Environmental Supervisor

Environmental Supervisor )

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The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to join our team as an environmental supervisor with the Division of Environmental Services (DES) at our Reynoldsburg laboratory.

We’re looking for an experienced and detail-oriented person to oversee DES programs for preparation and analysis of environmental parameters. You’ll work closely with other divisions and agencies to establish and maintain protocols for inorganic sampling, analysis, and reporting to ensure DES meets federal and state compliance standards. You’ll supervise and direct a team of lab techs using sensitive, technical instrumentation for sample preparation and analysis.

You’ll interpret data and results to make sure they align with the division’s Quality Management Plan, direct staff in analytical method research projects, and validate new data using established quality assurance protocols. We’ll count on you to plan for and maintain adequate staff, equipment, and chemical inventory to ensure the program is operating at peak efficiency. You’ll conduct research using scientific literature, data and consultation with other environmental chemists, as well as provide technical assistance to colleagues with Ohio EPA, other government agencies, and the private sector.

• Oversee lab programs that prepare and analyze environmental parameters.
• Supervise laboratory scientists running advanced instrumentation.
• Interpret analytical results, prepare reports, and maintain laboratory records.
• Review analytical data for compliance with DES’s quality management plan and federal regulations.
• Direct staff in analytical method research and validate new data achieved using established quality assurance protocols.
• Maintain adequate staffing, supplies, and equipment for program success.

• 5 yrs. trg. or 5 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology &/or other comparable science field &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology (i.e., latter two subject areas pertain only to Department of Transportation) evaluating & approving complex engineering design plans, conducting most sensitive environmental surveillance activities &/or environmental pollution compliance monitoring inspections, investigating complex public health &/or environmental pollution problems, initiating complex enforcement actions, or assisting in planning, developing & maintaining specific environmental projects & programs;
  
  AND 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. as lead worker.
  
  Note:
  
  Training &/or experience must correspond to environmental area to be assigned. Positions in Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste program, excluding those 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. exp. as Environmental Specialist 2, 85862.
• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Environmental Services, Management, Public Relations, Interviewing, Planning and Development, Research.
• Professional
  
  Skills:
  
  Written Communication, Customer Focus.

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.

• Agency Contact Name and Information: Erika Carleski
• Work Location: Ohio EPA Laboratory
• Primary
  
  Location:
  
  United States of America-OHIO-Licking County-Reynoldsburg
• Compensation: $35.68 - $50.75
• Schedule: Full-time
• Classified Indicator: Classified
• Union: Exempt from Union
• Primary Job Skill: Environmental Services
• Technical
  
  Skills:
  
  Interviewing, Environmental Services, Management, Planning and Development, Public Relations, Research
• Professional
  
  Skills:
  
  Customer Focus, Written Communication
• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Other
• Industries: Government Administration
• Unposting Date: Jan 9, 2026, 11:59:00 PM