Compliance Officer

The Water Utilities Department is currently conducting a salary and compensation study to maintain standing as a regionally competitive water and wastewater employer. The results of this study may impact compensation rates during fiscal year 2024/25.

3.5% BASE SALARY INCREASE EFFECTIVE 7/8/2024

About Oceanside’s Water Utilities Department & Our Environmental Compliance Team

The Oceanside Water Utilities Department is an innovative and forward-looking organization whose goal it is to ensure ongoing access to safe & affordable drinking water, reliable wastewater collection & treatment services, and environmental sustainability by maintaining top talent, resource resiliency, dependability, and system efficiency.

The Department is accepting applications for the position of Compliance Officer in our Compliance Program. This program oversees the Oceanside Water Utilities’ overall environmental compliance and is critical to our water, wastewater, recycled and advanced treated water operations. This system includes two drinking water facilities, two wastewater reclamation facilities, and a state-of-the-art advanced water treatment facility.

About the position

The Compliance Officer oversees all aspects of compliance as it pertains to operational water and wastewater impacts on air and ocean water quality including the industrial waste program. This position leads the regulatory compliance efforts of the Department with only general direction from the Director and Division Managers.

You should be excited about this opportunity because you will…

Oversee and coordinate the City’s regulatory compliance program and ensure the City complies with mandates as well as federal, state and local regulations.

Serve as our primary technical expert on matters involving regulation.

Represent our agency to outside agencies involved in environmental compliance regulation.

Affect change in official city policy and by preparing memos, staff reports, agreements and documentation for a variety of regulatory issues.

Supervise a team that is passionate about caretaking of the environment motivating, mentoring, training and monitoring performance.

Work closely with the Laboratory staff and plant operators to improve reporting and monitoring efforts in line with regulatory requirements.

Train program staff on new and dynamic regulatory requirements.

We will also rely on you for…

Attending local, regional, state and national regulatory and industry conferences to increase your knowledge on current requirements and share updated findings; and overseeing the more difficult work associated with compliance, enforcement and corrective actions.

Experience and Training

Experience: Three years of increasingly responsible regulatory compliance experience in water, wastewater, industrial waste/pretreatment, OR environmental laboratory compliance experience.

Training: Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in biological science, chemical science, environmental science, environmental policy, engineering or a related field.

Position is open as continuous until filled. Apply directly on the city’s website as soon as possible!!