Environmental Specialist 2 (20043558)
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Columbus, Ohio
- Full Time
Environmental Specialist 2 (20043558) (2500066Y)
Environmental Specialist 2 (20043558)
(2500066Y)
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Agency Contact Name and Information: Erika Carleski
Unposting Date: Aug 29, 2025, 9:59:00 PM
Work Location: Lazarus Government Center Lazarus Government Center Box 1049 Columbus 43216-1049
Primary Location: United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County
Compensation: $30.55 - $44.74
Schedule: Full-time
Classified Indicator: Classified
Union: OCSEA
Primary Job Skill: Environmental Services
Technical Skills: Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Planning and Development, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Law
Professional Skills: Analyzation, Customer Focus, Public Speaking
Agency Overview
Who We Need:
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.
Job Duties
What We Need YOU To Do:
We need a motivated team player to join the Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) at our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio.
1) Will require statewide travel and unusual working hours. In addition to office work, will require working outside in varying weather conditions. Will require walking long distances in difficult terrain.
2) Must obtain registration as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist-in-Training or Registered Environmental Health Specialist in accordance with Section 3776.11 of the Ohio Revised Code from the Ohio Department of Health within six months of the initial date of employment. Failure to attain registration may result in dismissal.
Want to kick' the tires in a new career? Read on!
In this role you'll assist with remediation programs that address abandoned landfills, open dumping sites, and illegal scrap tire disposal throughout Ohio. We'll need your eye for details to review applications for remediation projects and monitor contractors performing approved projects to ensure they operate correctly and are compliant with state and federal rules.
You'll track project progress, resolve performance and contract matters, process invoices for payment, and maintain financial assurance data and documents such as insurance policies, letters of credit, trust agreements, and bonds.
You'll provide outreach to scrap tire-generating businesses and conduct inspections to evaluate compliance with state regulations. Where enforcement is necessary, you'll coordinate actions and assist district office staff with case preparation, drafting, and management.
We'll count on your excellent customer service skills to assist agency staff, industry, consultants, and health departments with technical and financial matters for remediation projects. You'll also speak about our remediation and scrap tire programs at technical and educational meetings, conferences, and seminars.
Let's kick the tires on this job's primary duties:
Monitor contractor performance at scrap tire and waste debris remediation projects.
Review applications for remediation programs.
Assist in coordinating enforcement actions when necessary.
Review, track, and maintain project data and financial assurance documents.
Provide technical assistance and training to industry, partners, and interested parties.
Don't wait. Lay some rubber and apply for this job today!
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
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 & regional planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
Job Skills: Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Law, Planning and Development, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Analyzation, Public Speaking, Customer Focus
Environmental Specialist 2 (20043558)
(2500066Y)
Organization: Environmental Protection Agency
Agency Contact Name and Information: Erika Carleski
Unposting Date: Aug 29, 2025, 9:59:00 PM
Work Location: Lazarus Government Center Lazarus Government Center Box 1049 Columbus 43216-1049
Primary Location: United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County
Compensation: $30.55 - $44.74
Schedule: Full-time
Classified Indicator: Classified
Union: OCSEA
Primary Job Skill: Environmental Services
Technical Skills: Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Planning and Development, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Law
Professional Skills: Analyzation, Customer Focus, Public Speaking
Agency Overview
Who We Need:
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.
Job Duties
What We Need YOU To Do:
We need a motivated team player to join the Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) at our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio.
1) Will require statewide travel and unusual working hours. In addition to office work, will require working outside in varying weather conditions. Will require walking long distances in difficult terrain.
2) Must obtain registration as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist-in-Training or Registered Environmental Health Specialist in accordance with Section 3776.11 of the Ohio Revised Code from the Ohio Department of Health within six months of the initial date of employment. Failure to attain registration may result in dismissal.
Want to kick' the tires in a new career? Read on!
In this role you'll assist with remediation programs that address abandoned landfills, open dumping sites, and illegal scrap tire disposal throughout Ohio. We'll need your eye for details to review applications for remediation projects and monitor contractors performing approved projects to ensure they operate correctly and are compliant with state and federal rules.
You'll track project progress, resolve performance and contract matters, process invoices for payment, and maintain financial assurance data and documents such as insurance policies, letters of credit, trust agreements, and bonds.
You'll provide outreach to scrap tire-generating businesses and conduct inspections to evaluate compliance with state regulations. Where enforcement is necessary, you'll coordinate actions and assist district office staff with case preparation, drafting, and management.
We'll count on your excellent customer service skills to assist agency staff, industry, consultants, and health departments with technical and financial matters for remediation projects. You'll also speak about our remediation and scrap tire programs at technical and educational meetings, conferences, and seminars.
Let's kick the tires on this job's primary duties:
Monitor contractor performance at scrap tire and waste debris remediation projects.
Review applications for remediation programs.
Assist in coordinating enforcement actions when necessary.
Review, track, and maintain project data and financial assurance documents.
Provide technical assistance and training to industry, partners, and interested parties.
Don't wait. Lay some rubber and apply for this job today!
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
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 & regional planning, geology or other comparable physical or health science fields, with training to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
Job Skills: Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Law, Planning and Development, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection, Analyzation, Public Speaking, Customer Focus
Job ID: 490587811
Originally Posted on: 8/24/2025
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