Surface Water Inspector

***Shoreline is an inclusive City that endeavors to build a work culture which embraces diversity, encourages participation, and promotes equity.*** Shoreline's Surface Water (SWU) is dedicated to protecting and restoring the City's streams, lakes, and waters of the Puget Sound through sustainable stormwater management and environmental stewardship. By safeguarding these vital natural resources, the SWU helps preserve healthy ecosystems, improve water quality, reduce flooding, and strengthen the community's climate resilience for generations to come. As part of this meaningful and ongoing mission, the Surface Water Utility is seeking a **Stormwater Inspector** to join our team. The Stormwater Inspector conducts inspections of public and private properties, administers the City's Source Control and Pollution Prevention Assistance Programs, and works collaboratively with property owners, businesses, and contractors to promote compliance with stormwater regulations. This position also inspects active construction sites for erosion and sediment controls and newly constructed stormwater facilities to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and City standards. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is passionate about environmental protection, enjoys working in the field and with the public, and wants to make a lasting impact on the health of Shoreline’s waterways. **DEFINITION** The position performs skilled field inspections of stormwater systems to ensure compliance with relevant regulations. It responds to complaints and reports of violations, such as illicit discharges, spills, and water quality concerns, and recommends action to correct. This position supports compliance with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). Requirements include performing inspections of surface water facilities, construction site inspections for erosion control, illicit discharge detection and elimination, drainage complaint investigations, and general technical support in Public Works. **SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED** Receives direction from assigned supervisor or manager.**ESSENTIAL AND MARGINAL FUNCTION STATEMENTS** *Essential and other important responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:* **General Essential Functions** **:** 1. Work with related software and programs to create and maintain data and maps that can be combined with geographically referenced data. 2. Perform data analysis that includes importing, cleaning, transforming, validating, or modeling data with the purpose of understanding or making conclusions from the data for decision-making purposes. 3. Investigate concerns or issues, meet with others to discuss, determine the cause, and develop solutions collaboratively with others. 4. May function as a technical Lead to supervise extra help or volunteer staff. 5. Support the public engagement process by providing meeting assistance, preparation of materials, generating maps, or public notifications. **Inspection Essential Functions:** 1. Perform water quality inspections of public and private sector surface water control facilities and stormwater facilities to verify compliance with relevant regulatory requirements, erosion and sediment control, or to ensure systems are running properly. 2. Set up, schedule and complete inspections and monitor and track inspection areas. 3. Prepare and maintain inspection reports and records. 4. Investigate pollution sources. 5. Determine maintenance work to bring water control facilities into compliance. 6. Investigate drainage and discharge complaints, flooding and hazardous spill reports, provide logistical support for the City’s abatement and enforcement, and assist parties with response to spills. 7. Modify standards to reflect changing best practices. 8. Track labor costs and inspection progress. 9. Analyze results, create and prioritize work orders, and track completion of work orders, managing information databases…