Hazardous Materials Management Manager (Natural Resource Protection and Sustainability Manager 2)

Initial Posting Date:

11/20/2025

Application Deadline:

12/07/2025

Agency:

Department of Environmental Quality

Salary Range:

$7,353 - $11,373

Position Type:

Employee

Position Title:

Hazardous Materials Management Manager (Natural Resource Protection and Sustainability Manager 2)

Job Description:

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at all levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations. We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, or physical or mental disability.

Are you interested in applying your leadership skills to protect and enhance Oregon’s environment? If so, please consider a career with the State of Oregon at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). At DEQ, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s air, land, and water.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full-time opportunity available for a Hazardous Materials Management Manager (Natural Resource Protection and Sustainability Manager 2). This position is based out of Portland, Oregon.

Please consider joining an innovative team, and work to advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality.

About DEQ!

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is the primary regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. State of Oregon responsible for protecting and enhancing the state's natural resources. Check out our video on DEQ.

The Land Quality Division leads the department in achieving its mission by developing policy, implementation tools, and implementation priorities for improving Oregon’s land quality and by protecting public health. The division is one of four divisions in the department’s headquarters (the others are Water Quality, Air Quality, and Central Services). The department’s three regional offices are responsible for much of the permitting and compliance work relating to Land Quality, subject to the division’s leadership. The Land Quality Division contains over 229 positions (including regional Land Quality staff) and has a biennial budget of over $146 million.

This position oversees the statewide Fuel Tank Seismic Stability program as well as the Hazardous Waste program’s waste reporting, data management, and policy components. The Seismic Stability Program is a spill prevention program for facilities with regulated fuel storage tanks. Through facility assessments, mitigation plans, and construction inspections, the program is designed to promote the use of safe fuel storage practices according to established design, installation, or operation requirements. This work prevents spills by equipment failure due to large earthquakes. The Hazardous Waste Program protects human health and the environment by tracking and reducing the generation and ensuring safe management of hazardous waste and toxic chemicals. The Hazardous Waste program applies to approximately 500 businesses that are large and small quantity generators and thousands of businesses who are very small quantity generators. The program is responsible for permitting hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities; inspecting hazardous waste generators; working with businesses to reduce toxic chemical and hazardous waste use; providing technical assistance to businesses on hazardous waste issues; and carrying out federal requirements that are delegated to Oregon. The headquarters Hazardous Waste team develops policy and guidance, develops pollution prevention strategies and initiatives, processes waste reporting submittals; performs fee invoicing; provides data management system development and support as well as translation of data to federal systems; manages commitments to EPA and federal grants; and performs reporting. Both teams work collaboratively with regional sections to support effective implementation.

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What you will do!

You will work in the DEQ headquarters Land Quality Division, direct the work of the Fuel Tank Seismic Stability and Hazardous Waste Section, and work as a member of the Hazardous Waste Program Management Team. This work will include hiring, managing, leading, and coaching technical, policy, and administrative staff in the fulfillment of the objectives and goals of these two programs. The work also includes developing program goals and objectives as well as monitoring progress; and identifying, prioritizing, and scheduling work. You will also resolve difficult technical or administrative problems; assist in the development of statewide rules, policies, procedures, and guidelines; oversee financial activities, contract administration, and information support; and track and ensure timeliness and responsiveness to the public and regulated community.

As a State supervisory manager, you will be expected to develop proficiency in, as well as model to others, the State of Oregon Enterprise Values and Competencies: Business Acumen, Communication, Innovation, Intentional Engagement, Mentoring & Developing Others, and Stewardship. 

What’s in it for you!

DEQ cares deeply about employee wellness and benefits. You will receive a comprehensive, competitive, and affordable benefits, leave, and wellness package, including:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 11 paid holidays
• 10 hours of vacation per month, eligible to be used as accrued
• 8 hours of sick leave per month, eligible to be used as accrued
• 24 hours of personal business leave per fiscal year, eligible to be used after 6 months of service
• Optional life insurance packages
• Flexible spending accounts
• Membership in the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
• Optional deferred compensation retirement program
• Opportunity to potentially receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)
• Continuous growth and development opportunities
• Opportunities to serve your community and make an impact through meaningful work
• A healthy work/life balance, including flexible schedules and hybrid work options for many positions
   

This is a full-time, management service supervisory position.

This recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies.

What are we looking for?

Minimum Qualifications: 6 years of supervision, management, or progressively related experience or 3 years of related experience and a Bachelor’s degree.

Candidates who are most competitive will also reflect the following desired attributes:

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging

• Demonstrated commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity; proven experience developing and implementing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
• Experience working with diverse groups and communities; skill and experience in communication and outreach to underrepresented communities; ability to build partnerships across diverse community and partner groups and interests.

