Environmental Specialist 2 (20039150) - Hybrid

What We Need YOU To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance (DEFA), working at our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio.

Interested? We thought you might be!

As Ohio EPA's environmental specialist, you will coordinate planning review activities for wastewater, drinking water, and water quality projects seeking funding assistance through the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, Drinking Water Assistance Fund, and other pertinent programs. You'll review plans and conduct site inspections to evaluate compliance with programmatic requirements.

You'll conduct comprehensive environmental reviews necessary to comply with applicable state and federal statutes, regulations, and acts, including the preparation of appropriate environmental documents. You'll review detailed plans and specifications, and change orders for compliance with project plan determinations, environmental review conclusions, and prescribed mitigative measures. You'll conduct site inspections during construction to monitor conformance with approved documents and mitigation activities.

Additionally, you'll meet and coordinate with applicants, their consultants, the public, and representatives of other state and federal agencies to aid in meeting program requirements. You'll review nominations and documentation of pollution control needs for intended use plans and priority list project rankings, as well as respond to public, governmental, and business inquiries regarding programs and specific projects.

Let's check out the highlights:

• Coordinate planning review activities for wastewater, drinking water, and water quality projects seeking funding assistance.
• Conduct comprehensive environmental reviews necessary to comply with applicable state and federal statutes, regulations, and acts.
• Conduct site inspections during construction to monitor conformance with approved documents and mitigation activities.
• Meet and coordinate with interested parties to aid in meeting program requirements.
• Review nominations and documentation of pollution control needs for intended use plans and priority list project rankings.

Apply today, and let's talk!

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website ! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems ( such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS ) & Optional Deferred Compensation ( Ohio Deferred Compensation )

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

Qualifications

• 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
• OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, geology or hydrogeology &/or other comparable physical or health science field &/or mathematics which included responsibility for conducting compliance monitoring surveys &/or inspections/reviews or investigations, or review of permit applications relative to oil & gas well operations or injection, annular disposal & saltwater injection wells & enhanced recovery projects or coal mining, or solid/hazardous waste sites or industrial & municipal wastewater dischargers, or collecting, compiling & preparing various environmental assessments, evaluations, reports & related documents. Training & experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
• OR baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, earth science &/or urban & regional planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.

Job Skills: Environmental Services, Engineering, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Organizing and Planning, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Customer Focus