Organization
: Environmental Protection Agency
Agency Contact Name and Information: Hollie.Robinson@epa.ohio.gov
Unposting Date
: Feb 22, 2025, 5:59:00 AM
Work Location
:
Ohio EPA Southeast District Of
2195 Front Street
Logan 43138
Primary Location
: United States of America-OHIO-Hocking County-Logan
Compensation: $29.23 – $42.81
Schedule
: Full-time
Classified Indicator: Classified
Union: OCSEA
Primary Job Skill
: Environmental Services
Technical Skills: Environmental Services, Geology/Hydrology
Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Customer Focus, Problem Solving
Agency Overview
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.
Job Description
Geology Preferred
What we need:
Ohio EPA Environmental 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 in the Division of Drinking and Ground Waters (DDAGW), working at our Southeast District Office in Logan.
Ready to join the team?
As Ohio EPA’s environmental specialist, you’ll complete ground water contaminant delineations and modeling in support of the Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP) Program assessments of public water systems. You’ll determine site accessibility and proximity to known contaminant sources to an intake, compile data from databases, conduct site visits, and develop corresponding reports. You’ll provide technical assistance and advice to local officials, public water system operators, consultants, and other Ohio EPA personnel on Ohio’s SWAP activities.
You’ll conduct work funded under the DDAGW’s Clean Water Act (CWA) 106 grants, including providing geologic and hydrogeologic evaluation of wastewater sites to determine the potential for ground water contamination, reviewing monitoring data, and assessing whether a discharge of dredged or fill material could affect sources of municipal drinking water. You’ll review well siting applications, including pump tests and preliminary assessments, to determine compliance with Ohio’s drinking water and SWAP programs.
You’ll coordinate ambient ground water monitoring activities throughout the district to define water quality baseline conditions, trends in water quality, and pollution effects upon area aquifers and to identify potential sources of contamination. You’ll provide technical assistance to local officials, public water systems operators, and industry representatives, as well as conduct special investigations of known or potential ground water contamination.
Let’s take a second to review.
· Help coordinate Ground Water Quality Characterization Program activities.
· Promote source water protection strategies, collecting data and preparing assessments of the geology and hydrogeology of public water systems.
· Evaluate potential sources of ground water contamination at wastewater lagoons and land application sites to determine the potential for and extent of ground water contamination.
· Investigate and research areas of ground water contamination impacting water supplies.
· Evaluate hydrogeologic information to determine sites for public drinking water wells.
· Review ground water monitoring and pumping test reports.
· Participate on technical workgroups and perform various public relations tasks.
Apply today, and let’s talk!Why Work for the State of Ohio
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.
Qualifications
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.Supplemental Information
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: Southeast District Office- 2195 N. Front Street, Logan, OH. 43138
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.ADA Statement
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.Drug-Free Workplace
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.
