Engineer Trainee

SALARY: $50,242.00 – $88,526.00 Annually

LOCATION: Kanawha County, WV

JOB TYPE: Full-Time Permanent

JOB NUMBER: DEP2600181

DEPARTMENT: Environment – Environmental Protection

OPENING DATE: 05/01/2026

CLOSING DATE: 5/15/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

LOCATION OF VACANCY: KANAWHA

Nature of Work

DEP2600181 Engineer Trainee
West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection
Division of Water and Waste Management
Permitting Section; NPDES Team
Office Location: 601 57th Street, Southeast, Charleston, WV 25304

Please refer to posting numbers DEP2600182 Engineer Associate and DEP2600183 Engineer. Only one position will be filled with any of these titles. This position is classified exempt; therefore, does not fall under the classified service.

We welcome you to join our team where we value work/life balance and diversity. We offer a great benefits package that includes 12 paid holidays, insurance and flexible benefits, ample annual and sick leave accrual, flexible work schedules, an Employee Assistance Program, Wellness Initiatives, an optional 457 defined contribution retirement savings plan and more.

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If you want to be a part of this innovative team, apply today.

Employee will be assigned to the Division of Water and Waste Management (DWWM), Permitting Section, NPDES permit team. Under close supervision of a licensed professional engineer, this position performs work at the entry-level, in a training capacity, on a variety of engineering services or creative works.

Duties:

• Employee will review and process WV Water Pollution Control/National Pollution Discharge Elimination system (WV/NPDES) permit applications for industrial (manufacturing and commercial) and domestic wastewater disposal systems to ensure compliance with applicable state and federal water pollution control laws and regulations, as well as consistency with sound engineering practices.
• Employee will review the associated facility history, self-monitoring reports, inspection reports, effluent guidelines and conduct field reviews and meet and correspond with the applicants as necessary.
• Will prepare WV/NPDES permits for public notice and issuance.
• Employee will review and process waste load allocations by modeling the impact of oxygen depleting pollutants from discharge to receiving streams. Duties involve some field work to review the construction and operation of waste-water treatment facilities.
• Employee will have regular contact with the applicant, permittees, other agency personnel, and the public.
• Will initiate administrative enforcement action for violations and appear before the state environmental quality board and courts, if necessary, to testify on behalf of the state.
• Employee will perform other related duties as required and/or assigned.

Expectations:

• Employee must have good written and verbal skills and the ability to deal and communicate effectively with a broad spectrum of applicants and the public.
• Must be committed to the goals of the work in the water pollution control field.
• Must be eligible to be licensed to operate a motor vehicle or provide other acceptable means of conducting business travel. Position may require overnight travel.
• Regular attendance is an essential part of this position.
• Qualifying applicants will be required to complete an internet-based profile assessment to compare the applicant’s thinking and reasoning skills, behavioral traits and the occupational interests against the traits determined to be important to the posted position.
• The recommended candidate will be subject to a search of his or her Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) prior to being hired and annually thereafter.

Minimum Qualifications

Training: Bachelor’s degree in any engineering curriculum.

AND

Satisfactory completion of the examination on the fundamentals of engineering (FE).

OR

Current certification in good standing as an Engineer Intern issued by the West Virginia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers.

NOTE: At the appointing agency’s discretion, competitive candidates may receive probationary appointment pending official verification of the qualifying training, examination or certification. The qualifying training, examination or certification must be verified before the employee may be certified permanent.\

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