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Environmental Scientist 1, 2, or 3 (LOSCO)

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Environmental Scientist 1, 2, or 3 (LOSCO)

Salary

$3,181.00 - $5,724.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

DCE-OSEC-2025-214507-IGA

Department

DCE-Department of Conservation and Energy

Division

Office of the Secretary

Opening Date

11/04/2025

Closing Date

11/18/2025 11:59 PM Central

+ Description

+ Benefits

About this Job

The Office of the Secretary serves as the department's executive management office. The Secretary is the chief officer of the Department of Conservation & Energy (DCE), in charge of its policy, administration, and operations.

The Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office (LOSCO) was created by state legislature in 1991. This division serves as the single point of contact for programs related to oil spills in Louisiana. LOSCO’s mission is to minimize unauthorized discharges of oil, provide for an effective spill response, compensate the public for damages to the state’s natural resources and services, and assist the public through education, service, and public outreach.

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; OR

A master’s degree or 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.

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=150030) .

Job Duties and Other Information

This Environmental Scientist 1, 2 or 3 position is located within the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office Division of the Office of the Secretary and is domiciled in Baton Rouge, LA. The incumbent in this position is responsible for coordinating with state agencies as well as federal agencies to ensure a prompt and thorough oil spill response, traveling to remote sites to assist in field investigations, site visits, and monitoring events. Use of a state vehicle is required to perform duties. The position participates in weekend response duty. Additional duties include, but are not limited to the following:

+ Provides support for the implementation of various LOSCO programs, including Oil Spill Prevention and Response, NRDA, and RR,P including coordination of NRDA activities between State and Federal Trustees and responsible parties.

+ Assist in maintaining the Administrative Record for NRDAs.

+ Participate in activities of the State Natural Resource Response Team during NRDA.

+ Assist in conducting field investigations and analytical assessments.

+ Prepare reports and articles detailing project developments and technology/environmental issues.

+ Provide technical advice to LOSCO during oil spill response and NRDAs.

+ Assist in the coordination of oil spill preparedness drills.

+ Represent and participate in meetings, workshops, symposiums, conferences, and seminars to enhance the development of the NRDA, RRP Program, and oil spill response and prevention program.

+ Conducts literature reviews and searches for articles related to NRDA topics and is involved in maintaining the literature citation database and LOSCO's database.

+ Other duties as assigned.

POSITION-SPECIFIC DETAILS:

Appointment Type: Probational

Career Progression: This position may be filled as an Environmental Scientist 1, 2, or 3.

Work Schedule:Work hours are flexible.

Compensation: The salary offered will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis 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.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

For further information about this vacancy, contact:

Human Resources

Department of Conservation & Energy

PO Box 94396

Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9396

Email:[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

Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

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

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