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Se buscan personas bilingües en inglés y español. Para recibir una solicitud en español, llame a Recursos Humanos al 234-6600. \nJob Requirements and Minimum Qualifications\nDuties may include but are not limited to the following : \nRespond to hazardous materials incidents, including: assessing incidents; determining the hazards of unknown chemicals; contacting and dispatching the Redwood Empire Hazardous Incident Team (REHIT), as needed; and coordinating clean up.\nRespond to complaints regarding environmental issues, including: assessing problem; contacting other environmental experts for guidance; referring complaints to other agencies; and developing reports and maintaining associated records.\nInvestigate environmental crimes, including: interviewing witnesses; noting observations; obtaining search warrants; performing formal investigations and interrogations; and turning information over to the District Attorney for further action and/or prosecution.\nAssist other staff in ensuring compliance with hazard materials laws and regulations by notifying appropriate parties when violations/problems are noted concerning underground storage tanks, hazardous materials business plans, solid waste, etc.\nReview and interpret federal and state laws and regulations pertaining to hazardous materials and environmental health.\nCoordinate hazardous materials response and training, including: staying in contact with fire agencies; obtaining funding for training and equipment through grants and private support; developing and implementing programs; serving as training contact and relaying training information to the steering committee; and traveling to various departments to conduct training.\nAct as a consult for matters concerning hazardous material; providing information for techniques of evaluation and control of environmental health hazardous to industry, government and community members.\nDetermine cost of personnel time and equipment responding to incidents and forwards invoices to appropriate parties.\nSeek grant funding by applying for funding, presenting proposals and administering grant(s).\nOversee distribution of equipment and training opportunities by suggesting ways to best utilize personnel and equipment and encouraging departments to train trainers.\nMaintains equipment, including: scheduling maintenance; taking inventory of supplies and equipment; and monitoring communications equipment.\nMaintain and upgrades knowledge, skills, and development by attending seminars, meetings and training programs and reading trade and professional journals and publications.\nMaintain filing systems.\nFormat, types letters, memos, reports, or other correspondence on a word processor.\nCompose correspondence in accordance with standard policies; answers various inquiries; explains policies and procedures; processes routine and non-routine matters independently.\nPrepare complex, routine and non-routine reports as requested utilizing a variety of software; receives, sorts, and summarizes material for the preparation of reports; prepares work reports; and relays and interprets administrative decisions, policies and instructions.\nUse a computer to enter and retrieve information.\nReport administrative and/or operational problems to supervisor.\nDisseminate a variety of information and/or reports to various agencies, division, or departments via telephone, mail, email or fax.\nMay serve as backup for other positions within the department.\nPerform other related duties as assigned.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED\nEducation and Experience:\nAssociates degree or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school in Fire Science, Hazardous Materials Technology, or related field; and, three (3) years of increasingly responsible experience in solid, liquid, or hazardous waste management, environmental health inspections, and industrial hygiene practices; or , in conjunction with required certification, an equivalent combination of directly related education, training, experience, which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.\nLicenses and Certifications:\nHazardous Materials Technician (CA- OES approved)\nValid Driver's License\nIncumbents must possess and maintain, or obtain and maintain, all licenses, certifications, registrations, and/or other requirements identified in the minimum qualifications, as applicable, and within the timeframes specified. These requirements are conditions of continued employment and minimum qualifications for the position. Failure to possess, obtain, or maintain any required license, certification, registration, or other requirement within the specified timeframe may result in rejection during the probationary period, or disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment. \nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities\nKnowledge of:\nApplicable state, federal and local ordinances, codes, laws, rules and regulations and legislative issues.\nBasic principles of physical, biological and social science as related to public health and environmental quality control.\nEnforcement responsibilities associated with hazardous materials incident response and criminal statutes.\nMethods and techniques of inspecting and making investigations of hazardous material handlers, facilities and criminal violations.\nCorrect English usage, including spelling, grammar, punctuation, and vocabulary.\nInternal departmental policies and procedures.\nExternal governmental bodies and agencies related to area of assignment.\nAll computer applications and hardware related to performance of the essential functions of the job.\nStandard business arithmetic, including percentages and decimals.\nRecord keeping, report preparation, filing methods and records management techniques.\nGeneral office procedures, policies and practices, as well as knowledge of computer/VDT and other general office equipment.\nSkill in:\nUsing tact, discretion, initiative and independent judgment within established guidelines.\nUsing a computer to accurately and rapidly enter and retrieve data and information.\nCommunicating orally with internal staff, citizens, and other departmental staff in order to give and receive information in a courteous manner\nOperation and routine maintenance of general office machines such as copiers, facsimile machines, telephone systems, and two-way radios.\nMental and Physical Abilities:\nCompile and evaluate data and make recommendations.\n Train others in response tactics, chemical identification and investigation procedures.