Environmental Specialist

Organization

Agency Contact Name and Information:
Erika Carleski

Ohio EPA Southeast District Office, 2195 Front Street, Logan, OH 43138 (Hocking County, United States of America)

$31.47 - $46.08 per hour

Full‑time

OCSEA

Technical skills:
Engineering, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Investigation, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance and Inspection

What We Need:
Ohio EPA Environmental Specialist 2

What We Do:

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.

What We Need YOU To Do:
We want you to be our newest environmental specialist in our Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) at our Southeast District Office in Hocking County.

As DAPC’s newest environmental specialist, you will evaluate and process permit to install and permit to operate applications, as well as Title V permit applications for all air contaminant emissions units to determine if emissions meet state and federal air pollution control regulations. You will recommend appropriate actions through written or oral communications.

You will conduct inspections of existing and new air pollution emissions units, observe and evaluate compliance performance tests conducted by applicants, and prepare inspection and site investigation reports and follow‑up letters.

In this role you will review Emissions Fee Reports, Emissions Statements Reports, and Emissions Inventory Reports in the STARS system and perform technical reviews of the data submitted electronically by entities. You will perform reviews of data submitted by entities related to non‑Title V fees and recommend approval or disapproval.

You will conduct air pollution complaint investigations, prepare investigation reports, and recommend actions. You will also participate in activities that support Ohio EPA litigations, such as special field investigations, research studies, and enforcement negotiations.

• Evaluate and process permit to install and permit to operate applications.
• Conduct inspections of existing and new air pollution emissions units.
• Review Emissions Fee Reports, Emissions Statements Reports, and Emissions Inventory Reports in the STARS system.
• Perform technical review of submitted data.
• Conduct air pollution complaint investigations and prepare reports and recommended actions.

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. 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) and optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

• 12 months experience as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
• OR 4 years training or 4 years experience in a position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, geology, hydrogeology, or other comparable physical or health science field and/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, injection, annular disposal and saltwater injection wells, enhanced recovery projects or coal mining, or solid/ hazardous waste sites or industrial & municipal wastewater dischargers, or collecting, compiling, and preparing various environmental assessments, evaluations, reports, and related documents.
  
  Training and experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
• OR baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, earth science, or other…