Environmental Specialist 2

What We Need YOU To Do

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in our Division of Drinking and Ground Waters at our Northeast District Office in Summit County.

In your new position, you will evaluate public water systems (PWS) with field inspections and consultations with owners and operators. You will participate in monitoring activities such as reviewing operational reports and water analysis to ensure compliance with drinking water regulations. You are going to perform investigations of PWS, including proposed well sites, complaints, operational problems, and emergency situations.

You will review the implementation of drinking water regulations and ensure the enforcement of regulations – as well as participate and provide input on policies and procedures used in the implementation of the public drinking water program.

As an environmental specialist, you will provide technical guidance for public officials, owners and operators of PWS, and the public in matters relating to public drinking water. You will also assist in the preparation of legal actions and the presentation of testimony at hearings and court cases. You are also going to compile data and maintain records on PWS.

Here Are Those High Points

• Evaluate public water systems with field inspections and consultations with owners/operators.
• Participate in monitoring activities such as reviewing operational reports.
• Perform investigations of public water systems, including proposed well sites, complaints, and operational problems.
• Review the implementation of drinking water regulations and ensure the enforcement of regulations.
• Provide technical guidance for public officials, owners/operators, and the public.
• Help to prepare legal actions and presentation of testimony at hearings and court cases.

Job Skills

Environmental Services, Engineering, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Equipment Operations, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Customer Focus

Qualifications

• 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
• OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in 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 & region planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.

Agency Overview

What We Need

Ohio EPA 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.

Location

Work Location: Ohio EPA Northeast District Of

Primary Location: United States of America-OHIO-Summit County-Twinsburg

Compensation

$31.47 - $46.08

Schedule

Full-time

Union

OCSEA

Technical Skills

Engineering, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection

Professional Skills

Customer Focus, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication