Environmental Specialist 2 (20043399)

The Environmental Specialist 2 position at the Environmental Protection Agency in Whitehall, OH, focuses on environmental protection and compliance. The State of Ohio promotes disability inclusion and offers a competitive benefits package including medical coverage, paid time off, and retirement systems. Applicants must provide official educational transcripts and will undergo a criminal background check. The position is not remote and is located at the Central Office in Columbus, OH.
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.

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 our Total 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.

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.

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: Central Office-50 W. Town Street, Columbus, OH 43215 .

Division: Drinking and Ground Waters

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 applicant's 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 614-644-2100 prior to testing or interviewing.

4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in position involving geology or hydrology, engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science &/or other comparable physical or health science field, earth science &/or urban & regional planning, 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 field.

-Or positions involved in providing financial, technical & administrative assistance for planning, design & implementation of environmental infrastructure & pollution abatement, & prevention projects, applicants must have completed undergraduate core coursework in business/public administration, public relations/marketing, political science or communications, or have 4 yrs. exp. in position involving public contact to explain policies, procedures & programs of agency, writing of promotional &/or explanatory publications & materials, budgeting, contract administration & working with others on team projects. Note: For all positions engaged in field work, applicants must be able to provide own transportation. New employees in EPA's solid waste program, excluding those in the solid waste planning unit, must obtain a sanitarian-in-training certificate during their probationary period.

-Or 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Environmental Services, Geology/Hydrology Professional Skills: Customer Focus, Attention to Detail, and Critical Thinker.

About Us:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency is a trusted leader and environmental steward using innovation, quality service and public involvement to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all Ohioans.

Ohio EPA's goal is to protect the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with environmental laws and demonstrating leadership in environmental stewardship.

Geologist Preferred:

What we need:

Environmental Specialist 2- Ground Water Specialist

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:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist with the Division of Drinking and Ground Water (DDAGW) at our Central Office in downtown Columbus.

Looking for a new, exciting opportunity? We gotchu.

As a ground water specialist, you’ll use your hydrogeologic expertise to coordinate Ohio’s statewide Ambient Ground Water Monitoring program to characterize and evaluate ground water quality for the state’s major aquifers. You’ll coordinate and conduct reviews of wastewater treatment facilities and activities and prepare reports regarding sites that may potentially discharge wastewater to ground water or within source water protection areas to ensure compliance with state regulations.

You will assist statewide DDAGW staff with reviewing general hydrogeologic site investigations and assessments, ground water monitoring program plans, data and reports, ground water quality assessment plans and reports, conducting site inspections, and ground water complaint investigations.  

You’ll create and update technical guidance documents and educational materials as needed to represent statewide, regional, and local ground water quality conditions in support of ground water protection and management programs. Each biennium, you’ll assist in preparing the ground water quality chapter of Ohio EPA’s Integrated Water Quality Report.

You’ll provide subject technical assistance and various public outreach tasks related to ground water resources and ground water pollution impacts to educate and assist public water systems, general public, local and state officials, and governmental agencies.

That’s a lot. Let’s recap.

· As a ground water specialist, you will use your hydrogeologic expertise to coordinate Ohio’s Statewide Ambient Ground Water Monitoring program including sampling, characterizing and evaluating ground water quality for Ohio’s major aquifers.

· As a ground water specialist, you will also coordinate ground water related project reviews for facilities that have the potential to discharge wastewater to ground water or within source water protection areas and assist DDAGW staff statewide with these reviews.

· You will evaluate statewide, regional, local ground water quality conditions in support of source water protection and ground water management programs, as well as creating/updating technical guidance, fact sheets, SOPs or other educational materials related to statewide ground water quality as needed.

· You will prepare the ground water quality chapter of Ohio EPA’s Integrated Water Quality Report each biennium.

· You will provide ground water related technical assistance, and perform various public relations tasks related to ground water resources and ground water pollution impacts to educate and assist public water systems, general public, local and state officials and governmental agencies.

What are ya waiting for? Apply today, and let’s go!