Environmental Specialist 2 ()
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Job Description
What We Need:
Environmental Specialist 2
What We Do:
At the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency our primary goal is to protect the environment and public health. We do this by ensuring compliance with federal and state environmental laws.
At the State of Ohio we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits visit ourTotal Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:
- 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)
*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.
- 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1 85861.
- OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. a position involving engineering (Civil Environmental or Chemical) pollution control grant programs or air quality monitoring or modeling. Training & experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
- OR baccalaureate degree (Engineering Natural Sciences Environmental Sciences or Environmental Planning)
- Must have a valid drivers license.
Job Skills: Environmental Services Engineering Public Relations Planning and Development Equipment Operations Computer Literacy Organizing and Planning Teamwork Reasoning Customer Focus
The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39) and as outlined in the posting.
What We Need YOU To Do:
Ohio EPA wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Environmental and Financial Assistance (DEFA) at our Central Office in Columbus Ohio.
Looking to improve your career and air quality We got you!
We are looking for an organized results-focused individual to implement DEFAs air quality improvement grant programs provided through the Diesel Mitigation Trust Fund (DMTF) and Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA). These impactful programs fund the replacement and repowering of various on-road and off-road vehicles as well as heavy equipment to significantly reduce emissions.
Your tasks include assisting interested parties in applying for grants and conducting technical and administrative review of completed applications based on program criteria and calculated emission reductions. Based on your review youll recommend projects for funding.
Youll monitor grant projects and provide customer support to grantees to ensure adherence to program standards and successful project implementation. When necessary youll observe equipment installation and destruction of old vehicles to ensure compliance with program requirements. Youll review and maintain project documentation such as modification requests progress reports closing reports emissions reductions and charger usage reports.
Lets steer back to the key tasks:
Implement air quality improvement grant projects for DMTF and DERA programs - Travel to project sites throughout Ohio.
- Conduct technical and administrative reviews of resulting grant applications.
- Monitor and evaluate grant projects to ensure adherence to program standards.
- Provide ongoing technical support to grantees other agency divisions and state agencies industry representatives and the public.
If youve got the drive for this opportunity apply today!
Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services activities programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.
All answers to supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your application. Attachments will not be accepted for this posting. 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.
Location: 50 W. Town Street Suite 700 Columbus Ohio
Division: Environmental and Financial Assistance
Background Check: The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicants prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.
EEO Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protections Agency is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color religion gender/sex gender identity or expression national origin (ancestry) military status disability age (40 years of age or older) genetic information sexual orientation status as a parent during pregnancy and immediately after the birth of a child status as a parent of a young child or status as a foster parent as those are defined in applicable Ohio law federal law and any Executive Order in admission or access to the operation of its programs services activities or its own employment practices. Employment practices are any employment related decisions including but not limited to hiring layoff transfer termination promotion demotion discipline rate of compensation eligibility for in-service training programs or terms and conditions of employment.
ADA Statement: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is committed to providing access equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities. To request a reasonable accommodation contact the Office of Human Resources at prior to testing or interviewing.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
