• Job Description

  Req#: 4931423

  Job Description

  This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

  Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

  This position is being recruited for in Anchorage or Fairbanks.

  Pay will be determined based on location of selected individual.

  
  

  Anchorage salary: $3,210.40

  Fairbanks salary: $3,306.40

  
  

  What you will be doing:

  The Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Program is looking for a highly motivated individual to join our Northern Alaska Region Team. Work with subject matter experts in oil and hazardous substances discharge prevention, preparedness and response to make a difference for the State of Alaska.

  The diversity of the job requires a resourceful candidate who enjoys working independently and as part of a team in oil spill prevention, preparedness and response. Main responsibilities of this position are to review industry oil discharge prevention and contingency plans, manage cleanup of oil and hazardous substance releases, and participate in facility inspections and spill response exercises. The incumbent must understand the technical aspects of the work as well as be skilled as a supervisor and team leader. This position supervisors four professional level staff.

  • Through regulatory oversight, this position is tasked with protecting public safety, public health and the environment by ensuring that industry transporting, storing or distributing oil prevent spills and is fully prepared to clean up spills when they occur. That responsibility is implemented through the technical review, evaluation, and approval of oil discharge prevention and contingency plans; conducting and evaluating spill response exercises; and inspections of regulated facilities.
  • With direction and involvement from the Northern Region Manager, the position is tasked with protecting public safety, public health, and the environment by mitigating the effects of oil and hazardous substance releases. This responsibility includes regional preparedness, government planning, and rapid response to releases.
  • The Northern Region oversees, augments, or takes over the cleanup of oil and hazardous substance spills to land, air, and water from regulated and unregulated entities. This position will routinely act as the deputy State On-Scene Coordinator (SOSC) or the SOSC's representative during responses to oil and hazardous substance spills in the Northern Region.

  Key Responsibilities Include:

  • Spill Response – Coordinate and oversee the cleanup of oil and hazardous substance releases to land, air, or water.
  • Contingency Planning – Review and approve Oil Discharge Prevention and Contingency Plans submitted by regulated entities.
  • Compliance Inspection – Conduct facility inspections and participate in spill response exercises to verify compliance with environmental regulations.
  • Incident Management – Respond to complex spills using the FEMA Incident Command System framework.
  • Database Management – Maintain and use internal databases to track plan reviews, approvals, compliance status, and incident data.

  Unplanned emergency responses may sometimes require work outside of regular business hours, including nights, weekends, or holidays. In rare cases, you may be asked to assist with spill response efforts in other regions for up to two weeks. While after-hours work is part of the job, it’s infrequent, and we make every effort to accommodate personal schedules. Pre-approved time off is always honored.
  
  

  Our organization, mission, and culture:

  DEC’s mission is to conserve, improve, and protect Alaska’s natural resources and environment to enhance the health, safety, economic, and social well-being of Alaskans.

  The Prevention Preparedness and Response Program fulfills this mission by protecting public health, safety, and the environment by preventing and mitigating the effects of oil and hazardous substance releases and ensuring their cleanup.
  
  

  The benefits of joining our team:

  Our program provides quality training and ample growth opportunities with meaningful and challenging work that makes a difference for the State of Alaska. Benefits of joining our team include working with a diverse group of people; flexible work schedules; work on a variety of projects; travel for field work, meetings, and trainings; and opportunities to meet and collaborate with a wide cross section of DEC staff, staff from other agencies, industry consultants, and the general public.

  
  

  The working environment you can expect:

  While mostly an office job, the individual filling this position will be based in the Anchorage or Fairbanks office and will coordinate closely with Northern Region Team management and staff in other locations. Our team typically travels to Anchorage, Fairbanks, and the North Slope; along the Trans Alaska Pipeline System corridor; and throughout the diverse communities of the Northern Region for spill response, facility inspections, and response exercises.

