Environmental Specialist 2 (20044659) - Hybrid

Environmental Specialist 2 (20044659) - Hybrid

What We Need:

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 (DSW) at our Northeast District Office in Twinsburg.

Looking to help your career and the environment? We got you!

As environmental specialist, you’ll assist DSW with reviewing permit to install (PTI) applications, engineering plans and operational analyses for municipal, industrial, and semi-public wastewater treatment facilities and systems.

You’ll compare engineering designs and specifications with state and federal standards and guidelines and prepare discharge permits for sources including appropriate limitations and monitoring requirements.

You’ll review and respond to operation and maintenance reports submitted from sources as required by permits and coordinate and assist in the sampling of discharges. You’ll perform site inspections to assure compliance with permits or regulations and prepare enforcement actions as necessary to address non-compliance issues.

You will provide technical assistance to public officials, industry representatives, consultants, and the public regarding federal and state regulations and requirements.

Let’s walk back the basics:

• Review wastewater discharge permit applications.
• Prepare discharge permits including appropriate limitations and monitoring requirements.
• Review and respond to facility operation and maintenance reports.
• Inspect sites to assure compliance with permits or regulations.
• Provide technical assistance to internal and external constituents.

Opportunity is knocking. Answer it and apply today!

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.

• 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, Customer Focus

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.

Knowledge of engineering; government structure & process*; office practices & procedures*. Ability to define problems, establish facts, & draw valid conclusions; use calculus; write instructions & specifications; gather & classify information according to established methods; handle contacts with public & government officials; interpret an extensive variety of technical material in books, journals, & manuals; write & edit articles on environmental engineering.

(*)Developed after employment.