Environmental Engineer IV - Dam Safety Program Technical Services

The Department of Environmental Conservation, Water Investment Division, Dam Safety Program (DSP) is seeking a highly motivated civil or environmental engineer to join the technical services group within our team. Experience or interest in dam safety engineering, geotechnical or structural engineering, and or hydrologic and hydraulic modeling for dams is highly desired. Candidates with the desire and interest to pursue Professional Engineer licensure in the future are preferred.

A successful applicant will have the ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment where public safety is paramount, and the mission is to reduce risks to life, property, and the environment from dam incidents and failure through effective communication, education, regulation, and dam ownership. Candidates with experience or interest in field, design, and construction engineering with strong technical skills, written and verbal communication skills, organizational skills, and the ability to identify and implement process improvements will be given preference. 

The DSP acts as both regulator and dam owner, regulating nearly 1,000 non-power, non-federal dams statewide and acts as the State's owner representative at 14 dams, including the three Winooski River Flood Control dams. The DSP is a growing team that includes staff engineers, analysts, technicians, and professional engineers with many years of Dam Safety experience. Major duties include dam monitoring, dam inspection,  permit review, issuance, and oversight, assistance with dam emergencies and the unsafe dam process, assistance with dam safety policy development, various hydrologic and hydraulic, geotechnical, and or structural engineering support, instrumentation support, dam inventorying support, dam hazard potential classification, emergency action planning, technical and financial oversight of funding applied to State-owned dams, dam operation and maintenance including flood control dam oversight and operations.