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ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST STAFF DCLA

Salary

$5,439.20 - $8,588.67 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Promotion

Job Number

25-36 DCLA BR KS

Department

Department of Environmental Quality

Division

OEA AIR ANALYSIS / AIR PLANNING

Opening Date

05/29/2025

Closing Date

6/3/2025 11:59 PM Central

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25-36 DCLA BR KS

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST STAFF DCLA

OEA/ Air Planning/ Air Analysis

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.

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT, PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field plus three years of experience in an environmental program, nuclear energy or radiation protection program; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); an environmental, analytical, or research laboratory, LIMS (Lab Integrated Management Systems), or laboratory auditing; OR

A master’s degree in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field plus two years of experience in an environmental program, nuclear energy or radiation protection program; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); an environmental, analytical, or research laboratory, LIMS (Lab Integrated Management Systems), or laboratory auditing; OR

A doctorate in an environmental, biological, atmospheric, chemical, health, nuclear or physical science field, an engineering field, a geography/geosciences field, a natural resources field, or in a statistics or quantitative methods field plus one year of experience in an environmental program, nuclear energy or radiation protection program; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); an environmental, analytical, or research laboratory, LIMS (Lab Integrated Management Systems), or laboratory auditing.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=164900) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

This position assists agency staff in scientific/technical and computing tasks associated with air quality concerns and issues. The employee provides support to various groups within the DEQ such as the Emissions Inventory (EI), State Implementation Planning (SIP), Motor Vehicle Inspections and Maintenance (I&M), Air Engineering & Stack testing, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting, airshed modeling, air analysis, and various other programs. The projects assigned to this individual generally require specialized expertise in air modeling, data analysis and visualization, or other similar skills.

Position-Specific Details:

This position is within the Air Analysis Section of the Air Planning Division within the Office of Environmental Assessment. This position is domiciled at Headquarters in East Baton Rouge.

THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO CURRENT, PERMANENT EMPLOYEES OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

SUPPLEMENTAL QUALIFICATIONS: One year of scientific/technical environmental experience at or above the Environmental Scientist 3 level in the areas of production mechanisms, transport, spatial distributions, and strategies for mitigation of atmospheric pollutants and radiological airborne hazards.

There is a special entrance rate (SER) for this position, as follows: Environmental Scientist Staff DCL A: $31.38 per hour or $2,510.20 biweekly

How To Apply:

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

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

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 statement for any international degree(s) by the closing of this announcement.

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Kierra Smith

Human Resources

LA Department of Environmental Quality

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

[email protected]

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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Do you have one year of scientific/technical environmental experience at or above the Environmental Scientist 3 level in the areas of production mechanisms, transport, spatial distributions, and strategies for mitigation of atmospheric pollutants and radiological airborne hazards? This experience must be reflected on your application.

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+ No

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Please describe your scientific/technical environmental experience at or above the Environmental Scientist 3 level in the areas of production mechanisms, transport, spatial distributions, and strategies for mitigation of atmospheric pollutants and radiological airborne hazards. Please enter N/A if you do not have this experience.

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ARE YOU A CURRENT, PERMANENT EMPLOYEE OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY?

+ Yes

+ No

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Employer

State of Louisiana

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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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