Canton Public Health Air Monitoring Specialist

Job Title

Air Monitoring Specialist I

Starting Salary: $50,189 (+$10 - $20/hour in benefits)

Employment with the Canton City Public Health Department comes with a full array of benefits. We offer comprehensive health insurance, paid vacations, paid holidays, a retirement plan, and sick time.

Position Summary:

Responsible to function at the professional and technical level to support the implementation of Federal and Ohio EPA regulations and guidelines that apply to the air pollution control program in Stark County, Ohio. Performs various duties related to operation of ambient air monitoring network, field inspections, complaint investigation, identification of violations and application of appropriate enforcement procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ambient Air Monitoring Operator:
  Install, operate, maintain, troubleshoot, diagnose, repair, and/or calibrate ambient air monitors and auxiliary equipment;
  Participate in external quality assurance audits required by US EPA and Ohio EPA;
  Assist in ambient air monitoring data collection and evaluation;
  Perform quality control activities on ambient air monitors (i.e. weekly precision checks on continuous analyzers, flow checks on particulate samplers, etc). Analytical and technical logic and judgement must be applied to a considerable extent due to the complex data and technical standards and intellectual and/or technical variables that often contain ambiguities and uncertainties. Performing ambient air monitoring work correctly is crucial;
  
  if performed incorrectly it may cause Stark county to be determined as non-attainment (due to lack of data or high data) which would impede business growth.
• Asbestos Program:
  If assigned to this program, perform duties to implement the asbestos program including field inspections, asbestos complaint response, documentation reviews, guidance interpretation, annual asbestos landfill inspections, explaining regulations to the community and outreach activities. This includes inspections of residential, commercial, and industrial facilities, which may include support of Ohio EPA permit system requirements. Requires interaction with, and education of, residents and businesses who are in violation of local, state and/or federal regulations.
• Complaint Program (non-asbestos, open burning, fugitive dust, odor, facility, etc):
  Document complaints and pursues complaint investigations with the objective of identifying legitimate complaints, satisfying the complainant's request, identifying violations, and explaining regulations to the community. This includes inspections of residential, commercial, and industrial facilities, which may include support of Ohio EPA permit system requirements. Requires interaction with, and education of, residents and businesses who are in violation of local, state and/or federal regulations;
  
  this also requires resolving conflicts and disputes as needed between neighboring parties or between the public versus the agency.
• Enforcement Program:
  Performs enforcement tasks including identification of violations, initiating enforcement action, writing notice of violation (NOV) letters, reporting violations, and working with the regulated community to develop compliance plans to return to compliance. Performs writing resolution of violation letters or notice of compliance letters when entity demonstrates compliance. Also includes preparing documentation, enforcement action requests (EAR) and evidence for use in legal actions and testifying as a witness in court as required.
  
  Some cases may escalate and lead to criminal enforcement.
• Stack Test Program:
  Perform field observations of industrial facility stack testing for proper compliance with methodology and test protocol. Review test protocol/intent-to-test for modifications to the methods and observe the modifications as applicable.
• Anti-Tampering Program:
  Perform vehicle anti-tampering inspections in accordance with State requirements and guidance. Requires interaction with, and education of, residents and businesses who are in violation of local, state and/or federal regulations.
• Open Burning Permissions Program:
  Review open burning notifications and requests and prepare/issue responses, permissions, or denials.
• Perform City vehicle safety inspections on a regular basis and take vehicle to be serviced as needed.
• General Duties and Responsibilities that apply to all above listed duties:
• Maintain direct contact with industry and commerce, as assigned, and represent the agency in its control and regulatory efforts
• Requires communicating both orally and in writing.
• Requires thoroughness, attention to detail, and following established policies and deadlines.
• Understanding, interpreting and enforcing complex regulations, policies, and technical standards that are often unclear and need to be interpreted.
• Requires use and understanding of Microsoft Office, Ohio EPA air monitoring software (Air Vision), air sampler software (BGI, SASS, Numa View,…