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Initial Posting Date: 08/27/2025 Application Deadline: 09/10/2025 Agency: Department of Environmental Quality Salary Range: $4,409 - $6,122 Position Type: Employee Position Title: reputed company Quality Specialist (Natural Resource Specialist 1) Job Description: The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and reputed company environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at reputed company levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for reputed company and future generations. We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity. 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