Environmental Supervisor (20044580)

What We Need You To Do:

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to join our team as an environmental supervisor with the Division of Environmental Services (DES) at our Reynoldsburg laboratory.

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We're looking for an experienced and detail-oriented person to oversee DES programs for preparation and analysis of environmental parameters. You'll work closely with other divisions and agencies to establish and maintain protocols for inorganic sampling, analysis, and reporting to ensure DES meets federal and state compliance standards.

You'll supervise and direct a team of lab techs using sensitive, technical instrumentation for sample preparation and analysis. You'll interpret data and results to make sure they align with the division's Quality Management Plan, direct staff in analytical method research projects, and validate new data using established quality assurance protocols.

We'll count on you to plan for and maintain adequate staff, equipment, and chemical inventory to ensure the program is operating at peak efficiency. You'll conduct research using scientific literature, data and consultation with other environmental chemists, as well as provide technical assistance to colleagues with Ohio EPA, other government agencies, and the private sector.

Let's recap:

• Oversee lab programs that prepare and analyze environmental parameters.
• Supervise laboratory scientists running advanced instrumentation.
• Interpret analytical results, prepare reports, and maintain laboratory records.
• Review analytical data for compliance with DES's quality management plan and federal regulations.
• Direct staff in analytical method research and validate new data achieved using established quality assurance protocols.
• Maintain adequate staffing, supplies, and equipment for program success.

Sounds like a perfect opportunity to advance your career – apply 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

• 5 yrs. trg. or 5 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology &/or other comparable science field &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology (i.e., latter two subject areas pertain only to Department of Transportation) evaluating & approving complex engineering design plans, conducting most sensitive environmental surveillance activities &/or environmental pollution compliance monitoring inspections, investigating complex public health &/or environmental pollution problems, initiating complex enforcement actions, or assisting in planning, developing & maintaining specific environmental projects & programs; AND 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. as lead worker. Note: Training &/or experience must correspond to environmental area to be assigned. Positions in Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste program, excluding those in solid waste planning unit, also require valid Ohio certificate of registration as sanitarian or valid Ohio certificate as sanitarian-in-training.
• OR 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 2, 85862.
• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Job Skills:

Technical Skills:Environmental Services, Management, Public Relations, Interviewing, Planning and Development, Research

Professional Skills: Written Communication, Customer Focus

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: 8955 East Main Street, Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068

Division: Environmental Services

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 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.