Job 23-45 GeolBR KS
GEOLOGIST 1/2/3
OEA / REMEDIATION / REMEDIATION GROUP 4

This position is in the Remediation Division within the Office of Environmental Assessment. This position will be domiciled in East Baton Rouge at Headquarters.

The incumbent will function as Team Leader on remediation sites assigned by the Geologist Supervisor. Responsibilities of Team Leader include serving as departmental contact and managing all subsurface assessment and remediation activities at assigned sites, activities include but are not limited to: Reviewing assessment and corrective action work plans and reports, analysis of hydrogeological interpretations and containment migration in the subsurface, inspecting assigned facilities, ensuring protection of human health and the environment, ensuring Department grant commitments are met, evaluating effectiveness of corrective actions, ensuring that all state and federal databases remain updated. Geological reviews often involve highly complex and controversial sites. Tracks progress of RCRA grant commitment for Corrective Action making certain that the Department is on track to meet its yearly commitments to EPA. Maintains the Department's RCRA info database ensuring that Corrective Action milestones are maintained and tracked on a facility basis while working with EPA to clean-up the database on DEQ sites. Determine compliance with Department enforcement actions, settlement agreements, permits and cooperative agreements concerning subsurface assessment and corrective actions and other geological issues. Recommends and initiates actions necessary to ensure compliance with permits, policies, procedures and regulations regarding hydrogeological issues. Provide Geological support for permit reviews including ground water certifications and Solid and Hazardous Waste Permits at assigned facilities. This work will involve the review and preparation of geological cross sections, potentiometric surface maps, and review of boring logs in order to determine compliance with Department regulations and policies. Provides comments on re-budgeting amendments and work plan revisions and serves as one of two DEQ personnel responsible for assigning approval status for the grant by the Contracts and Grants Section with DEQ. Tracks progress and prepares State Operational Plan quarterly and end-of-year reports, recommends goals for environmental indicators through for the Louisiana legislature and reviews and comments on the ETD sections of the Strategic Plan. Provide geological support on technical support teams on sites in which the incumbent is not assigned as team leader. Serve as lead worker mentoring other geologists in specific areas of expertise based upon work experience, training and background. Provides guidance, direction, instruction and training to staff members regarding concepts, methods, and techniques used in geological subsurface interpretations. Represent the Department and/or section at public hearings or meetings making presentations on remediation projects, geological permit conditions and other geological issues assigned by the Geologist Supervisor. Serve as a fact or expert witness during hearings, open forums and litigations representing the Department regarding geological and hydrogeological issues. Participates in conferences, training and meetings with industry, public and other governmental agencies regarding hydrogeological issues.

As part of a Career Progression Group, vacancies may be filled from this recruitment as a Geologist 1, 2 or 3 depending on the level of experience of the selected applicant. The maximum salary for the Geologist 3 is $96,262. Please refer to the "Job Specifications" tab located at the top of the LA Careers "Current Job Opportunities page" for specific information on salary ranges, minimum qualification requirements and job concepts for each level.

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

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*Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.*

For recruitment purposes, applicants who are within 90 days of graduating with a bachelor’s degree may be eligible for this position.

Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application if possible (PDF format preferred). The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

Applications will be rejected if the applicant fails to meet the minimum qualifications, submits an incomplete application or fails to apply by the closing date of the announcement. Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of an application listing complete work experience and education.

You must submit an equivalency evaluation for any international degree(s) by the closing of this announcement.

This agency participates in the E-Verify system for verification of citizenship and employment authorization.

Equal Opportunity Employer. Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for individuals with disabilities.

For further information about this vacancy contact:
Kierra Smith
Human Resources
LA Department of Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 4303
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
Kierra.Smith2@la.gov

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

NOTE: Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.

Function of Work:
To perform routine and non-controversial geological evaluations concerning the identification, investigation, exploration, development, protection, and/or regulations of the state's natural resources.

Level of Work:
Entry.

Supervision Received:
Close from a Geologist Supervisor.

Supervision Exercised:
None; however, functional supervision may be exercised over lower level employees on a project basis (classified, unclassified and contractual).

Location of Work:
Department of Natural Resources; Department of Environmental Quality.

Job Distinctions:
Differs from a Geologist 2 by the presence of entry-level tasks performance and receiving formal on-the-job training.

Compiles and evaluates technical data (e.g., structure and isopach maps, cross-sections, base maps, well core data, production data, geophysical data, remote sensing imagery, hydrological maps, drilling activity reports, computer hydrology models, etc.) for geologic projects that are routine and non-controversial in nature such as statewide field investigations of reservoir potential, values of hydrocarbon and mineral deposits, coastal erosion and land loss, lignite deposits, waste disposal, floodplain hazards, and aquifer identification and characterization.

Prepares surface and subsurface maps of varying diversity and complexity on surface and subsurface strata, aquifers, coal and lignite seams, and other geological evaluations (e.g., fault plane maps, structure maps, facies maps, isopach maps and geological cross-sections).

Conducts preliminary evaluations and reviews of geological and technical data that are complex, but not controversial, utilized in monitoring statewide activity regarding mineral resources, injection wells, surface mining, oil and gas wells, coastal projects, water resources, and waste disposal.

Compiles and maintains data and information necessary to monitor and regulate industries related to geology (e.g., petroleum, surface mining, coastal/marine, resource assessment, and hydrological/environmental) and prepares recommendations for review to supervisor geologists.

Makes preliminary reviews of injection, surface mining, oil and gas, coastal use, waste disposal, and water resources permit applications and notifies superiors when deficiencies are detected.

Initiates corrective action by preparing interagency staff recommendations for final action by supervisory geologists. Manages the paperwork required to maintain a continuous surveillance of all wells (e.g., lignite, injection, oil an gas, and water resources) and development activities within a particular geographical area.

Reviews permit applications, completion reports, multiple completion reports, and examines and assigns development data to the proper field(s) within the geographical districts.

Disseminates geological data, agency activities, findings and recommendations to the general public, industry representatives, and other federal, state, and parish agencies.

Participates in fieldwork pertaining to all aspects of geology (e.g., petroleum, surface mining, coastal/marine, resource assessment, and/or hydrological/environmental) and assumes additional responsibilities as deemed necessary.