Environmental Specialist 2 (20047961

Environmental Specialist 2

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.

Ohio EPA wants you to join our team as an environmental specialist with the Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) at our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio. Have a passion for protecting air quality and the environment? Let's chat! We are looking for a motivated team player to assist DAPC in maintaining Ohio's air quality by coordinating the development, review, and implementation of Ohio's air rules and State Implementation Plans (SIPs).

Your tasks will include assembling air rule packages, conducting engineering analyses, preparing fiscal and summary documents, and reviewing rule packages for compliance to ensure smooth processing through the Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR) and other agencies. You'll maintain a five-year review schedule for rules and keep the SIP library and rule making websites up to date. To keep the public informed and involved, you'll schedule public notices and public comment periods for proposed rules and SIP actions.

As you gain subject and program knowledge, you'll provide technical guidance on laws, regulations, and policies to other offices, local air agencies, the regulated industry and consultants, and the public. This position also offers the opportunity to collaborate with state, local, and federal partners in developing rule guidance and conformity determinations.

Key tasks include:

• Coordinate the process for developing and adopting Ohio's air rules.
• Track rules packages and coordinate processing within Ohio EPA and JCARR.
• Maintain a five-year review schedule for air rules.
• Assist with managing State Implementation Plans (SIPs).
• Oversee scheduling of public notices and public comment periods for rules and SIPs.
• Provide technical assistance to internal and external customers and interested parties.

If this matches your skillset and interests, apply today to help us protect Ohio's air quality!

Why Work for the State of Ohio

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.

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

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