\nManage hazard materials incident scenes.\nRead and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and so forth.\nUnderstand and carry out written and oral instructions, giving close attention to detail and accuracy.\nEstablish and maintain effective working relationships with others.\nDraft and type correspondence.\nAdd, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, common fractions and decimals.\nDeal with problems involving several variables.\nWhile performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to : walk; sit ; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; speak and hear; and push, pull, move, or lift above and below the neck objects weighing up to 25 pounds.\nWhile performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is occasionally required to lift and /or move up to 25 pounds.\nWhile performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to ascend and descend ladders, stairs, ramps and the like using feet and legs or hands and arms and to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or running on narrow, slippery or erratically moving surfaces.\nWhile performing the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is regularly required to use color, sound, texture, odor and shape perception and discrimination.\nWhile performing the essential functions of this position the employee is regularly required to don personal protective equipment and perform physical activities while wearing personal protective equipment.\nSelection Procedure & Other Important Information\nImportant Application Information:\nIt is your responsibility to demonstrate through your application materials how you meet the minimum qualifications of the position/s for which you apply. \nYou must complete all sections of the application. A résumé or other information you feel will help us evaluate your qualifications may be attached to your completed application, but will not be accepted in lieu of completing any part of the application. Blank applications that contain only a résumé or those that reference “see résumé” will be rejected as incomplete.\nCheck your application before submitting to ensure it is complete and correct; no new or additional information will be accepted after the closing date.\nIf you are using education to meet the minimum qualifications for this classification, please submit unofficial transcripts with your application. Applicants who completed their education outside of the United States (with foreign degrees/transcripts) must provide an education evaluation. The education evaluation must state the number of units to which foreign coursework is equal. Foreign education evaluation services can be found at https://www.naces.org . This education evaluation is the responsibility of the applicant and must be submitted with the application.\nInquiry will be made of your former and current employers; please provide the names and telephone numbers of supervisors on your application. \nYou must provide the names and contact information of at least three (3) references (not relatives) that have knowledge of your job skills, experience, ability and/or character. \nApplication materials are the property of Mendocino County and will not be returned.\nIt is your responsibility to keep your NEOGOV profile updated, including any changes to your telephone number or address. Failure to do so may result in missed notification of exams or interviews.\nThe exam process listed on this flyer is tentative. Mendocino County reserves the right to make necessary modifications to the examination plan. Such revisions will be in accordance with approved personnel standards. Should a change be made, applicants will be notified.\nThe provisions of this job bulletin do not constitute an expressed or implied contract.\nExamination Process: All complete applications will be reviewed; incomplete applications will not be considered. Based on the number of qualified candidates, applicants meeting the job requirements and qualifications will be invited to participate in an oral examination (weight 100) or an application appraisal exam, consisting of an evaluation of education and experience as stated on the application form. The examination process will test the knowledge and abilities described above. A minimum score of 70 must be attained for placement on the employment list.\nSpecial Testing: The County of Mendocino is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and California’s Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), if special accommodations for a disability or religious conviction are necessary at any stage of the application and/or testing process, please notify the Human Resources Department in advance at (707) 234-66...","description_format":"text","description_chars":15135,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"associate","optional":true},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"Spanish","level":"Proficiency (C2)","optional":false},{"language":"English","level":"Proficiency (C2)","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Health insurance","Life insurance"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Job Boards & Aggregators"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-20T23:09:26Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":41,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":0.85,"p_active":0.533,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":29,"expected_fill_days":67,"reasons":["seen:17","agency","velocity","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/careersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/careersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T16:53:04Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":31473,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":701994},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=701994"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fcareersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fcareersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fcareersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/careersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fcareersingovernment-com-hazardous-materials-operations-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2962251}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"careersingovernment.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2962251},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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