Senior Section Planner (Environmental Planner 4) - State of Washington

The Hazardous Waste and Toxics Reduction program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Senior Section Planner (Environmental Planner 4) position.

This position is located in our Southwest Regional Office located on the first floor in our Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA.

Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.

Do you love working collaboratively and ensuring all voices are heard to solve problems and conflicts? Do you believe community engagement is important and governments should listen to all voices and perspectives when decisions are being made in their community? If so, we have the job for you!

Please consider our senior planner for the Southwest Regional Office. We’re looking for someone passionate and empathetic about people and the environment. You’ll use your organizational, facilitation, and collaboration skills for this challenging but rewarding work.
 
Work includes:

• Helping us build relationships and trust by engaging with communities and stakeholders on complex cleanup sites and permitted Treatment, Storage, and Disposal (TSD) sites. 
• Helping our technical staff gain valuable input from communities and clearly communicate how we are working to clean up contamination while keeping everyone safe. 
• Conducting environmental justice research.
• Gathering demographic data, conducting equity assessments, and applying knowledge of community engagement tools and techniques.
• Explaining scientific information for public dissemination. 
• Ensuring the agency complies with public engagement requirements under the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), the Healthy Environment for All (HEAL) act, our Community Engagement Plan, and our Tribal Consultation Framework. 

Agency Mission: Ecology's mission is to protect, preserve and enhance the environment for current and future generations.   

Program Mission:The mission of the HWTR Program is to protect Washington’s residents and environment by reducing the use of toxic chemicals, safely managing dangerous waste, preventing new contaminated sites, and cleaning up contamination. The HWTR vision is to be national leaders in minimizing and eliminating the impacts of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste.  

Tele-work options for this position: This position will have flexibility of a hybrid schedule, empowering work from home and office, providing less time in traffic and shrinking your carbon footprint. This position will be eligible for up to a 90% tele-work schedule. Applicants with questions about position location options, tele-work, and flexible or compressed schedules are encouraged to reach out to the contact person listed below in “other information.” Schedules are dependent upon position needs and are subject to change.

Please Note:We will review all applications received before the date above. Additional reviews after this date typically only occur if we have a small applicant pool, or if a successful Hire was not made.

Ecology employees may be eligible for the following:
Medical/Dental/Vision for employee & dependent(s), Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), Vacation, Sick, and other Leave*, 11 Paid Holidays per year*, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, Tuition Waiver,  Long Term Disability & Life Insurance, Deferred Compensation Programs, Dependent Care Assistance Program (DCAP),  Flexible Spending Arrangement (FSA), Employee Assistance Program, Commute Trip Reduction Incentives(Download PDF reader), Combined Fund Drive, SmartHealth *Click here for more information 

About the Department of Ecology

Protecting Washington State's environment for current and future generations is what we do every day at Ecology. We are a culture that is invested in making a difference. Join a team that is highly effective and collaborative, with leadership that embraces the value of people. To learn more, check out our Strategic Plan. 

• A healthy life/work balance by offering flexible schedules and telework options for most positions.
• An Infants at Work Program that is based on the long-term health values of infant-parent bonding and breastfeeding newborns.
• Continuous growth and development opportunities. 
• Opportunities to serve your community and make an impact through meaningful work.

Our commitment to DEIR
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect (DEIR) are core values central to Ecology’s work. We strive to be a workplace where we are esteemed for sharing our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals and collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.

  
We believe that DEIR is both a goal and an action. We are on a journey, honoring our shared humanity and taking steps to demonstrate our commitment to a vision where each of us is heard, seen, and valued.