Supervising Environmental Scientist

Under general direction of the Chief, the incumbent will provide leadership and management for Supervising Environmental Scientist I staff implementing: the local enforcement agency (LEA) certification and evaluation program; the solid waste inspection and enforcement program; and duties where the Department of Resource Recycling and Recovery (Department) acts as the Enforcement Agency (EA). The incumbent will assure that the program staff is appropriately applying basic understanding of chemistry, biology, physical and environmental sciences, environmental characteristics of waste materials and solid waste facilities and systems in their performance of: audits of the LEA's permitting, inspection, and enforcement programs and records, as well as the evaluation of the LEAs certification and / or certification maintenance; and the review, inspection, assessment and enforcement of solid waste facilities' technical documents, operations and monitoring records. The incumbent will develop and implement program policies to assess violation significance and the violation's general effect on public health, safety and the environment; and assure decisions, policies and practices are developed with the applied knowledge of statistical methods of analysis, integrated waste management economics, public health, and resource management so that decisions policies and practices are reasonable and will effectively protect the public health and safety and the environment.

The incumbent will provide general oversight of staff training and mentoring related to the determination of solid waste facilities' compliance with State Minimum Standards (SMS) and permit terms and conditions, solid waste facility compliance and enforcement activities, assessment of LEA performance and, if necessary, LEA completion of compliance work plans to improve performance. The incumbent will provide general oversight of accurate staff data input, the inventory of facilities that fail to meet SMS, and development of methodologies to improve information in the Department's solid waste facility database.

As of July 1st, 2026, the position is office-centered, and employees will be expected to report to the office at least four days per week. This position may be eligible for hybrid telework under Government Code 14200 for eligible applicants residing in California, subject to the candidate meeting telework eligibility criteria set forth in the CalEPA telework policy and/or future program need. Employees not residing in California are not eligible for telework. Regardless of telework eligibility, all employees may be required to report to the position's designated headquarters location, as indicated on their duty statement, at their own expense.