The Spill Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Program within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Program Rule and Process Coordinator (Marine Transportation Safety Specialist 3) position. This position can be located in either our Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA or our Northwest Region Office (NWRO) in Shoreline, WA. Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.
The Spills Program’s Rule and Process Coordinator position is quite unique as it provides the opportunity to gain a well-rounded understanding of the program’s priorities, policies, procedures, regulations, and contracted work. In this position, you will direct the program’s rulemaking processes and coordinate the development and maintenance of the program’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). You will lead most procurement processes for the program and manage our contracts. You will also serve as the lead for special policy assignments regarding research, analysis, planning, studies, and legislative report efforts that address and support complex spill prevention, preparedness, and response policy issues across multiple sections of the program.
What makes this role unique?
In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to be the Spills Program’s lead rulemaking process coordinator. You will serve as an expert on Ecology’s rulemaking process and the program’s regulations. You will also gain project management experience through development and maintenance of the program’s core Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). This is a great opportunity to gain insight into decision-making processes for all areas of the program. You will gain extensive experience leading procurement processes and managing multiple contracts for the program.
What you will do:
- Direct rulemaking processes, advise the Program Manager and agency executive management on rulemaking decisions, and guide the formulation of rules for spill prevention plans, inspections, vessel screenings, enforcement, and response.
- Provide intergovernmental agreement and contract procurement expertise for the program. Lead most procurement processes and manage contracts for the program.
- Coordinate and manage Ecology’s use of the Department of Enterprise Services Emergency Cleanup Contracts for spill cleanup contracts to ensure adequate response to facility/vessel marine spills and inland spills that exceed local and state response capabilities.
- Analyze, review, evaluate, assist, and coordinate the development and maintenance of program core Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), including inspections, investigation, enforcement, drills, prevention plans, contingency plans, vessel screenings, and response.
- Lead special policy assignments regarding research, analysis, planning, studies, and legislative report efforts that address and support complex spill prevention, preparedness, and response policy issues across multiple sections of the program. Through this work, you will identify critical and emerging spill response policy issues and recommend preventative or corrective measures.
