Description
ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY
The City of Tracy is recruiting three Environmental Compliance Technicians to support essential environmental programs that protect public health, our water systems, and the community we serve. These roles are highly interactive and require strong communication skills, professionalism, and the ability to build positive relationships with residents, businesses, contractors, and industry partners. Technicians spend much of their time in the field, working in all weather conditions, conducting inspections, educating the public, and helping ensure compliance with local, state, and federal standards.
Across all assignments, technicians maintain and monitor databases of rule violations and investigations, respond to public inquiries, prepare inspection reports, and keep accurate records in accordance with City procedures. They help develop and deliver community outreach and education, represent the City at meetings and events, and support enforcement activities by organizing documentation, preparing technical reports, and conducting follow-up sampling. They also interpret and explain regulations to customers and perform other related duties as assigned.
Each of the three positions focuses on a different program area:
Water Distribution and Supply (Cross-Connection Control)
This assignment supports the City’s cross-connection control program for the public water system. The technician ensures backflow devices are properly maintained and functioning to protect drinking water quality. Candidates with experience repairing, testing, or maintaining backflow assemblies will thrive here, especially those comfortable working closely with contractors, businesses, and property owners.
Water Resource (Conservation)
This role supports the City’s water conservation and efficiency efforts, including public outreach, education, and enforcement of conservation-related codes. The technician serves as a community-facing ambassador for responsible water use, helping residents and businesses understand requirements and best practices. A background in conservation, public education, or code enforcement is especially valuable.
Pretreatment
This assignment supports the City’s pretreatment and wastewater compliance programs, with a strong focus on fats, oils, and grease (FOG). The technician inspects and samples commercial and industrial sites, monitors FOG compliance, prepares and maintains wastewater discharge permits, and works directly with industrial and commercial users to interpret and apply federal, state, and local regulations. The role also investigates illegal discharges into the wastewater system and assists with compiling and preparing the City’s annual state pretreatment report.
Requirements
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:
Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth (12th) grade supplemented by at least one (1) year of college-level courses or specialized training in environmental studies or a related field and three (3) years of experience related to office and/or field work, inspections, information gathering, making reports, performing customer service/public contact, interpreting, and applying policies, procedures, rules, and regulations. Experience with creating public outreach materials, making presentations, and performing inspections and/or doing sampling in any field are highly desirable.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Possession of, or the ability to obtain, a valid Class C California driver’s license upon appointment.
May be required to complete National Incident Management System (NIMS) Training.
When performing water resource assignments, a Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control (CISEC) from CISEC, Inc., OR Certified Professional in Erosion and Sediment Control (CPESC), OR Certified Erosion Sediment & Stormwater Inspector (CESSWI) from EnviroCert International, Inc., OR either Qualified Stormwater Developer (QSD) OR Qualified Stormwater Practitioner (QSP) from Office of Water Programs (OWP) is required within 6 months of hire.
When performing water efficiency assignments, a Water Use Efficiency Grade I from American Water Works Association (AWWA) is highly desirable.
When performing water distribution and supply assignments, a Backflow Prevention Assembly Tester Certification and Cross Connection Specialist Certification from American Water Works Association are required within 6 months of hire.
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