Coastal Compliance Project Manager (EHM II)

Serves as a Coastal Compliance Project Manager in the Charleston office and has programmatic responsibility for environmental quality. Specifically, the employee is primarily responsible for compliance with regulatory programs in the coastal zone encompassing the initiation and coordination of compliance activities within established guidelines and approved policies and procedures of SCDES BCM. This process includes reading, interpreting, and preparing technical reports, attending meetings with responsible parties and consultants, communicating in writing and verbally with responsible parties and consultants and conducting site evaluations.

Responsibilities:

• Initiates and coordinates compliance activities within established BCM policies, procedures and guidelines.
• Interprets and applies statutes and regulations, prepares technical reports, attends meetings with responsible parties and consultants, communicates in writing and verbally with responsible parties and consultants.
• Conducts site evaluations at various locations in beachfront and estuarine environments within a large geographic area.
• Accesses and inspects docks and erosion control structures adjacent to and extending over tidal waters.
• Promptly responds to reports of unauthorized activities occurring within BCM’s jurisdictional boundaries; some reports may require immediate action leading to unplanned field work.
• Participates in an annual inventory of habitable structures, pools and erosion control structures located within BCM’s beachfront jurisdiction.
• Conducts damage assessment of beachfront structures following a disaster that impacts the SC coast.
• Training and development opportunities available for operation of sUAS (drone) equipment and trailering/operation of a vessel.
  
  
  

Minimum Requirements:

• A bachelor’s degree in the natural or physical sciences or a related scientific field
• OR an associate degree in the natural or physical sciences or related technical field and at least one (1) year of environmental health or related experience
• OR a high school diploma or GED and at least three (3) years of environmental health or related experience 

Institutions of Higher Learning must be recognized by the council for Higher Education Accreditation.
 
Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application may upload an unofficial copy of the transcript as an attachment to the application. Please note that the agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript or diploma prior to hiring.
 
Additional Requirements:
 

• Knowledge of the statutes, regulations, policies and information sources related to the SC Coastal Management Program. 
• Experience and proficiency with Esri® products and various GPS equipment

SCDES is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. 
  
 The Department will not sponsor H1B visas for this position.
 
The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services offers an exceptional benefits package for full time (FTE) employees: 

• Health, dental, vision, long-term disability, and life insurance for employees, spouse, and children. Click here for additional information.
• 15 days annual (vacation) leave per year
• 15 days sick leave per year
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid parental leave
• S.C. Deferred Compensation Program available (S.C. Deferred Compensation)
• Retirement benefit choices * 
  • State Retirement Plan (SCRS)
  • State Optional Retirement Program (State ORP)
• Remote Work: The option of partially remote work is available after successful completion of 6 months to 1 year of employment, based on job functions

*Enrollment in one of the listed plans is required for all FTE employees; please refer to the contribution section of hyperlinked retirement sites for the current contribution rate of gross pay.

Salary : $56,764 - $88,600