Who We Need:

Environmental Specialist 3

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:

Join our Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) team and become the newest environmental specialist at our Northwest District Office in Wood County.

You’ll be a leader in the field. Literally!

We are looking for a mission-driven, focused person with technical skills to serve as operations lead for the division’s field staff. You’ll provide support, guidance, and directives to ensure everyone stays up to date on objectives, policies, and best practices. You’ll review technical reports, evaluate environmental data, and conduct field inspections and sampling at permitted solid waste facilities to ensure compliance with state rules and regulations.

As operations lead, you’ll track goals and deliverables of field work and keep division leadership informed on how work is progressing. You’ll also contribute to developing division policies, procedures, and rules that shape how Ohio manages waste.

As you obtain subject matter expertise, you’ll represent the agency in technical workgroups, enforcement discussions, and public meetings and provide support to communities, local governments, and facility operators on solid waste rules, trends, and best practices.

Let’s run back those key plays:

• Lead field operations and oversee compliance-related activities for permitted sites.

• Train, guide, and support staff, facilities, and local governments on division program requirements.

• Serve as liaison with division leadership to ensure staff alignment with division regulations, policies, and procedures.

• Conduct fieldwork, sampling, and technical review of reports to assess regulatory compliance.

• Participate as a technical expert in enforcement, rulemaking, and public engagement.

If you’re looking to support a team that makes a direct impact on environmental protection, apply for this opportunity 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 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.

• Registered Environmental Health Specialist preferred.

• 7 yrs. relevant programmatic exp.

• OR combination of education in environmentally focused discipline or other job-related discipline & specific programmatic experience equaling 7 yrs.

• OR completion of undergraduate core coursework in environmentally-related discipline; AND 3 yrs. relevant programmatic exp.

• OR 2 yrs. relevant programmatic experience as Environmental Supervisor, 85865.

• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

• Note: For all positions involved in field work, applicants must be able to provide own transportation. New employees in OEPA's solid waste program, excluding those in the solid waste planning unit, must obtain a sanitarian-in-training certificate during their probationary period.

• Job Skills: Environmental Services, Public Relations, Clerical & Data Entry, Training, Technical Writing, Equipment Operations, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Customer Focus

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: 347 North Dunbridge Road, Bowling Green, Ohio 43402

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 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.

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.