Environmental Specialist 2 (20046639, 20046820)

State of Ohio • Dayton, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is seeking an Environmental Specialist for its Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR) at the Southwest District Office in Montgomery County. This role involves performing district Site Coordinator and RCRA Inspector duties for assigned remedial action and hazardous waste handling facilities. The specialist will review, prepare, and implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda related to environmental releases from hazardous waste sites, including federal facilities, Voluntary Action Program (VAP) sites, and sites under state, CERCLA, or RCRA remediation. Responsibilities include inspecting facilities for compliance with regulations and permit requirements, reviewing permit applications, identifying pollution prevention alternatives, investigating complaints, assessing contaminated media, and conducting inspections to verify compliance. The role also involves planning and developing strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues, initiating enforcement actions, providing technical assistance to legal staff, and potentially providing testimony in legal proceedings.

Requirements

• 12 months of experience as an Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
• OR 4 years of training or 4 years of experience in a position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, geology or hydrogeology and/or other comparable physical or health science field and/or mathematics which included responsibility for conducting compliance monitoring surveys and/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.
• OR baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, earth science and/or urban & regional planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
• Must undergo a criminal background check.
• Must submit official educational transcripts if selected for the position.

Nice To Haves

• Job Skills: Environmental Services, Engineering, Public Relations, Law, Technical Writing, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Planning and Development, Equipment Operations, Reasoning, Written Communication, Verbal Communication, Customer Focus

Responsibilities

• Perform district Site Coordinator and RCRA Inspector duties for assigned remedial action and hazardous waste handling facilities.
• Review, prepare, and implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda.
• Inspect facilities for compliance with state and federal regulations and permit requirements.
• Plan and develop strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues.
• Provide technical assistance to Ohio EPA legal staff and the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.
• Identify possible pollution prevention alternatives.
• Investigate complaints.
• Perform assessments of contaminated environmental or waste-related media.
• Conduct periodic inspections to verify compliance with existing permits and state and federal regulations.
• Initiate necessary enforcement actions.
• Provide testimony in legal proceedings and enforcement meetings.
• Engage with settlement negotiations.

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