Environmental Specialist , Office of Environmental Services, PN

• You will review and prepare environmental permits, documents, and mitigation plans for transportation projects.
• You will coordinate with regulatory agencies, ODOT staff, districts, and consultants to support project compliance.
• You will conduct and assist with ecological field investigations, data collection, analysis, and environmental reporting.
• You will provide technical assistance, guidance, and recommendations related to ecological resources and environmental regulations.

• You will review and prepare environmental permits, documents, and mitigation plans for transportation projects.
• You will coordinate with regulatory agencies, ODOT staff, districts, and consultants to support project compliance.
• You will conduct and assist with ecological field investigations, data collection, analysis, and environmental reporting.
• You will provide technical assistance, guidance, and recommendations related to ecological resources and environmental regulations.

• Enjoy an excellent work/life balance.
• Receive paid time off with vacation, sick & personal leave.
• Receive 11 paid holidays per year.
• Receive regular pay increases; 1st after 6 months.
• Receive an extensive benefits package; including Medical and FREE Vision, Dental and Basic Life Insurance after completion of eligibility period.
• Experience growth opportunities within organization.
• Participate in employee tuition reimbursement programs.
• Receive a pension plan with 14% employer contribution.

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12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.

• Or 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in position involving geology or hydrology, engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science &/or other comparable physical or health science field, earth science &/or urban & regional planning, &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology (i.e., latter two subject areas pertain only to positions in departments of transportation & natural resources) 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 conducting of historical &/or archaeological research or other research studies to evaluate impact of proposed transportation projects on historic properties or cultural resources, 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 field or mathematics or history or archaeology (i.e., latter two subject areas pertain only to positions in departments of transportation & natural resources) with education to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
• Or positions involved in providing financial, technical & administrative assistance for planning, design & implementation of environmental infrastructure & pollution abatement, & prevention projects, applicants must have completed undergraduate core coursework in business/public administration, public relations/marketing, political science or communications, or have 4 yrs. exp. in position involving public contact to explain policies, procedures & programs of agency, writing of promotional &/or explanatory publications & materials, budgeting, contract administration & working with others on team

Note:

For all positions engaged in field work, applicants must be able to provide own transportation.

New employees in EPA's solid waste program, excluding those in the solid waste planning unit, must obtain a sanitarian-in-training certificate during their probationary period.

• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Transportation - Central Office

Amber Cottrill;
Amber.

Cottrillo.gov

Ohio Dept of Transportation

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

$31.47 - $ 46.08

Full-time

07:30 AM To 04:00 PM

Classified

OCSEA

Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Problem Solving