Environmental Health Manager II; Division of Emergency Environmental Response

Do you love South Carolina and protecting the environment?

Come join our team at SCDES, put your passion to work with us!

We are dedicated to protecting the state of South Carolina and we would love to have you as a member of our team!

Are you ready to make a difference in environmental quality and emergency response? Join our team as an Environmental Health Manager II, where you’ll support South Carolina’s statewide oil and hazardous material response program. This position operates within the Bureau of Regional & Laboratory Services and the Division of Emergency Environmental Response, where teams respond to chemical spills, support emergency operations, and provide technical expertise across the state.

Working under limited supervision, you’ll help develop and administer the statewide oil and hazardous material response program. Your work will include creating plans and procedures for environmental field and laboratory detection methods, maintaining air-monitoring and detection equipment, and responding to environmental incidents as a Duty Officer, Response Leader, or emergency worker. You will also coordinate the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) program, deliver training to response staff, and participate in environmental and radiological preparedness exercises.

In this role, you’ll evaluate complex field situations, make independent decisions during emergency events, and provide technical assistance to the public, officials, and regulated industries. Your efforts will strengthen SCDES's readiness and ability to respond to environmental emergencies across South Carolina.

• Maintain field detection and monitoring capabilities by overseeing the Emergency Response section’s air monitoring instruments and field detection equipment used on R-1 response trucks.
• Serve in key emergency response roles, including Response Leader, Site Safety Officer, or response worker, for R2 incidents, and act as the initial R1 responder during and after normal business hours. Participate in all required emergency response drills.
• Provide on-call coverage as the Central Office Duty Officer (CODO) during and after normal work hours, managing calls received through SCDES's 24-hour spill reporting telephone line.
• Develop plans and procedures to assist regulated industries in meeting federal Emergency Planning Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) reporting requirements.
• Train SCDES response staff and local and state first responders on procedures and regulatory requirements related to oil and hazardous material spill and release response. Serve as project manager for emergency response contracts on assigned jobs.
• Participate in training and drills as directed by the ERS Section Manager, including in-house training days, environmental response exercises, radiological response drills, and actual events in an assigned response position.
• Perform other duties as directed by the Program Manager.

As a state employee, you’ll enjoy:

• Job Stability & Purposeful Work
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  Make an impact on your community as you contribute to protecting SC'S environment
• Great Benefits
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  Including paid holidays, 30 total days of leave per year, insurance options for you and your family and retirement benefit choices.
• Career Growth
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  Ongoing training, professional development, and room for growth.
• Work-Life Balance
  : A career that lets you enjoy South Carolina, inside and outside of your job.

• A bachelor’s degree in natural or physical sciences, mathematics, public health, engineering, or a related technical field may substitute for required work experience;
  OR
• A high school diploma or GED and four (4) years of…