Environmental Specialist

Environmental Specialist 2 (260004DT)

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in our Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR) at our Southwest District Office in Montgomery County.

As DERR’s newest environmental specialist, you will perform district Site Coordinator and RCRA Inspector duties for assigned remedial action and hazardous waste handling facilities.

• Review, prepare, and implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda associated with the investigation of environmental releases from hazardous waste sites.
• Inspect facilities for compliance with state and federal regulations and permit requirements and evaluate permit applications and requested modifications.
• Identify possible pollution prevention alternatives, investigate complaints, assess contaminated environmental or waste‑related media, and conduct periodic inspections to verify compliance.
• Plan and develop strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non‑compliance issues and initiate necessary enforcement actions.
• Provide technical assistance to Ohio EPA legal staff and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, provide testimony in legal proceedings and enforcement meetings, and engage with settlement negotiations.

NOTE:

THIS POSITION MAY REQUIRE PARTICIPATION IN OHIO EPA'S MEDICAL MONITORING PROGRAM.

Minimum qualifications:

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

• Environmental Services
• Engineering
• Public Relations
• Law
• Technical Writing
• Facilities Maintenance & Inspection
• Planning and Development
• Equipment Operations
• Reasoning
• Written Communication
• Verbal Communication
• Customer Focus

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, 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.

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  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.