Utility Senior Environmental Planner

Requirements

MOS Codes: None

Education and Experience : Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Environmental Science, Geology, Business or Public Administration, Environmental, Transportation, Urban, Regional Planning, Design, or a related field, and four (4) years of professional environmental planning experience.

Licenses and Certificates : Valid Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state by the date of appointment.

General Purpose

Under general supervision, oversee and support the management of El Paso Water’s (EPW) land, water, wastewater, and stormwater assets by coordinating property activities, ensuring environmental and regulatory compliance, and working with agencies and stakeholders across Texas and New Mexico.

Typical Duties

Provide assistance, oversight, and coordination related to EPW’s land holdings, including but not limited to properties, water, wastewater, and stormwater facilities, and assets located in El Paso, Hudspeth, Culberson Counties, and New Mexico. Involves: Overseeing and inspecting real properties for EPW. Provide alternate water resources, such as land acquisition for underground and surface water for wells and water rights. Inspect properties for lease violations and follow up on corrective action. Inspect land holdings and order necessary repairs or maintenance. Manage property improvements and coordinate land matters with state and federal agencies, including but not limited to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Texas Historical Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Ensure projects comply with local, state, and federal rules and regulations.

Participate in developing and maintaining regulatory compliance in land usage. Involves: Meet with private and public sector professionals and representatives. Conduct surveys, research property ownership, and zoning. Review and monitor engineering projects and plans to identify potential environmental concerns early in the design process. Participate in the planning and design phases of infrastructure projects to assess environmental impacts. Perform preliminary assessments, such as identifying environmental conditions or monitoring excavations to determine archaeological significance. Coordinate environmental assessments performed by outside consultants. Obtain archaeological permits, zoning, and land use approvals, as necessary. Coordinate and review contaminated sites, subsurface investigations, hazardous materials, and containment activities. Review environmental impact statements completed by consultants. Present findings and recommendations to leadership, boards, or the City Council as required.

Represent the department and provide technical support and guidance on planning issues. Involves: Attending and participating at Public Service Board, committees, City Council, Borderplex, and Executive Committee meetings. Represent EPW at official project sponsoring meetings, citizen group meetings, and other official gatherings. Coordinate with major developmental planners, transportation industry representatives, and industrial development on upcoming projects that will impact water, wastewater, and stormwater service demands and air quality within the region. Respond to requests for information on ordinances, codes, policies, plans, and procedures. Prepare complex, comprehensive documents on data analysis, special reports, and recommendations, including reports to federal, state, and local regulatory agencies. Plan control strategies for air quality attainment.

Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Schedule assignment, instruct, guide and check work. Appraise employee performance and review evaluations by subordinates. Provide for training and development; enforce personnel rules and regulations, and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Counsel, motivate, and maintain harmony. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, or other employee status changes. Enforce safety rules and regulations.

General Information

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Note: This is an unclassified contract position.

Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.

Note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts, and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.

A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.

To qualify for this position, required education, experience, knowledge and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.

Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.

Determined by agreement

Closing Date/Time: 10/14/2025 11:59 PM Mountain

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• City of El Paso

• 915-212-1244

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