Environmental Specialist 2 (20039145)
About The Position
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance (DEFA) at our Central Office in beautiful downtown Columbus, Ohio. Let’s get to it! As DEFA’s environmental specialist, you will coordinate planning review activities for wastewater, drinking water, and water quality projects seeking funding assistance through the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, Drinking Water Assistance Fund, and other pertinent programs. You’ll review plans and conduct site inspections to evaluate compliance with programmatic requirements, as well as recommend approval, disapproval, or modification of project plans. You’ll review detailed plans, specifications, and change orders to ensure compliance with project plan determinations, environmental review conclusions, and prescribed mitigative measures. This will include conducting site inspections during construction to monitor conformance with approved documents and the implementation of approved project mitigation activities. You’ll meet with applicants, the public, and representatives from other agencies to assist with meeting program requirements. You’ll review documentation of pollution control needs for intended use plans and priority list project rankings, evaluate data, and rate projects in accordance with established program criteria. Let’s sum up: Coordinate planning review activities for projects seeking funding through the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, Drinking Water Assistance Fund, and other programs. Conduct environmental reviews necessary to comply with state and federal statutes and regulations. Review plans, specifications, and change orders for compliance with project plan determinations, environmental review conclusions, and prescribed mitigative measures. Provide assistance to help meet program requirements. Apply today, and let’s do this!
Requirements
- 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
- OR 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.
- OR 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
- Coordinate planning review activities for projects seeking funding through the Water Pollution Control Loan Fund, Drinking Water Assistance Fund, and other programs.
- Conduct environmental reviews necessary to comply with state and federal statutes and regulations.
- Review plans, specifications, and change orders for compliance with project plan determinations, environmental review conclusions, and prescribed mitigative measures.
- Provide assistance to help meet program requirements.
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 )
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
