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What We Need:

Ohio EPA Environmental Specialist 2

What We Do:

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health. We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.

What We Need YOU To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Surface Water at our Northeast District Office in Summit County.

See? We piqued your interest.

As environmental specialist, you will review and respond to reports required by permits. You will inspect entities for compliance, operation and maintenance, and coordinate and assist in the sampling of discharges. You will also oversee the collection of other data related to treatment plant performance, as well as prepare reports, letters, and enforcement actions relative to compliance with permits or regulations.

You are going to provide engineering technical assistance to local governments and to the public on environmental regulations, and assist public officials, industry representatives, consultants, developers, and others in understanding federal and state requirements. You will review permit to install (PTI) applications, general or facility plans, detail engineering plans, sludge management plans, infiltration-inflow analyses, SSES analyses for municipal, industrial, and semi-public wastewater treatment facilities and residential wastewater systems in special sanitary district.

You will prepare National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits for municipal, industrial, and semi-public wastewater sources including appropriate limitations and monitoring requirements.

Here are the high points:

• Review permit to install (PTI) applications, detailed engineering plans, and specifications for municipal, industrial, and semi-public wastewater treatment facilities and residential wastewater systems, and compare with state and federal standards and guidelines.
• Prepare discharge permits for municipal, industrial, and semi-public wastewater sources including appropriate limitations and monitoring requirements.
• Review present and proposed control strategies with preparation of compliance schedules where necessary.
• Inspect entities for compliance, operation and maintenance, and coordinate and assist in the sampling of discharges.
• Prepare reports, letters, and enforcement actions relative to compliance with permits or regulations.
• Respond to citizen inquiries and complaints by on-site inspections and report results.

Apply today and let's chat!

What's In It For You:

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

• Quality, affordable, and competitive medical benefits are offered through the available Ohio Med plans.

Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance

• Dental, vision, and basic life insurance premiums are free after completed eligibility period . Length of eligibility period is dependent on union representation.

Time Away From Work and Work/Life Balance

• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, and sick leave
• 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth/Adoption leave

Employee Development Funds

• The State of Ohio offers a variety of educational and professional development funding that varies based on whether you are a union-exempt employee or a union-represented employee.

Ohio Public Employees Retirement System

• OPERS is the retirement system for State of Ohio employees. The employee contributes 10% of their salary towards their retirement. The employer contributes an amount equal to 14% of the employee's salary. Visit the OPERS website for more information.

Deferred Compensation

• The Ohio Deferred Compensation program is a 457(b) voluntary retirement savings plan. Visit the Ohio Deferred Compensation website for more information.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a Model Employer of Individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

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: Engineering, Environmental Services, Customer Focus