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Join Sarasota County’s Petroleum Restoration Program (PRP) as a Site Lead (Environmental Specialist III) and make a meaningful impact on the environment and your community. In this role, you’ll oversee the restoration of petroleum-contaminated sites, conducting technical reviews of reports, plans, and proposals, coordinating with expert staff, providing guidance for improvements, and ensuring work meets state standards. You’ll also perform quality assurance field audits and manage contracts for state-funded projects, helping keep cleanups on track and compliant.

We value work-life balance and offer amazing benefits, a supportive team environment, and clear opportunities for professional growth and advancement. If you’re ready to take on challenging, rewarding projects while enjoying stability and career development, apply today and join a program dedicated to making a real difference.

About the Position

In this role, you will oversee petroleum-contaminated sites by reviewing reports, conducting audits, coordinating with contractors, and maintaining accurate records to ensure an effective cleanup. Additionally, this role handles Petroleum Restoration Program (PRP)-funded site contracts, processes invoices and change requests, and provides technical and administrative support for program-related projects. Examples of job responsibilities include...

Site Management at Petroleum Contaminated Sites:

+ Review reports, plans, and proposals; coordinate with technical staff; issue approvals and feedback to monitor cleanup progress.

+ Conduct quality assurance audits, generate inspection reports, and upload them to Oculus.

+ Enter all reports, reviews, and date extensions into STCM and local databases to track progress.

+ Upload documents to Oculus to maintain accurate public records.

+ Conduct file reviews and develop comprehensive site histories to guide cleanup planning.

+ Communicate with contractors and responsible parties regarding cleanup progress, strategies, and performance.

Contract Management for PRP-Funded Sites:

+ Negotiate and develop scopes of work and schedules of pay items; verify invoice accuracy to ensure timely payment.

+ Prepare and process Requests for Change (RFCs) and Field Requests for Change (FRFCs) within PRP timeframes to manage scope changes cost-effectively.

+ Review and process PRs, RFCs, and invoices in MFMP according to PRP deadlines.

Technical and Administrative Support:

+ Assist with program-related research, information requests, and document tracking.

+ Support the Environmental Supervisor with project management tasks.

About the Schedule

Work Hours:

+ Full-time, 40 hours per week.

+ Typical Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. ( no weekends! )

As a reminder, all county employees are considered essential and must be prepared to protect and support the community and its citizens. Each employee, without exception, will have a duty assignment and be required to work during a disaster or declared emergency.

About You

To be considered for this role, you must have the following:

+ B achelor ' s degree from an accredited college or university in one (1) o f the biological or physical sciences, Environmental Engineering, or a related field with three (3) years of professional related work experience.

+ OR: Master's Degree may substitute for one year of professional experience .

+ OR: Progressively responsible professional experience (totaling a minimum of seven (7) years) may substitute for the required college degree, at management's discretion .

+ Valid Florida driver's license or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of hire.

Physical Demands: Employees in this role must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 lbs.

Subject to Passing Substance Screening: This position is subject to passing a pre-employment substance screening. An applicant who fails to pass a required drug screening test shall be disqualified from employment for a period of five years.

About Everything Else

Starting Pay Range: $56,139.20 - $63,003.00

Our interview process could include phone interview(s), Microsoft Teams video interview(s), and/or in-person interview(s).

If you are selected to join our team, please click on this link to review the Required First Day Documents (http://www.scgov.net/home/showpublisheddocument/66596/638617478290291353) . You will need to present the following items on your first day:

1. I-9 Acceptable Documents to show your identity and authorization to work. Use this link to learn more and review the different document options: https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents

+ If your position requires a Florida Driver’s License, this must be one of your documents. (Your Florida Driver’s License can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List B Documents.)

2. U.S. Social Security Card (signed, physical card). This is a requirement of our Payroll Department and failure to provide this document could jeopardize timely compensation. (Your U.S. Social Security Card can serve as one of your documents listed in link above – List C Documents.)

Benefits:

+ Enjoy great benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Flexible Spending Accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Florida Retirement System (FRS) and many, many more! C hoose one of three great medical plans, including one with a $0 premium option, with completed preventative visits!

+ For more information about employee benefits, please click this link or visit SCGov.net (https://www.scgov.net/government/human-resources/employee-health-and-benefits) for additional information.

+ Utilize our award-winning wellness program including free gyms at multiple Sarasota County Government locations.

+ Enjoy 11 paid holidays, 3 personal days and 16 paid vacation days in the first year of full-time employment with increasing accrual rates with years of service. (That adds up to a possible 30 days off in your 1st year!)​​

A different blend of voices prompt better conversations, choices and results for everyone. Sarasota County – Many Voices, One Team.

We celebrate and value the experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, talents and strengths that make us different.

Our vision is to attract, develop, retain and engage a talented workforce broadly representative of the citizens and communities we serve. To further value creativity, innovation, collaboration and great customer service – internally and externally.

A job applicant with a disability who requires reasonable accommodation to participate in the application/selection process is requested to make known the need for an accommodation to Human Resources or appropriate county staff members. For assistance with the application, please call 941-861-5353.

Sarasota County prohibits discrimination in all services, programs or activities. View the complete policy at scgov.net (keywords: ADA Compliance).

Sarasota County Government is a Tobacco-Free/Drug-Free Workplace.