Environmental Specialist 2 (20046715, 20046747)

State of Ohio • Twinsburg, OH

19h • Onsite

About The Position

At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the primary goal is to protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws. This Environmental Specialist 2 position is within the Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR) at the Northeast District Office (NEDO) in Summit County. The role involves performing district site coordinator and RCRA inspector duties for assigned remedial action and hazardous waste handling facilities. This includes reviewing, preparing, and implementing work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda for properties undergoing site assessment and cleanup through Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) or other state and federal cleanup programs. The specialist will also investigate complaints, assess contaminated environmental or waste related media, conduct periodic inspections to verify permit compliance, and determine the effectiveness of remedial remedies. A key part of the role is identifying potential threats to public health and the environment and escalating these to division management, as well as planning strategies to assist responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues and identifying necessary enforcement actions. The State of Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and a drug-free workplace.

Requirements

• 12 months experience as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
• OR 4 years training or 4 years experience in 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 and gas well operations or injection, annular disposal and saltwater injection wells and enhanced recovery projects or coal mining, or solid/hazardous waste sites or industrial and municipal wastewater dischargers, or collecting, compiling and preparing various environmental assessments, evaluations, reports and related documents.
• Training and experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
• OR baccalaureate degree in engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science, earth science and/or urban and regional planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
• Official educational transcripts are required for post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application.
• Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript if they are selected for the position.
• Current Ohio EPA employees may be required to provide official educational transcripts.
• Undergo a criminal background check.
• Compliance with the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39).

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 associated with properties undergoing site assessment and cleanup activities through Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) or other state and federal cleanup programs.
• Investigate complaints, perform assessments of contaminated environmental or waste related media.
• Conduct periodic inspections to verify compliance with existing permits, and determine the effectiveness of existing remedial remedies.
• Identify the potential for threats to public health and the environment and act to elevate these potential impacts through division management.
• Plan and develop strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues and identify the need for necessary enforcement actions.

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave
• 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

• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees