Geology Supervisor

This is a supervisory position subordinate to the Groundwater Section Manager responsible for assisting in planning coordinating and directing work within the Underground Injection Control (UIC) Program. The successful candidate serves as a senior geological expert providing advanced technical support to current staff.

This position will manage the day-to-day programmatic duties of the UIC Program which includes grant work plan development and reporting rulemaking policy development and other tasks required under the sections primacy agreement. The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of state and federal regulations specialized expertise in Class I and Class V injection wells and a highly collaborative approach to working alongside other geology supervisors and agency managers.

Working for the State of Wyoming offers more than a paycheck. Our total compensation package includes:

• Comprehensive health dental and vision insurance
• Paid vacation sick leave FMLA and holidays
• Retirement - Pension and 457B plans that help you build a secure future
• Meaningful work that makes a difference for Wyoming communities
• and MUCH MORE!Click here for detailed information oryou can watch this short video to learn about our benefit package!

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• Regulatory Authoring & Enforcement: Writes revises and interprets state rules and regulations. Conducts detailed inspections and technical reviews of federal and state reports to make definitive compliance determinations and enforce environmental statutes.
• Primacy Agreement & Grant Administration: Directs the day-to-day operations of the Underground Injection Control (UIC) program which includes authoring tracking and executing grant work plans and mandatory reporting required to maintain the states federal primacy agreement.
• Autonomous Decision-Making: Reviews proposed permitting actions and exercises high-level independent judgment to make critical legally binding program decisions with little to no oversight.
• Advanced Data Analysis & Hazard Evaluation: Analyzes complex multi-disciplinary environmental data to formulate sound technical conclusions and evaluates regional geologic hazards to safeguard groundwater resources.
• Comprehensive Permit Evaluation: Conducts complex high-level technical reviews of permit applications proposals and engineering plans submitted by the public consultants and industry. Ensures all proposed subsurface activities protect Wyomings groundwater from impairment and align with state and federal water quality restoration standards.
• Technical Guidance & Documentation: Formulates and issues timely legally defensible formal written directions and recommendations in response to complex project proposals plans and technical applications.
• Quality Assurance & Staff Mentorship: Reviews evaluates and signs off on the technical permit reviews work plans and reports drafted by junior staff to ensure scientific accuracy regulatory compliance and program consistency.
• Personnel Development & Performance Management: Directs trains and mentors professional staff to foster technical growth and program consistency. Conducts formal performance evaluations and exercises administrative authority to recommend hiring termination and disciplinary actions in accordance with agency policies.
• Workforce Planning & Deliverable Tracking: Oversees project scheduling manages overlapping program timelines and optimizes resource allocation to ensure the team consistently meets statutory deadlines and federal grant deliverables.
• Inter-Agency & Liaison Coordination: Coordinates seamlessly with internal agency personnel as well as local state federal and private entities to facilitate geological surveys cross-agency services and complex permitting workflows.
• Dispute Resolution & Stakeholder Consultation: Consults directly with public officials corporate executives and technical consultants to navigate and resolve highly complex or contentious permitting issues.
• Public Representation & Community Engagement: Serves as the primary program representative at public meetings interest group forums and technical design reviews. Actively engages with concerned citizens and environmental groups to address community questions regarding the environmental impacts of energy and resource development.
• Public Records Response & Technical Advocacy: Investigates historical records to resolve public inquiries swiftly and authoritatively. Provides accurate data-driven technical information policy interpretations and statutory guidance to colleagues the media and the general public.

PREFERENCES:

• Education & Experience: A Bachelors degree (or higher) in Geology Hydrogeology or a closely related environmental science discipline paired with a proven background in environmental regulatory compliance permitting or groundwater protection.
• Supervisory Leadership: Demonstrated experience or a strong aptitude for training mentoring scheduling and evaluating the performance of a professional technical team.
• Regulatory Expertise: A robust understanding of environmental principles geological theories and the practical application of state and federal environmental regulations.
• Communication & Technical Literacy: Advanced proficiency in environmental technical writing public speaking and utilizing standard office applications (including spreadsheets word processing and presentation software) to convey complex data clearly.

• Wyoming Geology & Hydrogeology: Deep technical knowledge of Wyomings unique geological formations structural geology stratigraphy and regional aquifer systems particularly as they relate to subsurface injection and groundwater protection.
• Underground Injection Control (UIC) Expertise: Specialized knowledge of Class I and Class V injection wells within the context of Wyomings subsurface environment along with direct advanced experience working within a formal UIC program.
• Primacy Agreement Administration: Comprehensive knowledge of federal and state primacy agreements including the ability to manage Wyoming-specific grant work plans and execute mandatory federal reporting.
• Advanced Regulatory Writing & Interpretation: Mastery of environmental policy writing with a proven ability to write interpret revise and enforce complex rules regulations and Wyoming state statutes.
• High-Level Autonomy & Data Analysis: Specialized knowledge required to analyze multi-disciplinary environmental data (biological chemical geological and hydrogeological) and perform complex technical permit reviews with little to no supervision.
• Geotechnical Hazard Resolution: Technical proficiency in evaluating managing and resolving active geologic hazards unique to Wyoming (such as seismic activity land subsidence or swelling soils) specifically to protect or restore groundwater quality.
• Public Diplomacy & Stakeholder Collaboration: Advanced skill in navigating public meetings and contentious forums with the ability to represent the agency professionally while collaborating with Wyoming industry representatives consultants and environmental groups on local energy and resource development issues.

• Ability to lift 25 pounds.
• Traverse uneven terrain.
• Working in various temperature conditions.
• Possess a state issued DMV license.

• Participation in the various groups as Wyomings representative may require extensive travel at times.

• FLSA: Exempt
• The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality may use a video interview as a mandatory first step of our process. If chosen for a video interview you will receive an email with all the necessary information to complete the process.