TDEC-ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT 1 - 10152025-72168

Job Information

State of Tennessee Job Information

Opening Date / Time

10 / 15 / 2025 12 : 00AM Central Time

Closing Date / Time

11 / 04 / 2025 11 : 59PM Central Time

Salary (Monthly)

$5,100.00

Salary (Annually)

$61,200.00

Job Type

Full-Time

City, State Location

Nashville, TN

Department

Environment and Conservation

LOCATION OF (1) POSITION(S) TO BE FILLED : DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION, DAVIDSON COUNTY

For more information, visit the link below :

https : / / www.tn.gov / content / dam / tn / environment / job-announcements- / preferred-service / 00077099_env_con_1_swm_tdec-job-opp_ps.pdf

Qualifications

Education and Experience : Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's or higher of science or arts degree in environmental science, physical sciences (e.g. physics, chemistry, geology, meteorology), ecology, sustainability or applied science in sustainability, life sciences (e.g. biology, microbiology, agricultural science, agronomy, health physics, or biophysics), environmental health, pre-medicine, engineering or other acceptable science or natural resource related field and three years of full-time professional environmental program, natural resource conservation work or full-time professional work that involved ensuring compliance with radiation safety standards and / or regulations. An acceptable environmental, physical, or life science degree will be considered based on assignment by the specific program area.

Substitution of a Specific Bachelor's Degree for Experience : A bachelor's degree in health physics or nuclear engineering may substitute for one year of the required experience in the Division of Radiological Health.

Necessary Special Qualifications : Applicants for this class must :

• Applicants for this class must possess a valid motor vehicle operator's license at the time of

appointment in some positions.

Examination Method : Education and Experience, 100%, for Preferred Service positions.

Overview

Under general supervision, serves as an Environmental Consultant dealing with issues of moderate difficulty within a division. Performs scientific and technical work of moderate difficulty associated with or related to technical oversight, planning, reviewing, negotiating, coordinating, program and process development and performs related work as required. This is the first level technical consultant in the TDEC Environmental Consultant sub-series. An employee in this class performs professional environmental consultant duties in environmental regulatory, radiological health, natural areas and / or sustainability programs by serving as an Environmental Consultant and technical or regulatory lead addressing issues of moderate difficulty. This classification performs scientific and technical environmental consultant duties, may serve as subject matter or process expert, may assist in training others, and performs technical tasks of moderate difficulty in a small work unit or project team. This classification differs from TDEC Environmental Consultant 2 in that an incumbent of the latter functions as a technical consultant working on issues of moderate difficulty and trains or coordinates two or more small project or process teams.

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TN Driver Standards

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