Federal Inspector for Environment and Natural Resources
Procuraduría Federal de Protección al Ambiente · Oficina de Representación de Protección Ambiental y Gestión Territorial en el Estado de Baja California
En español: Inspector Federal en Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales
This job in plain words
This job helps protect the environment. The person visits federal sources of pollution and checks that environmental law is followed. It includes writing inspection reports, serving notices and resolutions, and filing criminal complaints when there are environmental crimes.
Can you apply?
Mexican citizens with full rights can apply, or foreign people whose immigration status allows them to do the job. They must meet the education and experience requirements for the position.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree · Finished or Pasante (completed all coursework, thesis pending)
- Fields of study
- Biología, Ecología, Oceanografía, Química, Agronomía, Derecho, Desarrollo Agropecuario, Ingeniería, Ciencias Forestales, Veterinaria y Zootecnia
- Experience
- At least 1 years
- Experience areas
- Oceanography
- Agronomy
- Fish and Wildlife
- Environmental Technology and Engineering
- National Law and Legislation
- Veterinary Sciences
- Applied Research
- Environmental Sciences and Pollution
- Ecology
- Environment
- Environmental Chemistry
- Animal Biology (Zoology)
General requirements for every competition
- Be a Mexican citizen with full rights, or a foreign person whose immigration status allows the job
- Not have been sentenced to prison for an intentional crime
- Be fit to perform duties in public service
- Not belong to the clergy or be a minister of any religion
- Not be banned from public service and have no other legal impediment
- Not have a final sentence for certain serious crimes or be declared a delinquent alimony debtor, under Article 38, section VII of the Constitution
What you would do
- Take part in environmental inspection and monitoring operations
- Carry out inspection visits based on citizen complaints
- Write environmental inspection reports
- Seize specimens or products found during inspections
- File complaints with the Federal Public Prosecutor for environmental crimes
- Serve notices, agreements and resolutions to inspected parties
How the competition works
Stages:
- Stage I: Résumé review, which is the registration period from October 21 to November 4, 2026
- Stage II: Knowledge exams and skills assessment, in person, starting November 9, 2026. Includes a technical exam, a general federal public administration knowledge exam, and a skills assessment
- Stage III: Experience and merit review (document review), in person, starting November 9, 2026
- Stage IV: Interview with the Selection Committee, starting November 9, 2026. It is held by video call
- Stage V: Final decision, starting November 9, 2026
Minimum score: Examen técnico: 80 para Dirección General, Dirección de Área y Subdirección de Área; 70 para Jefatura de Departamento y Enlace. Puntaje mínimo para ser finalista: 70, en una escala de 0 a 100
Documents you will need:
- Printout of the Trabajaen welcome document showing your 9-digit folio number
- Birth certificate and/or FM3 immigration form, as applicable
- Updated resume with photo, signed and initialed on every page (maximum three pages)
- Trabajaen resume format showing your experience, signed and initialed on every page
- Proof of address, no older than three months (phone, electricity, water or property tax bill)
- Valid official ID with photo and signature (voter ID or passport)
- Tax status certificate from SAT, no older than six months
- Updated CURP
- Document proving the required degree (diploma and professional license, or another accepted certificate)
- Sworn statement about the legal requirements, and a sworn statement about not having benefited from a Voluntary Retirement Program
- Sworn form about Article 38, section VII of the Constitution, given out during the document review stage
- Documents proving each period of work experience, such as service records, employment certificates, payslips, contracts or other accepted papers
Important:
- Finalists who score 70 or more but do not win join the position's reserve list for one year from the publication of final results
- To request a review of the technical exam, ask in writing within five business days after results are published, by emailing ingreso@profepa.gob.mx
- A passing General Knowledge Exam result is valid for one year; a failing one is valid for two calendar days. You cannot waive this result
- Dates can change without notice, and you must bring original documents or certified copies to the date and place given in the TrabajaEn message
We wrote this summary automatically from the official call. Only the call published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación counts: read it before you register.
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