What Are the Key Responsibilities of This Role?
• Lead end-to-end water quality compliance efforts, including pollutant loading and mass balance analyses
• Direct NPDES/CDPS permitting strategies and oversee complex regulatory submittals
• Interpret and apply federal and Colorado water quality regulations (Clean Water Act and associated programs)
• Evaluate treatment processes, design changes, and capital projects for compliance and permitting impacts
• Partner with operations and engineering to integrate environmental requirements into projects and long-term planning
• Lead regulatory engagement, including rulemaking strategy and implementation
• Oversee biosolids, stormwater, SPCC, and related compliance programs
• Provide technical leadership on compliance evaluations, environmental release response, and fate and transport analyses
Why Join Our Team:
You’ll be part of our highly respected Regulatory Compliance Division within Environmental Services. We offer a stable, mission-driven environment with strong organizational support, long-term career growth, and a genuine focus on work-life balance—great work without a culture of constant overtime.
How to Be Successful in the Role:
You will thrive in this role if you:
• Bring deep expertise in the Clean Water Act and Colorado programs (NPDES/CDPS, SPCC, biosolids, stormwater, Reg 22)
• Apply advanced engineering judgment to complex treatment systems, facility modifications, and permitting decisions
• Lead high-level technical analyses (e.g., mass balance, fate and transport) with defensible outcomes
• Excel at regulatory strategy, agency engagement, and translating requirements into practical solutions
• Provide technical leadership—mentoring staff, guiding consultants, and ensuring high-quality, compliant deliverables
• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the State of Colorado. If registered as a PE in another state, must apply for PE reciprocity in Colorado.
Serves as the subject matter expert for environmental compliance engineering with primary emphasis on federal Clean Water Act and associated Colorado regulations and requirements (CWA/CO), including NPDES/CDPS permitting, SPCC, 401 certification, biosolids, stormwater, site location and design approval and other related federal and Colorado regulations and policies. Apply expert-level understanding of permitting and effluent limit development, pollutant mass balance and loading calculations, treatment technologies, and regulatory frameworks under the CWA/CO regulations to ensure defensible and effective compliance. Leads and performs major compliance engineering evaluations and projects, ensuring that technical analyses and recommendations are consistent, defensible, and aligned with Metro’s approved environmental compliance strategies. Works under the general direction of the Senior Environmental Compliance Engineering Manager. May supervise lower-level Environmental Compliance Engineers and other staff if assigned.