reach the region within 30 mins.

Must be a Virginia Hazardous Materials Technician with the ability to obtain certification as a Virginia Hazardous Materials Specialist within 12 months of employment.

All VDEM employees are designated as essential personnel and may be required to work during emergency situations, such as inclement weather, and natural or man-made disasters/events as directed. This may require irregular work hours, work at locations other than the official duty station, and may include duties other than those specified in the employee's official EWP.

Minimum Qualifications

- Considerable experience responding to hazardous materials incidents.
- Considerable knowledge of the nature and types of emergency service required in
hazardous materials disasters and the technical and administrative details associated with providing such services.
- Possess significant teaching and curriculum development experience.
- Considerable knowledge of adult training methods, curriculum design, needs
assessments, and evaluation.
- Public speaking skills required.
- Ability to develop and conduct hazardous materials training.
- Ability to work independently and to work with all levels of staff, public officials, and citizens.
- Enter into hazardous chemical environments in self-contained breathing apparatus
(SCBA) and chemical protective clothing under adverse conditions.

Additional Considerations

- NFPA/VA Fire Programs SCBA Certification, Fire Fighter II, Instructor 11, HAZMAT
Specialist.

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.

Applications will only be accepted on-line through the State Job website. Applications must include all work history and references. The decision to interview an applicant is solely based on the information provided in the application materials. Therefore, it is essential to provide enough information to make this assessment.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a fingerprint-based criminal history background check, Division of Motor Vehicle check, employment reference check, and E-Verify. The selected candidate must complete a State of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment, if applicable (Va. Code 2.2-3114). Other financial, credit, driving, or degree verification checks prior to employment may be required for certain positions. A one-year probationary period is required of all newly hired and re-hired Commonwealth of Virginia employees.

The salary for this position is negotiable up to the maximum hiring range listed in this posting. Offers will not be made outside of the hiring range. 

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Minorities, Individuals with disabilities, Veterans, and people with National Service experience are encouraged to apply.

VDEM does not provide sponsorship or a STEM OPT extension to prospective or current employees. Applicants applying for a position with our agency must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of employment.

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Contact Information

Name: Human Resources

Phone: (804) 540-8846

Email: Recruitment@vdem.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.