What We Need:

Environmental Manager

What We Do:

At Ohio EPA, 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:

Ohio EPA wants you to join our team as an environmental manager with the Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC) at our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio.

Are you ready to lead efforts ensuring clean air across our state?

We're looking for a person who’s results-focused to manage DAPC’s permit review and development section, which is a team of skilled specialists that evaluate and write air pollution permits to ensure compliance with state and federal air pollution regulations.

Solid communication and planning skills are essential as you organize daily workflow and activities, set section goals, and monitor progress to achieving those goals. You’ll design and deliver training to make sure staff have adequate subject knowledge and handle employee development, performance reviews, and hiring.

You’ll coordinate complex projects, facilitate internal and external working groups, and assist district offices, local air agencies, permittees, the public, and government officials with permit-related questions and issues. You’ll organize responses to inquiries and appeal resolutions and provide testimony on appeals as needed.

You’ll visit unique facilities throughout the state to observe and troubleshoot permitting issues, assist with review of air policies, rules and legislation, and expand your knowledge base to become a trusted technical expert.

Let’s talk main points:

· Manage DAPC’s permit review and development section.

· Coordinate with internal and external parties on complex permitting actions.

· Facilitate staff development and training.

· Initiate review of DAPC policies, rules, and standards.

· Develop expertise on DAPC permits with federal and state rules.

Apply today to help shape our state’s clean air future!

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.

• ENGINEERING OR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE PREFERRED

• 6 yrs. trg. or 6 yrs. exp. in position involving engineering or chemistry, physics, biology &/or comparable science field &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology which included responsibility for developing, coordinating & implementing programs for specific environmental area (e.g., air pollution; water pollution; solid/hazardous waste planning; AND ecological impact assessment; water quality monitoring & assessment; ground water or laboratory services); AND 6 mos. trg. or 6 mos. exp. as lead worker or supervisor or in administrative capacity. Note: Training &/or experience must correspond to environmental area to be assigned. Positions in Environmental Protection Agency's solid waste program, excluding positions 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. as Environmental Supervisor, 85865.

• OR equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Environmental Services, Engineering, Management, Training, Public Relations, Law, Equipment Operations, Interviewing, Planning and Development, Developing Others, Presenting, Organizing and Planning, Customer Focus

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: TBD on candidate selection

Division: Air Pollution Control

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.

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.

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.