Environmental Specialist 2 (20044642)

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 our Division of Surface Water (DSW) at our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio. 

Psst. Hey. Yeah, you.

As DSW’s newest environmental specialist, you’ll evaluate complex environmental issues related to nonpoint sources and watersheds in aquatic systems utilizing indigenous biological organism groups as indicators of Ohio’s surface water resource quality. You’ll adjust and implement study design changes to optimize data quality and level of evaluation.

You will participate in the development of policies and procedures by working to develop and refine specific applications of watershed level assessments and biological criteria as part of those assessments and consistent with Ohio Water Quality Standards. You are going to evaluate and revise use designations, plans, and reviews – and coordinate plans for biological and water quality assessments of specific environmental issues dealing with complex water pollution problems as they relate to chemical and biological water resource quality.

As environmental specialist, you will provide technical guidance and assistance to personnel involved in the evaluation of biological and water quality impacts – and coordinate the production of technical documents and statements for meetings dealing with biological condition and sediment quality in surface waters. You will also provide training for other scientists and college interns.

Let’s hit the high points:

• Evaluate complex environmental issues related to nonpoint sources and watersheds in aquatic systems utilizing indigenous biological organism groups.

• Participate in the development of policies and procedures.

• Evaluate/revise use designations, plans, and reviews.

• Provide technical guidance and assistance to personnel involved in the evaluation of biological and water quality impacts.

• Coordinate technical documents and statements.

Still reading? Let’s do this – 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.

• THIS POSITION REQUIRES PARTICIPATION IN OHIO EPA'S MEDICAL MONITORING PROGRAM.
• 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, Public Relations, Data Analytics, Policy Direction, Training, Equipment Operations, Presenting, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Customer Focus

All answers to supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your application.  Attachments will not be accepted for this posting.  Official educational transcripts are required for post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript if they are selected for the position. Current Ohio EPA employees may be required to provide official educational transcripts.

 

Location:  4675 Homer Ohio Lane, Groveport, Ohio 43125

Division: Surface Water

 

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.