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Job Description
Summary
Minimum Starting Salary: $23.8691 - $29.5622
The City of Waco Seeks
The City of Waco is seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Senior Environmental Inspector to ensure compliance with environmental regulations across our operations.
Minimum Qualifications- Associate’s Degree in Health, Safety, Science, or a related field and 5 years’ experience in sample collection, compliance, or industrial process required; or an equivalent combination education and experience.
- Texas Driver’s License required
- Class II Collections License upon hire required or Class C Wastewater Operator License required.
- Additional technical training or certifications may be required.
- Additional certifications in pretreatment, stormwater, or environmental compliance upon preferred.
Position Overview
The Senior Environmental Inspector serves as a lead field position within the City of Waco’s Pretreatment or FOG Program, responsible for performing advanced inspections, investigations, and enforcement activities to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations. Working under the direction of the Pretreatment Compliance Supervisor, this position provides technical guidance to other inspectors; reviews complex sampling data, construction plans, and reports; and plays a key role in identifying violations, developing enforcement response and protecting the City’s wastewater collection and treatment systems.
Essential Functions- Protects the environment and health of the community by regulating industrial/commercial sources, performing environmental inspections, identifying businesses that fall under the pretreatment program, conducting investigations and discrete monitoring to detect pollution of the local environment, gathering information from internal and external customers regarding illicit dumping, polluting, suspect discharges to the wastewater collection system.
- Leads or independently conducts advanced environmental inspections, complex investigations, and enforcement activities involving industrial and commercial sources.
- Reviews complex technical reports, permit applications, sampling data, and engineering plans for regulatory compliance and completeness.
- Coordinates with internal and external stakeholders to resolve significant or repeat compliance issues and recommends appropriate enforcement strategies.
- Ensure accurate application of analytical methods, sampling protocols, and compliance with the regulatory requirements under the City’s approved Pretreatment and environmental programs.
- Serves as a technical resource and mentor for Environmental Inspectors; provide field guidance, quality control, and review inspection reports and permit drafts.
- Facilitates resolution of compliance issues, apply and enforce statues, regulations, ordinances and policies governing the Control Authority’s approved programs.
- Demonstrates courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with resident, visitors and staff; maintain confidentiality of work-related issues; perform other duties as required or assigned.
- Participates in the development and revision of Inspection protocols, enforcement policies, and public outreach materials.
- Supports public outreach and educational initiatives, occasionally serving as a subject matter expert in presentations or meetings.
- Responds to emergency and disaster response calls.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Complies with all policies and standards.
- Supports the relationship between the City of Waco and the general public by demonstrating courteous and cooperative behavior when interacting with residents, visitors, and City staff; maintains confidentiality of work-related issues and City information
- Lives the City of Waco Values: equity & inclusion, excellence & innovation, integrity, people, and teamwork.
The City of Waco offers a complete benefits package for eligible employees including; health, dental, vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Accounts, life insurance, long term and short term disability, retirement, deferred compensation plans, holidays, vacation, sick leave, credit union and savings bonds.
To learn more about the benefits offered, visit our Benefits page.
Why Work For Waco:- Meaningful and challenging work
- Make a difference and improve communities
- Competitive Salary and Benefits
- Full Range of Benefits, including Health, Dental, Vision, Disability, and Life Insurance
- Mandatory TMRS Retirement Plan with a 2:1 City Match
- Education Assistance Program
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance
- Longevity Pay
- And More!
- Chance to do work you are passionate about
- Desire to give back
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ABOUT THE COMPANY
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City of Waco
Show moreWaco is centrally located in the heart of Texas on the I-35 corridor midway between Dallas-Fort Worth and Austin. This progressive and diverse city with a vibrant community spirit offers major attractions, museums, recreation, and abundant shopping to more than 140,000 residents. Waco is the 25th largest city in Texas and the county seat of McLennan County.
Waco is not only briming with Texas history, economic opportunity, and a rich variety of cultural experiences, it is also a major seat of high learning within three major colleges in its city limits including Baylor University, Texas State Technical College and McLennan Community College.
The city is also the birthplace of Dr. Pepper, the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. Waco boasts one of the biggest and best municipal parks in Texas, Cameron Park. While the park is located in the middle of downtown situated on the Brazos and Bosque River it hosts numerous races, triathlons, boat races and much, much more.
Governance and Organization
Waco is a home rule city with a council-manager form of government. The City Council is comprised of a Mayor, elected at-large, and five City Council members representing single-member districts, all serving two-year terms. The City Council sets the tax rate, approves the budget, appoints members to City boards and commissions, enacts City ordinances, and appoints the City Manager, City Attorney, City Secretary, and the Municipal Court Judge.
The City has a strong Financial Management Policy that guides the operation and delivery of quality City services, contributes to excellent AA+ and Aa1 bond ratings, and maintains an unassigned fund balance reserve in the General Fund equal to 28% of current year budgeted expenditures. The City of Waco has more than 1,600 employees and a total operating budget of over $400 million.
The City provides a full range of municipal services including a regional airport, animal services, building inspections, code enforcement, convention and visitors bureau, emergency management, housing and community development, economic development, fire, public health, library, municipal court, parks and recreation, planning, police, public works, Texas Ranger Hall of Fame Museum, utilities and zoo operations.
The City Council and City Manager are committed to the mission of providing exemplary municipal services for citizens and visitors in a collaborative and transparent manner while honoring the public’s trust. Waco values include providing excellent and innovative services, promoting equality and inclusion, focusing on teamwork, investing in people and always doing the right thing.
With the City of Waco, you will find our home; where everyone belongs and thrives as move forward together.
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