Part-Time Environmentalist IV – Salt Reduction Coordinator
The NHDES Watershed Assistance Section is seeking a part-time Salt Reduction Coordinator to assist in the agency’s efforts to manage the state’s commercial salt applicator certification program (Green SnowPro) and to reduce road salt application in the I-93 corridor.
This position is charged with working directly with agency partners, including private sector parking lot maintainers, NHDOT, the UNH Technology Transfer Center, corridor municipalities, and the driving public. The successful candidate must have familiarity with winter road and parking lot maintenance techniques and equipment, must have good rapport with winter road and parking lot maintainers, be comfortable conveying technical information in public settings, and be familiar with community-based social marketing techniques to address driver behavior in winter storms.
Minimum qualifications are a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university with major study in biology, environmental science, environmental engineering, water resources management, or a related field, and six years of related experience as an Environmentalist, two years of which shall have involved supervisory duties as well as the preparation of various environmental documents or related research. Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience. License/Certification: Eligibility for NH driver’s license.
The successful candidate must satisfactorily pass a criminal background and motor vehicle check. The hourly pay for this position is $27.64 for up to 29 hours per week. Health insurance benefits are not available. For further information about the duties of the position, please contact Steve Landry at (603) 271-2969 or email stephen.landry@des.nh.gov.
Applying for this position can be accomplished in the following ways: visit http://das.nh.gov/jobsearch/Employment.aspx; download an application in either PDF or Word format by visiting: www.des.nh.gov/employ.htm; request an application via email (hr@des.nh.gov) or by calling Alysa Dow at (603) 271-8875, or for hearing impaired at TDD Access: Relay 1-800-735-2964. Please return a completed application to Human Resources, DES, 29 Hazen Dr., PO Box 95, Concord, NH 03302-0095 by 4:00 PM on November 1, 2017. EOE
Program information: https://t2.unh.edu/green-snowpro-certification and https://www.des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/was/salt-reduction-initiative/salt-applicator-certification.htm
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