Environmental Specialist 2 ()
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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: 401 East Fifth Street Dayton Ohio 45402
Division: Materials and Waste Management
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.
Who 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.
What We Need YOU To Do:
We are looking for a motivated person with a passion for the environment to join our Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) a nationally recognized leader in traditional and innovative waste materials management at our Southwest District Office in Dayton.
Interested in traveling around Ohio to protect our environment
In this position youll ensure Ohios waste management facilities are constructed and operated in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations. This includes traveling to waste disposal sites to conduct compliance inspections and investigate cases where enforcement is necessary youll develop strategies for bringing facilities back into compliance.
When not in the field youll review technical documents and prepare reports pertaining to existing and proposed DMWM facilities. Youll also review and evaluate waste management programs and plans for local health districts to determine their compliance with state standards.
Well lean on your subject knowledge and customer service skills to provide effective outreach technical assistance and education on proper waste management rules and operations to the regulated community local officials health departments and the public.
Lets recap:
- Conduct compliance inspections of solid waste infectious waste and construction and demolition facilities.
- Review and evaluate waste management programs for local health districts.
- When necessary develop strategies for bringing facilities back into compliance.
- Provide outreach and technical assistance to internal and external constituents.
Dont waste this opportunity to join Ohio EPA! Apply today.
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.
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.
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.
- 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1 85861.
- OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. 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.
Job Skills: Environmental Services Engineering Public Relations Facilities Maintenance & Inspection Planning and Development Technical Writing Equipment Operations Public Speaking Customer Focus
Must obtain registration as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist-in-Training or Registered Environmental Health Specialist in accordance with Section 3776.11 of the Ohio Revised Code from the Ohio Department of Health within six months of the initial date of employment. Failure to attain registration may result in dismissal.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
