Environmental Specialist 2 (20046747)

What We Need YOU To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist with the Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR) at our Northeast District Office in Twinsburg, Ohio.

We’re all about clean and green. You too?

As an environmental specialist, you’ll perform district site coordinator and RCRA Inspector duties for hazardous waste facilities undergoing site assessment and cleanup through Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) and other state and federal programs. You’ll review, prepare and/or implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda associated with assigned sites/properties.

You’ll investigate complaints and inspect sites of contaminated environmental or waste-related media to verify compliance with existing permits and/or state and federal regulations and determine the effectiveness of existing remedial remedies.

You’ll coordinate with agency personnel and other state and federal agencies to assist responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues and identify and initiate necessary enforcement actions when necessary.

You’ll participate in public hearings, enforcement meetings, settlement negotiations, and provide technical assistance to citizens, consultants, and the regulated community on compliance with requirements in DERR’s hazardous waste and cleanup programs.

Here’s a sweep of those major tasks:

• Review/prepare/implement work plans and technical memoranda for properties undergoing environmental site assessment and cleanup actions.
• Inspect facilities for compliance with negotiated orders, state and federal regulations, and permit requirements.
• Perform assessments of contaminated environmental or waste related media.
• Monitor ongoing environmental investigations and prepare reports.
• Provide technical assistance on DERR’s program compliance to citizens, consultants, and the regulated community.

Improve your career and Ohio’s environment and apply today!

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.

• 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, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Planning and Development, Interpreting Data, Problem Solving, Written Communication, Customer Focus

Background Check: The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

EEO Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protections Agency is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender/sex, gender identity or expression, national origin (ancestry), military status, disability, age (40 years of age or older), genetic information, sexual orientation, status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child, status as a parent of a young child, or status as a foster parent as those are defined in applicable Ohio law, federal law, and any Executive Order, in admission or access to the operation of its programs, services, activities or its own employment practices. Employment practices are any employment related decisions including, but not limited to hiring, layoff, transfer, termination, promotion, demotion, discipline, rate of compensation, eligibility for in-service training programs, or terms and conditions of employment.

ADA Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is committed to providing access, equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation, contact the Office of Human Resources at 614-644-2100 prior to testing or interviewing.

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.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.