  
  

  We are looking for a candidate that has experience in the following areas:

  • Leadership: Influences, motivates, and challenges others; adapts leadership styles to a variety of situations.
  • Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
  • Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes.
  • Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary

  
  Special Notice:
  

  • 40 Hour HAZWOPER (OSHA) (can be obtained after hire)
  • 8-Hour HAZWOPER Annual Refresher (OSHA)
  • Respirator fit testing (OSHA-Annual) (can be obtained after hire)
  • State Driver’s License is required

  
  

  Minimum Qualifications

  Competency Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions

  This job class uses competency based minimum qualifications. Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

  Competency Description

  The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

  Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with the following competencies

  • Scientific Research - Knowledge of the concepts, principles, and theories of scientific principles related to environmental, ecological, biological, or physical science and the methods, and processes used to conduct a systematic and objective inquiry; including study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; and the reporting of results.
  • Compliance - Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
  • Decision Making - Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
  • Oral Communication - Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
  • Project Management - Knowledge of the principles, methods, or tools for developing, scheduling, coordinating, and managing projects and resources, including monitoring and inspecting costs, work, and contractor performance.

  Equivalent to those typically gained by:
  
  A bachelor's degree from an accredited college in an environmental, physical, biological, or natural science; engineering; planning; or natural resources.
  AND
  Professional experience evaluating, documenting, and monitoring environmental and socio-economic impacts of changes in the built environment or applying environmental regulations and pollution controls for damage recovery or to protect or improve environmental quality.

  Additional Required Information

  DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION SUBMISSION

  • Include copies of academic transcript/s if using education to meet the minimum qualifications. Unofficial copies are acceptable.
  • Ensure that all relevant and/or comparable experience related to the position specific competencies (Leadership, Decision Making, Planning and Evaluating , Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving) for this position is clearly documented in the application.
  • Ensure that all relevant and/or comparable experience related to the list of primary duties (spill response, contingency planning, compliance inspection, incident management, and database management) for this position is clearly detailed in the application.

  DOCUMENTS REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF THE INTERVIEW

  • A cover letter that highlights your knowledge, skills, and abilities as they related to the desired competencies described above
  • Three (3) professional references and current contact numbers, including at least one (1) from a current or former supervisors/professors.
  • Copies of your two (2) most recent employment performance evaluations, if available.
  • One technical writing sample

  
  LEGAL EMPLOYMENT
  The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor.
  
  THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
  Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.
  
  EDUCATION
  To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.
  
  SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
  Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.
  
  NOTE: The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.
  
  WORK EXPERIENCE
  When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer's name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported, and minimum qualifications are clearly met. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.
  
  If you are currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position, please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level. Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as there are minimum qualifications that require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.
  
  NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
  
  MULTIPLE VACANCIES
  This recruitment may be used for more than one (1) vacancy. The applicant pool acquired during this recruitment may be used for future vacancies for up to ninety (90) days after this recruitment closes. Interested applicants are encouraged to apply to each recruitment notice to ensure consideration for all vacancies.
  
  APPLICATION NOTICE
  You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/
  
  NOTICE
  Questions regarding the application process can be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095. If you choose to be contacted by email, please ensure your email address is correct on your application and that the spam filter will permit email from the ‘governmentjobs.com’ domains. For information on allowing emails from the ‘governmentjobs.com’ domains, visit the Lost Password Help page located at: https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword
  
  EEO STATEMENT
  The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or (907) 465-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
  
  WORKPLACE ALASKA APPLICATION QUESTIONS & ASSISTANCE
  Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.
  
  For applicant password assistance please visit: https://www.governmentjobs.com/OnlineApplication/User/ResetPassword

  Contact Information

  For specific information about the position please contact the hiring manager:

  Kimberley Maher

  Environmental Program Manager 1

  Phone: 907-451-2124

  kimberley.maher@alaska.gov

• About the company

  The Alaska State Troopers, officially the Division of Alaska State Troopers, is the state police agency of the US state of Alaska.

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