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:

Ohio EPA wants you to join our team as the newest environmental specialist in the Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) at our Northwest District Office in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Our work turns technical skills into statewide impacts.

In this role, you’ll serve as a lead resource for district staff, providing guidance, training, and technical support on solid waste management and ensuring staff stays current on solid waste rules, policies, and procedures.

You’ll work independently to review engineering designs and peer technical reports for completeness and accuracy. In the field, you’ll conduct sampling and inspections at solid waste and C&DD facilities to observe operations and construction activities and assess compliance with state and federal rules.

Teamwork is also key, and you’ll collaborate across divisions and agency offices by participating in technical work groups, supporting enforcement actions as a subject matter expert, and assisting with public outreach and inquiries.

You’ll coordinate project tracking and prepare progress reports to ensure goals and objectives are achieved, and help coordinate and plan work commitments, including field inspections, permits, technical reports, and related documents.

Let’s highlight those key tasks:

• Provide technical support, training and guidance to district staff.

• Review peer reports to ensure accuracy and completeness.

• Evaluate proposed designs for engineering soundness and compliance with solid waste regulations.

• Assess operations and construction activities for compliance.

• Prepare reports, permits, and compliance-related correspondence.

Are you ready to help Ohio’s landfills stay clean and compliant? 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 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.

• ENGINEERING PREFRRED

• 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: 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, Engineering, Public Relations, Technical Writing, Technical Documentation, Project Management, Equipment Operations, Leading Others, Reasoning, Written Communication, Verbal Communication, Presenting, 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 N Dunbridge Rd 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.