What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Specialist 2 (20046715, 20046747) position at Ohio EPA?
What We Need YOU To Do
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR), working at our Northeast District Office (NEDO) in Summit County.
Finally. There you are.
We are looking for an energetic, goal-focused, and determined go-getter (ahem, that’s you) to help our DERR team. As an environmental specialist, you will perform district site coordinator and RCRA inspector duties for assigned remedial action and hazardous waste handling facilities.
You will review, prepare, and implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda associated with properties undergoing site assessment and cleanup activities through Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) or other state and federal cleanup programs.
You will investigate complaints, perform assessments of contaminated environmental or waste related media, conduct periodic inspections to verify compliance with existing permits, and determine the effectiveness of existing remedial remedies. Through these investigations, you will identify the potential for threats to public health and the environment and act to elevate these potential impacts through division management.
You will also plan and develop strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues and identify the need for necessary enforcement actions.
Let’s Recap
Agency Contact Name and Information
Erika Carleski
Unposting Date
Apr 27, 2026, 11:59:00 PM
Work Location
Ohio EPA Northeast District Of
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Summit County-Twinsburg
Compensation
$30.55 - $44.74
Schedule
Full-time
Classified Indicator
Classified
Union
OCSEA
Technical Skills
Engineering, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Planning and Development, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection
Professional Skills
Customer Focus, Written Communication
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.
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR), working at our Northeast District Office (NEDO) in Summit County.
Finally. There you are.
We are looking for an energetic, goal-focused, and determined go-getter (ahem, that’s you) to help our DERR team. As an environmental specialist, you will perform district site coordinator and RCRA inspector duties for assigned remedial action and hazardous waste handling facilities.
You will review, prepare, and implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda associated with properties undergoing site assessment and cleanup activities through Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program (VAP) or other state and federal cleanup programs.
You will investigate complaints, perform assessments of contaminated environmental or waste related media, conduct periodic inspections to verify compliance with existing permits, and determine the effectiveness of existing remedial remedies. Through these investigations, you will identify the potential for threats to public health and the environment and act to elevate these potential impacts through division management.
You will also plan and develop strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities with non-compliance issues and identify the need for necessary enforcement actions.
Let’s Recap
- Perform district site coordinator and RCRA inspector duties for assigned remedial action.
- Review, prepare and implement work plans, sampling plans, reports, and technical memoranda.
- Investigate complaints, perform assessments of contaminated environmental or waste related media.
- Identify potential threats to public health and the environment, act to elevate through division management.
- Plan and develop strategies for assisting responsible parties and hazardous waste facilities.
- 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
- OR4 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.
Agency Contact Name and Information
Erika Carleski
Unposting Date
Apr 27, 2026, 11:59:00 PM
Work Location
Ohio EPA Northeast District Of
Primary Location
United States of America-OHIO-Summit County-Twinsburg
Compensation
$30.55 - $44.74
Schedule
Full-time
Classified Indicator
Classified
Union
OCSEA
Technical Skills
Engineering, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Planning and Development, Public Relations, Facilities Maintenance & Inspection
Professional Skills
Customer Focus, Written Communication
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.
Salary : $31 - $45