ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATOR-SES - 37020162

Requisition No: 841945 

Agency: Environmental Protection

Working Title: ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATOR-SES - 37020162

 Pay Plan: SES

Position Number: 37020162 

Salary:  Annual Salary: $68,500.00 - $72,504.00 (Commensurate with Experience) 

Posting Closing Date: 12/01/2024 

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Environmental Administrator – SES (37020162)

State of Florida

Department of Environmental Protection

Our Organization and Mission:

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state’s lead agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to create strong community partnerships, safeguard Florida’s natural resources and enhance its ecosystem. 

The Work You Will Do:

This position reports to the Business Support Program Administrator and is responsible for managing a diverse group of professionals who perform Operational and Program Performance (OPP) duties in support of the Division of Waste Management.  The position requires the ability to manage a diverse group of employees and a functional understanding of the business and reporting needs of the programs in the Division of Waste Management.

The Difference You Will Make:

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection protects, conserves, and manages the state's natural resources and enforces its environmental laws. Each position works together as a whole to advance Florida's position as a world leader in protecting natural resources while growing the state's economy.

How You Will Grow:

DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly.

Where You Will Work:

Tallahassee, Florida’s Capitol City, lined with rolling hills, oak trees, and canopied roads combines old world charm with a modern pace of life. Home to two major universities as well as state government, Tallahassee is a mid-sized city in the heart of Florida’s Big Bend. Tallahassee is a highly desirable location for both those seeking their first job or those ready to enter the next exciting chapter in their career.

The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waivers;
• And more!

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

Pay:

Annual Salary: $68,500.00 - $72,504.00 (Commensurate with Experience)

Your Specific Responsibilities:

• Spends majority of their time communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees, and planning and directing employees’ work, and who have the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action.
• This position reports to the Business Support Program Administrator and is responsible for managing the Division’s IT group (Operational and Program Performance).
• The person requires the ability to manage a diverse group of employees and a functional understanding of the business and reporting needs of the programs in the Division. Will effectively communicate, motivate, train, and evaluate on direct work performance of subordinates, and is responsible for time and attendance of direct reports.
• Responsible for ensuring that staff develop and conduct program reporting and performance tracking functions for the Division’s program areas, including storage tanks, solid waste and hazardous waste compliance, solid waste and hazardous waste permitting, waste cleanup, petroleum cleanup; and other reporting and tracking functions as needed.
• Works with Division’s Program Areas to establish priorities and needs for databases. Oversee the Division’s data entry and database management activities to ensure consistency between the Division’s databases.
• Responsible for managing or coordinating with program business experts that represent the Division and interface with the Department’s Office of Technology and Information Services (OTIS) technical staff, and with various Department contractors to develop and maintain information management tools for conducting program inspections, tracking activity, site, and facility inventories for regulated program interests; tracking of state funded cleanup site expenditures, progress, and completions; receiving and processing information from delegated local county programs; using geographic tools for representing the extent of site contaminations; tracking institutional controls established as part of contaminated site rehabilitation activities; coordinating and updating Internet and Intranet resources with current business information; interpreting, data cleanup, and overseeing state program information transfers to EPA Region IV; managing projects to develop and maintain electronic transactions such as online permitting and registrations, analytical data reporting and quality control processing, financial processing information flows in support of the Department’s paperless initiatives; and other information management development and maintenance activities that require waste management program business experts.
• Supervises staff that perform centralized tracking of Division property including computing and field equipment inventories and provide logistical support for managing user needs and technology support services to triage data system assistance requests, and hardware support for tools used by Division and related District program staff.
• Oversees the IT portion of processes within the Division, including new hires, separations, PD refreshes, and IT related purchases.
• Supervises staff that perform a range of document management, scanning, and archiving activities, including scanning of confidential and time sensitive paper documents that are needed for the Division to perform its daily business functions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of basic pollution prevention concepts.
• Knowledge of the basic principles of personnel administration.
• Knowledge of principles and processes involved in business and organizational planning, coordination, and execution, which may include strategic planning, resource allocation, manpower modeling, leadership techniques, and production methods.
• Knowledge of business functions and an understanding of the types of programs implemented by the Division of Waste Management.
• Ability to supervise large and diverse groups of individuals.
• Ability to gather, organize and maintain technical information.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to understand technical information.
• Ability to use personal computers.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to travel to and participate in site visits at industrial facilities.

Required or Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with a major in engineering, environmental science or one of the natural sciences; or Any combination of post-secondary education or verifiable related experience, as described above, for a total of four years.

Other Job-Related Requirements for this position: 

• Valid Driver’s License

POSITION OF SPECIAL TRUST REQUIREMENT: This position is designated as a Position of Special Trust in accordance with DEP-422 (Positions of Special Trust or Responsibility). Any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a Level 2 State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S.  No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.  

DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses:

HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us

HR_Recruitment@FloridaDEP.gov

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.