JOB INFORMATION

• Hazardous Materials Inspector I
• Hazardous Materials Inspector II
• Supervising Hazardous Materials Inspector

• Employees in job classifications represented by Municipal Employees Association (MEA) are scheduled to receive the following general wage increases:

• Eligible benefitted employees originally hired on or after July 10, 2021, will be automatically enrolled in the San Diego City Employees Retirement System (SDCERS).

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

You must meet the following requirements on the date you apply, unless otherwise indicated.

EDUCATION: A Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry, Industrial Hygiene, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Sanitary Engineering, Environmental Health, Biology or a closely related degree. Individuals applying with a closely related degree MUST have completed at least 18 semester/27 quarter units of college-level chemistry course work which MUST include lecture and laboratory classes in chemistry.

NOTE:

• Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for education lacked on a year-for-year basis. One year of full-time experience = 30 semester/45 quarter college-level units.

EXPERIENCE: Three years of full-time experience in ONE of the following areas:

• Investigative/inspection experience including inspecting and investigating hazardous materials and waste management practices for conformance with laws and regulations. Job experience should include hazardous waste sampling, storage, testing, packaging, and manifesting of hazardous waste; knowledge of regulations contained in CCR Title 22, 40 CFR, 49 CFR, and Health and Safety Code Division 20, Chapter 6.5; site inspections and report preparation; and/or conducting hazardous material training activities.
• Management of household hazardous waste experience including coordinating and managing community collection events or permanent centers; testing materials collected through a household hazardous waste or load check program; identifying, confirming, and categorizing chemical waste, and packaging and manifesting waste received; and knowledge of regulations contained in CCR Title 22, 40 CFR, 49 CFR, and Health and Safety Code Division 20, Chapter 6.5.
• Environmental control experience including storm water, pesticide site assessment and/or air pollution control management with job duties including inspection and sampling, reporting, process design, knowledge of regulations, training, and program implementation.
• Hazardous materials/environmental management experience including contract management and technical oversight of hazardous waste disposal contracts to include budget and invoice management, report writing, oversight of compliance with contract terms and conditions, public or client interactions, and/or grant management and technical oversight of the collection of hazardous waste to include budget management, invoice or reimbursement requests; report writing to grantor and clients; oversight of compliance with grant contract terms and conditions; and public or client interactions. Knowledge of regulations contained in CCR Title 22, 40 CFR, 49 CFR, and Health and Safety Code Division 20, Chapter 6.5 where necessary to complete contractor or grant activities.

LICENSE: A valid California Class C Driver License is required at the time of hire.

HIGHLY DESIRABLE:

• Registered Environmental Health Specialist.
• HAZWOPER Certification.
• DOT HM-181 Certification.
• Extensive experience creating/working with complicated and interlinked Excel spreadsheets.
• Contract oversight.
• Household hazardous waste management experience.
• Grant management experience.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (MUST SUBMIT WITH APPLICATION):

• Proof of degree/transcripts, if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.
• Proof of transcripts showing completion of the required course work, if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.
• For City of San Diego employees, proof of Out-of-Class Assignment (OCA), if utilized to meet the minimum requirements.

Required documents should be attached electronically to your application. If you are unable to attach at the time of application submittal, you must submit them as soon as possible via fax: (619) 533-3337; or to the Employment Information Center: City of San Diego Personnel Department, 1200 Third Avenue - Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92101. Include your name and the title of the position for which you are applying.

SCREENING PROCESS

Please ensure all information is complete and accurate as the responses you provide on the supplemental questions will be reviewed using an automated evaluation system. If you are successful in this initial screening process, your application will be reviewed for applicable education, experience, and/or training to ensure all minimum requirements have been met. Successful candidates will be placed on a list which will be used to fill position vacancies during the next six months (180 days). For each vacancy, only those candidates with the most appropriate qualifications will be contacted by the hiring department for an interview.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS: Employment offers are conditional pending the results of all screening processes applicable to this position, which may include the following: confirmation of citizenship or legal right to work in the United States; completion of a pre-employment medical review and exam (which may include drug and alcohol testing); reference checks; and fingerprinting. Fingerprints will be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the California Department of Justice for a conviction record report. Certain positions may require additional screening processes, including a polygraph examination and/or background investigation. All screening processes must be successfully completed before employment begins. A positive test result for alcohol, cannabis/marijuana, illegal drugs, or inadequately explained prescription drugs, or misrepresentation, falsification, or omission of pertinent facts in any step of the screening or selection process, may constitute cause for disqualification or termination of employment. Nothing in this job posting constitutes an express or implied contract for employment with the City of San Diego. Candidates must notify the Personnel Department of any change in their name, mailing address, email address, or phone number, otherwise they may miss employment opportunities.