We respect and embrace the experiences, knowledge and contributions of our team members. We strive for a culture of belonging and balance by upholding our values: Stewardship, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Innovation. We are passionate about Missouri, our role to help manage its natural resources, and our commitment to serving its’ citizens. We believe our mission and vision serves a greater purpose and will be felt for generations to come.
Please note : The salary range listed in this job description is a base salary. Applicants eligible for years-of-service adjustments or shift differentials may exceed salary range listed above.
This position will be located at Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Division of Environmental Quality, and will be located at
1101 Riverside Drive, Jefferson City, MO.
This position offers the successful candidate the opportunity to lead motivated team members, while collaborating with other teams and leaders across the division and department. The successful candidate will lead a team of criminal investigators that protect environmental quality for the people of Missouri.
- Lead and supervise DEQ’s criminal investigation team, along with the associated workload, training, and development.
- Investigate criminal activities to generate evidence resulting in the production of probable cause statements leading to indictments of suspected violators.
- Work with the department’s General Counsel’s Office and state and federal prosecutors to support successful prosecution of violators.
- Consult on and coordinate within the department cross-division initiatives and continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with other leaders, other field offices, program team members, and other divisions.
- Develop future leaders by guiding the team’s recruiting, training, and mentoring efforts for new and existing team members.
- Successfully engage with stakeholders to further the activities of the division and the mission of the department.
To be successful in this position, a candidate will need the following skills: - Flexibility : Is open to change and new information; adapts behavior or work methods in response to new information, changing conditions, or unexpected obstacles; effectively deals with ambiguity.
- Self-Management : Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
- Managing Performance : Takes responsibility for team member’s performance by setting and communicating expectations and goals that are specific and measurable, tracking progress against the goals, supporting employees’ efforts to achieve job goals (by providing resources, removing obstacles, acting as a buffer, etc.), ensuring feedback, and addressing performance problems and issues promptly.
- Decision Making : Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
Equivalent to those typically gained by: - Earning a bachelor’s degree with a science major, i.e. Environmental Science, Biology, etc., or at least 30 hours of science courses with a non-science major bachelor’s degree.
- 6 or more years of increasingly responsible and relevant environmental experience.
- Experience determining compliance with varied laws and regulations.
- Experience working with diverse groups of stakeholders to accomplish organizational goals.
Preferred qualifications include: - Experience supervising frontline team members.
- POST training.
- Prior law enforcement experience.
- Training, certification, and/or education in continuous process improvement programs such as Lean Six Sigma as well as completion of Missouri Way, Leadership Academy, and similar programs is preferred.
Lack of post-secondary education will not be used as the sole basis denying consideration to any applicant.Benefits & Work-life BalanceOur benefits package and flexible 40-hour work week promotes the mental and physical health of you and your family as you work towards achieving your professional goals. Benefits include paid vacation and sick leave, paid life insurance, medical, dental, vision and prescription insurance. Learn more here.
How we invest in you: - Exceptional professional development: mentoring from experienced professionals, cross-media training, career advancement opportunities, paid trainings and continuing education tuition assistance.
- Support for professional registrations when required, through paid study materials, fees, study time, test time, exam fees and licensure renewal fees.
Larry Lehman, DEQ Deputy Director at 573-291-4838 or larry.lehman@dnr.mo.gov
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Sally Namassy, Recruiter at dnr.recruiter@dnr.mo.gov