Environmental Specialist 2 (20043352)

Ohio Department of Administrative Services • Dayton, OH

22h • Onsite

About The Position

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Drinking and Ground Waters (DDAGW), working at our Southwest District Office in Dayton, Ohio.
You are at the heart of everything we do. Plain and simple.
We are looking for a focused go-getter to join our DDAGW team in Southwest Ohio!
An environmental specialist, you will perform technical reviews and evaluations of general and detail engineering construction plans for new public water supply, production, and distribution facilities. You will review plans and all associated technical data for compliance with pertinent state and federal regulations, as well as engineering design standards.
You will handle special investigations of public water systems within the district and investigate complaints by consumers, public water systems owners and operators, and investigate emergency situations. You will conduct field visits and provide technical assistance, while consulting with public officials, owners, and operators of public water systems.
You are going to assemble, process, and evaluate data on public water systems for the collection, treatment, and distribution of water, water quality, ownership, and technical supervisor. You will also recommend legal action against state law violators and conduct field inspections while consulting with attorneys and public officials.
We are looking for a focused go-getter to join our DDAGW team in Southwest Ohio!
An environmental specialist, you will perform technical reviews and evaluations of general and detail engineering construction plans for new public water supply, production, and distribution facilities. You will review plans and all associated technical data for compliance with pertinent state and federal regulations, as well as engineering design standards.
You will handle special investigations of public water systems within the district and investigate complaints by consumers, public water systems owners and operators, and investigate emergency situations. You will conduct field visits and provide technical assistance, while consulting with public officials, owners, and operators of public water systems.
You are going to assemble, process, and evaluate data on public water systems for the collection, treatment, and distribution of water, water quality, ownership, and technical supervision. You will also recommend legal action against state law violators and conduct field inspections while consulting with attorneys and public officials.
Let’s break it down.
· Perform technical reviews and evaluations of general and detail engineering construction plans.
· Review plans for compliance with state and federal regulations.
· Special investigator of public water systems within the district; investigate complaints.
· Conduct field visits, provide technical assistance.
· Assemble, process, and evaluate data on public water systems for collection, treatment, and distribution of water, water quality, ownership, and technical supervision.

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.

Nice To Haves

• ENGINEERING PREFERRED

Responsibilities

• Perform technical reviews and evaluations of general and detail engineering construction plans.
• Review plans for compliance with state and federal regulations.
• Special investigator of public water systems within the district; investigate complaints.
• Conduct field visits, provide technical assistance.
• Assemble, process, and evaluate data on public water systems for collection, treatment, and distribution of water, water quality, ownership, and technical supervision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level