Supervising Environmental Engineer

Supervising Environmental Engineer (Public Health)

Location Hartford, CT
Date Opened: 12/22/2025 12:00:00 AM

Salary: $93,062- $128,756/year

Job Type: Open to the Public

Close Date: 1/5/2026 11:59:00 PM

Are you passionate about improving drinking water infrastructure and ensuring safe, reliable water for Connecticut communities?

Join our team as a Supervising Environmental Engineer and lead efforts that directly support public health and sustainable water systems across the state! 

The Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a qualified and motivated Supervising Environmental Engineer within the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program of the Environmental Health and Drinking Water Branch. The DWSRF Program provides low-interest financing to public water systems for infrastructure projects that improve drinking water quality, ensure regulatory compliance, and promote long-term sustainability.

In this leadership role, you will supervise engineering and technical staff, guide project implementation, and ensure that DWSRF-funded initiatives meet technical standards, regulatory requirements, and program goals.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Location: Hartford, CT
• Schedule: Monday - Friday
• Hours/Shift: Full-time (35 hours per week), First Shift
• Please note: A flex and/or teleworking schedule may be permitted

MORE ABOUT THE AGENCY:

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by:

• Assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy
• Preventing disease, injury, and disability
• Promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

Start. Stay. Grow. - State of Connecticut

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Eight (8) years of experience in environmental engineering involving groundwater, the design, construction or operation of water, sewage, industrial, solid or hazardous waste treatment plants and equipment, the inspection and regulation of water supplies or the investigation of environmental and waterway pollution problems.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been in a working lead level capacity.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Environmental Engineer 3.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• College training in civil, chemical or environmental engineering may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in civil, chemical or environmental engineering may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.