Program Knowledge

• Experience managing a department with hazardous waste and materials management responsibilities, including program and strategic planning; experience with change management; knowledge of the federal and state laws governing hazardous waste, materials management, and natural resources management; familiarity with regulatory programs involving permitting, inspections, and compliance.
• Experience with federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, including regulation and oversight of Hazardous Waste generators as well as Hazardous Waste Permitting and Corrective Action.
• Experience with environmental information management, including the reporting of data to federal data systems.
• Experience with high-capacity oil storage system design and operations; knowledge of government and industry standards and specifications for equipment assessment and maintenance; familiarity with facility seismic resilience evaluation and risk mitigation standards.
• Ability and skills to act as a spokesperson for the Hazardous Waste and Fuel Tank Seismic Stability programs, the Land Quality division, and the agency; experience explaining complex environmental / policy problems and solutions to a variety of audiences; ability and skills to synthesize a variety of technical and policy viewpoints into a coherent description of the problem to be solved.

Management and Leadership

• Experience building and supporting, or being a part of, high-performing, collaborative teams that appreciate and encourage diverse thinking; proven experience fostering teamwork among subordinates and peers; experience building trust, building and strengthening relationships, coaching, mentoring, and motivating teams and individuals.
• Supervisory management experience in a natural resource or environmental program; government agency or government organization; management experience with a union represented employer; excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated skill in advising executives and other decision-makers; political awareness; ability to communicate clearly and effectively in stressful situations, such as with permittees and internal and external partners; excellent verbal and written communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability and experience managing human, financial, and informational resources in a manner that instills employee and public trust and accomplishes the organization's mission.
• Demonstrated ability to lead both technical and policy program development teams using data collection, goal setting, measure design, and report development to address statewide environmental challenges and opportunities.

Policy and Program Development

• Demonstrated ability to evaluate emerging environmental programmatic priorities with both statewide and national implications; public policy and program development experience in leading discussions with external parties and agency responsibilities to protect human health and the environment.
• Facilitation and negotiation skills to solve complex environmental regulatory issues among multiple organizations with conflicting, overlapping, or inconsistent requirements or objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects with many interested parties and multiple deliverables within resource constraints.

Working Conditions:

DEQ believes in a diverse and inclusive work environment. All employees are expected to contribute to a work environment that collectively values and benefits from respecting its diversity and promotes a culture of inclusiveness.

This position will be based out of DEQ’s Headquarters office in Portland; however, the successful candidate may be eligible for hybrid work. The logistics of hybrid work will need to be worked out with the Hiring Manager prior to your hire and may be changed at any time given specific job duties and business needs. DEQ will provide necessary hardware (laptop, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and cell phone) for an employee to successfully work from home. At DEQ sites, you will have access to a workspace, however, it may be shared with other employees.

Most work is performed in a professional office setting with multiple demands on time. There is frequent work under tight deadlines. This position requires occasional travel on official State business for meetings, conferences, site visits, trainings, and public hearings, some of which may involve evening work, weekend work, and/or overnight stays. There will be extended working hours during legislative sessions and emergencies. Occasionally the person in this position will conduct site visits which may result in exposure to hazardous or dangerous chemicals, pollutants, contaminated soil and water, fumes, airborne contaminants, fall or tripping hazards, substantial walking, and inclement weather. 

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Your application materials are the perfect opportunity to highlight your interest in the position and showcase your amazing skills and experience. In addition to your related work experience and education, DEQ will use the desired attributes and minimum qualifications above, under the “What are we looking for?” section to determine whom to interview. Please make sure your attributes and minimum qualifications are clearly demonstrated in your application materials.

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Veterans Information:

DEQ provides veterans’ preference points to all eligible veterans. For more information on veterans’ preference, please visit Veterans Resources, or call the Oregon Department of Veterans' Affairs at: 1-800-692-9666. For privacy reasons, please do not attach veterans’ preference documents when initially applying. Instead, you will be asked to submit those at a later time as part of a future task in Workday.

Equal Pay Analysis:

As an employer, the State of Oregon complies with HB 2005, the Pay Equity Bill. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected class in the payment of wages, and we do not screen applicants on the basis of their current or past compensation. Please visit http://www.oregon.gov/das/hr/pages/equity.aspx for more information. Please note: the salary listed is the non-PERS qualifying salary range. If the successful candidate is PERS qualifying, the salary range will reflect an additional 6.95% (6% goes to PERS and .95% covers payroll taxes). Please review the Classification and Compensation page for more details.

Work Authorization:

DEQ does not offer visa sponsorships. On the first day of employment, all hires will be required to complete the US Department of Homeland Security’s Form I-9, confirming authorization to work in the United States. In addition, hires will have three business days from their first day of employment to present documents that establish employment authorization and identity. DEQ is an E-Verify employer and will use E-Verify to confirm that hires are authorized to work in the United States.

Questions/Need Help?

If you have questions about the recruitment or need assistance to participate in the application process, including an accommodation request under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), please contact DEQ’s Recruitment Team at jobs@deq.oregon.gov or 503-229-5107. TTY users: please use the Oregon Telecommunications Relay Service at 1-800-735-2900.