The Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Senior Section Planner (Environmental Planner 4) position.

This position is located in our Southwest Regional Office located on the first floor in our Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.

Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

Do you love working collaboratively and ensuring all voices are heard to solve problems and conflicts? Do you believe community engagement is important and governments should listen to all voices and perspectives when decisions are being made in their community? If so, we have the job for you!

Please consider our senior planner for the Southwest Regional Office. We’re looking for someone passionate and empathetic about people and the environment. You’ll use your organizational, facilitation, and collaboration skills for this challenging but rewarding work.
 
Work includes:

• Helping us build relationships and trust by engaging with communities and stakeholders on complex cleanup sites and permitted Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) sites. 
• Helping our technical staff gain valuable input from communities and clearly communicate how we are working to clean up contamination while keeping everyone safe. 
• Conducting environmental justice research.
• Gathering demographic data, conducting equity assessments, and applying knowledge of community engagement tools and techniques.
• Explaining scientific information for public dissemination. 
• Ensuring the agency complies with public engagement requirements under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) act, our Community Engagement Plan, and our Tribal Consultation Framework. 

Agency Mission: Ecology's mission is to protect, preserve and enhance the environment for current and future generations.    

Tele-work options for this position: This position will have flexibility of a hybrid schedule, empowering work from home and office, providing less time in traffic and shrinking your carbon footprint. This position will be eligible for up to a 90% tele-work schedule. Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or compressed schedules are encouraged to reach out to the contact person listed below in “other information.” Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

Application Timeline: This position will remain open until filled; we will review applications on September 9, 2024. In order to be considered, please submit an application on or before September 8, 2024. If your application isn't received by this date, it may not be considered. The agency reserves the right to make a Hire any time after the initial screening date. 

Salary: $72,924.00 - $98,040.00 Annually

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Senior Section Planner (Environmental Planner 4)