Requisition No: 840225
Agency: Environmental Protection
Working Title: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER - SES - 37020980
Pay Plan: SES
Position Number: 37020980
Salary: $71,678.52
Posting Closing Date: 11/04/2024
Total Compensation Estimator ToolENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER STATE OF FLORIDADEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONOur Organization and Mission:The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state's lead agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to create strong community partnerships, safeguard Florida's natural resources and enhance its Ecosystem.
The Work You Will Do:The DEP Central District Office is seeking a highly qualified candidate with the right energy, attitude, drive, and expertise for a high-level managerial position. This managerial position is one on a team of managers who are responsible for overseeing multi-disciplined programs of over 85 staff serving the eight counties in the Central Florida area. The position is in the Compliance Assurance Program.
How You Will Grow:DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly.
Where You Will Work:This position is located, and requires the ability to work, in and throughout the Central Florida Counties (Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Marion, Volusia, Brevard, Sumter).
The Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:The State of Florida offers a large package of benefits for its full time managerial employees including, but not limited:
- 176 hours of Annual Leave per year
- 104 hours of Sick Leave per year
- 9 paid holidays a calendar year
- 1 Personal Holiday
- Affordable PPO/HMO Health and Dental Options (Employee and Family)
- Affordable Vision Care (Employee and Family)
- Affordable Prescription Drug plan (Employee and Family)
- Life Insurance (Employee and Family)
- Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
- Two Retirement Plan options
- Tuition Waiver Program for state university and state colleges
- Deferred compensation
- Flexible work schedule
- Adoption Benefits
- Other Various Employee Discounts and such as cellular phone plans, rental cars, and hotels
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Pay:$71,678.52
Your Specific Responsibilities:In carrying out the duties of this position, the incumbent is expected at all times to be aware of and abide by the Department's Standards of Conduct, as well as any and all departmental and/or work unit rules, directives, policies, procedures, and/or general orders applicable to performing the duties of this position.
The primary responsibility is to directly supervise and oversee the work of staff. The incumbent will effectively communicate with, motivate, train, and evaluate on direct work performance and responsible for time and attendance of subordinates.
Compliance Assurance Program
- Oversee the timely issuance of associated program compliance/enforcement documents and/or permitting documents.
- Continually reduces time to process compliance/enforcement and/or permitting actions and response times.
- Coordinates with peers related to the compliance and technical assistance and outreach program for the District Office.
Continuous Improvement
- Assists leadership with consistent reviews of processes and implements efficiencies through the use of continuous improvement strategies.
- Works with the appropriate Division to implement programmatic processes as a means of continuous process improvement.
Staff Development
- Measures performance, conducts performance evaluations, provides feedback, support good work efforts, and takes necessary actions to correct poor performance issues.
- Develops staff technical expertise in the regulated industry.
- Identify, develop and mentor staff for leadership opportunities.
- Ensure that the District's Safety Committee procedures to eliminate safety hazards are implemented and to improve safety awareness among program staff.
- Coordinates with peers in the District Office in order to meet workload commitments and goals.
- Ability to motivate and build a team.
- Be positive and supportive toward management.
- Is a team player that leads by example.
- Skill in managing conflicts and negotiating mutually acceptable outcomes.
- Attends or ensures staff attendance at applicable and/or required trainings, workshops, teleconferences, meetings, and seminars.
Provides technical assistance and guidance to the general public, consultants, governmental agencies, and key stakeholders regarding state and federal requirements regardless of media type.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of management principles and techniques.
- Knowledge of the terminology, principles and analytical techniques of environmental or natural science.
- Knowledge of data collection and analysis, principles and procedures.
- Knowledge of conflict resolution techniques to address and deal with issues that may arise internally and externally.
- Skilled in problem solving, managing conflict and negotiating mutually acceptable outcomes across multiple programs.
- Skilled in managing and critically evaluating data and reporting program metric reports to assess and meet objectives and goals.
- Ability to manage a multi-disciplined permitting program.
- Ability to understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to a regulatory permitting program.
- Ability to perform long-term and short-term program planning activities to ensure the goals and objectives of the agency and district are achieved.
- Ability to determine work priorities, assign work and ensures proper completion of work assignments.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to write complex technical documents to clearly communicate methods, analyses, findings and recommendations.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, co-workers, and leadership.
- Ability to coach and mentor staff to develop skills, improve staff performance, and promote career development.
- Ability to travel and maintain a valid driver's license.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Valid Class E Driver's License
- Travel
Preferred Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; Or any combination of post-secondary education or verifiable related work experience, as described above, for a total of four years.
Position of Special Trust Requirement:
This position is designated as a Position of Special Trust in accordance with DEP-422 (Positions of Special Trust or Responsibility). Any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a Level 2 State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency.
DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. We recognize the extensive training, experience, and transferrable skills that veterans and individuals with disabilities bring to the workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses:
HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us
HR_Recruitment@dep.state.fl.us
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS' PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans' Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans' Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans' Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
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