Environmental Manager (20046670)

State of Ohio • Columbus, OH

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Ohio EPA wants you to join our team as an environmental manager with the Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR) at our Central District Office in downtown Columbus, Ohio. We’re looking for someone with proven skills to lead the engineering and risk assessment team to review, oversee, and audit properties involved with the division’s Voluntary Actions Program, hazardous waste cleanup programs, and remedial response activities. You’ll handle the daily coordination of the division’s hazardous waste closure and corrective action efforts and serve as a key liaison between DERR, other partners, and U.S. EPA. You’ll help shape the future of environmental policy by managing the development of regulations, analyzing new laws, and recommending improvements. We’ll look to you to provide expert technical support to regulated facilities and government partners on hazardous waste closure requirements. With a focus on accomplishing program goals, you’ll also mentor, guide and support staff, and help drive strategic planning across the division.

Requirements

• 6 yrs. trg. or 6 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology &/or comparable science field &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology which included responsibility for developing, coordinating & implementing programs for specific environmental area (e.g., air pollution; water pollution; solid/hazardous waste planning; ecological impact assessment; water quality monitoring & assessment; ground water or laboratory services); AND 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. as lead worker or supervisor or in administrative capacity.
• Training &/or experience must correspond to environmental area to be assigned.
• Positions in Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste program, excluding positions 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. as Environmental Supervisor, 85865.
• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Nice To Haves

• Job Skills: Environmental Services, Management, Public Relations, Interviewing, Engineering, Equipment Operations, Budgeting, Reasoning, Verbal Communications, Written Communications, Customer Focus

Responsibilities

• Oversee the review, management, and auditing of properties undergoing cleanup through DERR programs.
• Administer day-to-day coordination of cleanup projects and liaise with other regulatory agencies and U.S. EPA.
• Manage development of applicable regulations and RCRA program guidelines.
• Provide technical support to external parties.
• Mentor, guide, and support technical staff.

Benefits

• 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 )

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed