What We Need:

Ohio EPA Summer Intern – Division of Materials and Waste Management **This posting is hiring for multiple positions within the division.

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 intern in the Division of Materials and Waste Management (DMWM) at one of our many locations throughout the State of Ohio.

Essentials. Let's talk about 'em:

As a college intern, you'll receive training and orientation on all aspects of our materials and waste management program and assist the technical staff with a variety of program duties. We have multiple positions to choose from:

Scrap Tire Intern

• Provide education and outreach to scrap tire generating businesses on the proper management of scrap tires in an effort to reduce theft, open dumping, and illegal transportation of scrap tires.

• Identify scrap tire generating businesses for assigned geographical areas and performs site visits to share resources and information with business representatives.
• Coordinate and support scrap tire collection days across the state to provide greater access to Ohioans to recycle scrap tires, leading to fewer unlawfully dumped tires.

• Support the division’s duties and receives training in multiple aspects of office and field activities involved in the solid waste and construction & demolition debris programs.

  Engineering Intern

• Support the division's duties and receive training in multiple aspects of office and field activities involved in the solid waste and construction & demolition debris program.
• Perform data entry and review of 20 years of interface shear strength data from Ohio solid waste landfills to ensure testing requirements provide appropriate stability.
• Assist in ground water sampling and gas sampling, as needed.
• Coordinate and support scrap tire collection days across the state to provide greater access to Ohioans to recycle scrap tires, leading to fewer unlawfully dumped tires.

Planning Intern

• Coordinate and support scrap tire collection days across the state to provide greater access to Ohioans to recycle scrap tires, leading to fewer unlawfully dumped tires.
• Assist in development of Ohio’s solid waste management plan by collecting and evaluating data to inform waste reduction strategies.
• Assist in the development of Ohio’s comprehensive organics management plan by collecting and evaluating data to information organics recovery strategies, including composting, anaerobic digestion, and food rescue.
• Support the division’s duties and receive training in multiple aspects of office and field activities involved in the solid waste and construction & demolition debris programs.

Ready to level up your experience? Apply today, and let's talk.

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.

• Must be currently enrolled in a college degree program directly related to the position or have recently graduated within the quarter/semester immediately preceding the start date.
• Major area of study: Environmental Science, Water Resources, Chemistry or Engineering (Environmental, Civil, Chemical) or relevant field of study.
• Knowledge of safety practices, public relations, Agency policies and procedures and permits as applicable.
• Skills in computers (word processing and database work)

Job Skills: Environmental Services, Data Entry, Program Management, Organizing and Planning, Written Communication, Public Speaking, Customer Focus

DIVISION: Materials and Waste Management

LOCATION: TBD on selection

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.

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.

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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.