Environmental Specialist

Organization

Agency Contact:
Erika Carleski

Jul 17, 2026, 3:59:00 AM

Lazarus Government Center Box 1049 Columbus

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

$34.53 - $50.66

Full-time

OCSEA

Technical

Skills:

Clerical & Data Entry, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Planning and Development, Public Relations

Professional

Skills:

Customer Focus, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication

Ohio EPA Environmental Specialist 3

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.

We are looking for a new environmental specialist in our Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) at our Central Office in downtown Columbus, Ohio. As the newest environmental specialist, you will act as a lead worker providing technical support, training, guidance, and direction regarding solid waste planning to staff and regulated community regarding requirements related to solid waste management plans, annual district reports, solid waste management district fees, state solid waste fees, and recycling and waste reduction programs.

You will take the lead for program development projects such as rule activities, research activities, and grant-seeking activities. You will also serve as a division coordinator for federal grant funding programs, providing technical, interpersonal, and strategic skills, financial judgement, and decision-making.

You will facilitate internal group meetings and be responsible for determining meeting logistics and agenda topics – while providing guidance, direction, and assistance with developing training material to support the solid waste management planning. You will track and coordinate solid waste management plan reviews and approvals/disapprovals.

• Act as lead worker by providing technical support, training, and guidance.
• Inform regulated community on requirements related to solid waste management plans, reports, fees, etc.
• Coordinate federal grant funding programs.
• Facilitate internal group meetings.
• Provide guidance, direction, and assistance with development of training material, supporting the solid waste management planning.
• Track and coordinate solid waste management plan reviews and approvals/disapprovals.

• 7 years relevant programmatic experience.
• OR combination of education in an environmentally focused discipline or other job-related discipline and specific programmatic experience equaling 7 years.
• OR completion of undergraduate core coursework in an environmentally-related discipline and 3 years relevant programmatic experience.
• OR 2 years relevant programmatic experience as Environmental Supervisor, 85865.
• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
• Note:
  
  For all positions involving field work, applicants must provide own transportation. New employees in OEPA's solid waste program, excluding those in the solid waste planning unit, must obtain a sanitarian-in-training certificate during their probationary period.

Environmental Services, Public Relations, Equipment Operations, Planning and Development, Clerical & Data Entry, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Customer Focus

50 W. Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215

Materials and Waste Management

The final candidate will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration; an individual assessment of an applicant's prior convictions will be made before excluding an applicant.

The Ohio Environmental Protection 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…