Environmental Specialist 2 (20039007)

State of Ohio • Bowling Green, OH

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Ohio EPA wants you to join our team as an environmental specialist with the Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) at our Northwest District Office in Wood County. Interested in lending a hand to protect Ohio’s air quality? Read on! We’re looking for dedicated individual to perform highly technical work supporting our air monitoring network. In this role you’ll install, operate, maintain, and calibrate sensitive air monitoring equipment, including high volume particulate samplers and continuous monitors, at regulated sources of air pollution around the state. You’ll assist with collating, analyzing and reporting air quality data, and completing accurate logs and reports. We’ll need your attention to details to report on the status of monitoring activities, internal and external audits, and quality assurance/quality control activities according to DAPC’s standards and policies. As needed, you’ll conduct investigations of air pollution complaints, prepare your findings and recommend resolutions and corrective actions to DAPC management.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Install, operate, and calibrate air monitoring equipment.
• Assist with collating, analyzing, and reporting air quality data.
• Keep appropriate logs and records.
• Ensure quality data collection, review, and reporting.
• Report on monitoring activities, audits, and quality assurance/control events.

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: Mid Level