* This posting is for multiple vacancies:

positions DWR60034475 and DWR60034393. *

These Engineer II positions within the Technical Services Branch - Plan Review Unit of the Public Water Supply (PWS) Section are primarily office-based positions. Plan Review staff occasionally attend sanitary surveys and other site visits with Regional Office staff or meet with water systems or their engineers/contractors on-site regarding plan submittals. Professional Engineer licensure/Engineer Intern certification is not required, but is a plus. 
Positions require the ability to successfully manage multiple projects within time constraints; manage work time independently yet meet schedules and deadlines; comprehend and interpret engineering and regulatory documentation; and maintain detailed and organized documents, files and records.
Key Responsibilities:

• Review engineering designs, reports, plans and specifications, calculations, and other supporting information submitted for approval and authorization to construct public water system supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities,
• Evaluate documentation for compliance with federal/state statutes, rules, and regulations,
• Review Water System Management Plans to ensure that federally mandated capacity development requirements are met,
• Prepare approval documents,
• Provide effective and timely technical assistance based on a thorough knowledge of drinking water rules and regulations and engineering principles and practices,
• Serve as a program technical advisor for other PWS Section staff.

The Division of Water Resources:
The Division of Water Resources (DWR) is responsible for protecting North Carolina’s drinking, surface and groundwater for all waterbodies including lakes, streams, rivers, wetlands, and aquifers. This environmental stewardship is accomplished through actions including permitting issuance, investigations, regulatory compliance, and enforcement, monitoring and field assessments, certifications, laboratory analysis and testing, planning, water quality standards management, educational outreach, and other efforts. The Division comprises six sections: Water Quality Regional Operations, Water Sciences, Public Water Supply, Water Quality Permitting, NPDES Permitting, and Water Planning. Click here to learn more about theDivision of Water Resources.DWR's Public Water Supply (PWS) Sectionpromotes public health by ensuring that safe, potable water is available in adequate quantities to the residents and visitors of North Carolina served by public water systems by assuring that such systems are properly located, constructed, operated, and maintained. The section has branches and programs for: implementation of the mandates of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act; review and approval of plans and specifications for new and expanding or improving water systems; inspections, investigations, and technical assistance for water systems; emergency responses and complaint investigations; source water assessment, protection, and wellhead protection; capacity development; and administration of an operating fee permit program. In the absence of these responsibilities, the consuming public would be subjected to risks such as drinking contaminated water and having substandard drinking water facilities.
The NC Department of Environmental Quality:
The primary mission of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is to provide science-based environmental stewardship for the health and prosperity of all North Carolinians. DEQ is the lead stewardship agency for the protection of North Carolina's environmental resources. The organization, which has offices from the mountains to the coast, administers regulatory programs designed to protect air quality, water quality, and the public's health, and works to advance in all-of-the-above energy strategy that fits North Carolina's needs. DEQ also offers technical assistance to businesses, farmers, local governments, and the public and encourages responsible behavior with respect to the environment through education programs provided at DEQ facilities and through the state's school system. DEQ touches the lives of all North Carolinians in many ways to enhance and ensure our quality of life. Please visit our website at the Department of Environmental Qualityfor more information. 
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Recruitment Range: $59,752 - $83,361
Both positions are located at: 512 N. Salisbury St., Raleigh, NC 27604 (Archdale Building)The Knowledge, Skills and Abilities listed below, along with the Minimum Education and Experience requirements, are REQUIRED to qualify for this position. We will not review résumés in lieu of Experience and Education listed on the application. Click these links for additional information: Introduction to the Job Application and Addressing Knowledge, Skills and Abilities. (Note: These links refer to Dept. of Public Safety process; this process is the same for DEQ.)

To qualify for this position, applicants must document on the application that they possess ALL of the following: 

• Demonstrated knowledge of regulations, laws, policies, and/or procedures related to environmental requirements or programs.

• Demonstrated experience communicating and/or presenting technical information and/or recommendations. 

• Demonstrated experience working with engineering plans, specifications, reports, data, projects/programs, and/or permit applications.

 Some state job postings say you can qualify by an “equivalent combination of education and experience.” If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov/experience-guide for details.
Bachelor’s degree in an applicable field of engineering from an appropriately accredited institution and three (3) years of progressively responsible experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Necessary Special Qualification: May require registration as a professional engineer by the North Carolina Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors.