Training Developer
Full Time
Grand Junction, CO
$5,304 - $5,919 a month
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Job description
Department Information
This position is only open to Colorado state residents.
This job announcement will be used to fill more than one position.
We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.
Be BOLD and make a real difference . . .
Do you desire a career that provides you with opportunities to improve the world around you? The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) is seeking diverse individuals from all backgrounds to apply for a career position that makes a direct impact on improving the lives of Colorado citizens. Our mission is to advance Colorado's health and protect the places we live, work, learn, and play. In addition to a great location and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer:
- Employee wellness programs and facilities
- Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
- Bike to work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
- Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
- Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans
- Medical and dental health plans
- Paid life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- 10 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
- Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
- Tuition assistance for college level courses including Masters degree programs
- Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, and
- A variety of employee resource groups
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Description of Job
The Work Unit:
The Field Services Section exists to address for the public, governmental entities, the regulated community, and the Department, technical and regulatory issues primarily related to compliance assistance and compliance assurance for drinking water and wastewater treatment facilities (and other discharging facilities) including the following activities: compliance evaluation inspections and sanitary surveys; technical and compliance assistance; regulation and policy development, and provision of technical services in support of the Water Quality Control Division’s (Division) programs to provide financial assistance for drinking water and wastewater treatment facility construction.
About the Position:
Effective October 2022, the Field Services Section reorganized Field Units I and III to enhance consistency in the employee experience for all FSS inspectors. These positions were previously a EIT II located in Field Unit II in the Grand Junction Office.
What You'll Be Doing:
This position is being reclassified to an Engineer in Training I which is an entry level engineering position and completed work from this position will be reviewed by higher level engineers. This class reflects that the employee will be training on processes and procedures under the direct supervision of a PEII unit manager. This position exists to perform, track and assist in managing to completion, the broadest possible array of tasks and projects associated with the Section’s field-based engineering activities described above. Major elements of position responsibilities include performing technical field work that consists of field engineering evaluations of drinking water and wastewater treatment facility consistency with approved designs, engineering evaluations of treatment facility operations and performance, compliance inspections for drinking water and wastewater
treatment facilities, field response and support of spills and drinking water emergencies, enforcement and other technical, field-based compliance assurance support and operator and other training, etc., providing assistance to the public at large, providing compliance assistance to facilities and individuals regulated by the Division.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
There are two ways you can qualify for this position:
Option One:
Bachelor's degree from an Accredited Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) institution in Engineering.
Option Two - Substitutions:
OR
Current, valid licensure as a Professional Engineer from the Colorado State Board of
Licensure for Architects, Professional Engineers and Professional Land Surveyors will
substitute for the enrollment as an Engineer Intern.
Preferred qualifications and essential competencies:
In addition to the minimum requirements, preference will be given to candidates who have the following competencies:
- Experience in Water Quality Engineering design-related to wastewater or drinking water treatment.
- Effective communication and coordination skills with customers, stakeholders, and public water systems.
- Models high standards of honesty, integrity, trust, openness and respect for individuals by applying these values daily.
- Displays understanding, courtesy, tact, empathy and concern; develops and maintains effective relationships; deals skillfully with people who are difficult, hostile or distressed; effectively manages and resolves conflicts, confrontations and disagreements in a positive and constructive way;
- Experience conducting technical reviews.
- Knowledge and ability to evaluate the relevance and importance of engineering and mathematical theories, concepts, principles and Division guidance, policies and procedures to determine if they are applicable to the situation encountered.
- Knowledge and ability to apply and integrate engineering, operational, financial and planning concepts as they relate to the ability of a planned facility to function as needed to protect the public health or the receiving waters.
- Strong ability to be an independent critical thinker and also work well in a team environment.
- Proficiency in writing policy or guidance documents.
- Knowledge of federal and state regulations, state statute, and the specific areas of authority for the various agencies, as they relate specifically to clean water or drinking water quality compliance.
- Ability to identify and creatively resolve issues while exercising appropriate judgment. Strong organization and/or project management skills.
- Ability to analyze data and provide recommendations. Geographic Information Systems/mapping knowledge.
- Must be able to operate a State Vehicle in order to preform duties of position.
- Travel demands: Requires independent travel approximately 30% of time to meetings, board meetings, site visits, conferences, and other travel in support of the unit activities. Travel will be statewide and may include occasional overnight nationwide travel.
- A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. Should your background check reveal any charges and convictions, it is your responsibility to provide the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment Human Resources office with an official disposition of any charges.
- Critical Status: Must be available in the event of an emergency, (e.g., bio-terrorist attack, chemical attack, disease outbreak or all hazards) and be required to report to work immediately at the regular or alternate location. During this time, travel restrictions may be in place.
Supplemental Information
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Applicant Checklist: The following must be submitted by the application deadline.
- A completed State of Colorado application submitted online via colorado.gov/jobs by the application deadline.
- A cover letter, that describes how your qualifications meet the minimum and preferred qualifications.
- A resume, with your educational and work experience.
- If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.
- If using education to qualify, a copy of your college/university transcripts. Transcripts can be attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.
Applicants will be notified at each step in the selection process via email. Emails will come from info@governmentjobs.com.
- All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step.
- Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.
- Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications.
- A top group, up to seven candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.
Appeal Rights: If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position or that as a result of no longer being considered, you were discriminated against, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. If an applicant seeks to have an allegation of discrimination reviewed by the Board, that person must file an appeal (petition for hearing) within 10 days of the action or receipt of any final written selection decision. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at www.colorado.gov/spb. A standard appeal form is available at: www.colorado.gov/spb. If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also applies to all charges of discrimination.
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