Environmental Manager (20047832

Where We Need You

Ohio EPA wants you to serve in this key role in the Division of Surface Water (DSW) in our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio EPA seeks an adept and mission-driven individual to help manage our water quality protection programs across the state.

In this role you’ll oversee reviews of 401 Water Quality Certifications, Isolated wetland and stream permits, exemptions, and nationwide permits. You’ll guide wetland mitigation projects from start to finish, including tracking progress, conducting site visits and inspections, handling legal and compliance correspondence, and coordinating enforcement activities.

To achieve program and division success, you’ll direct and support a team of environmental specialists and ensure they have the proper training, skills, and resources. You’ll also coordinate compliance and permitting activities with federal and state agencies and commissions to accomplish agency goals.

You’ll analyze water quality rules and changes and collaborate with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and other partners to develop effective nationwide and regional water quality permits, policies, and regulations. As a subject expert, you’ll provide technical assistance and outreach on water quality topics to the public, governments, and the regulated community.

• Manage review of water quality certifications and wetland permits.
• Coordinate compliance and permitting activities with federal and state agencies, industry, and stakeholder groups.
• Oversee and track wetland mitigation projects.
• Collaborate with federal and state partners on policy development and regulatory changes.
• Direct and support program staff development, effectiveness and training.

• 6 yrs. trg. or 6 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology &/or comparable science field &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology which included responsibility for developing, coordinating & implementing programs for specific environmental area (e.g., air pollution; water pollution; solid/hazardous waste planning; ecological impact assessment; water quality monitoring & assessment; ground water or laboratory services); AND 6 mos.
  
  trg. or 6 mos. exp. as lead worker or supervisor or in administrative capacity.
• Note:
  
  Training &/or experience must correspond to environmental area to be assigned. Positions in Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste program, excluding positions in solid waste planning unit, also require valid Ohio certificate of registration as sanitarian or valid Ohio certificate as sanitarian-in-training.
• OR 12 mos. as Environmental Supervisor, 85865.
• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Environmental Services, Engineering, Management, Public Relations, Law, Equipment Operations, Clerical & Data Entry, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communications, Customer Focus

Erika Carleski

Aug 17, 2026, 11:59:00 PM

Lazarus Government Center

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

$40.40 - $57.67

Full-time

Classified

Exempt from Union

Clerical & Data Entry, Engineering, Equipment Operations, Management, Public Relations, Law

Customer Focus, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communication

We’re the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, a regulatory organization that’s committed to protecting the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with federal and state laws. (We do this through some innovative, interesting, and fun work!)

Environmental Manager