Environmental Manager

Environmental Manager

Organization: Environmental Protection Agency

Work Location: Lazarus Government Center Lazarus Government Center Box 1049 Columbus 43216-1049

Primary Location: United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus Compensation: $40.40 - $57.67

Schedule: Full-time Classified Indicator: Classified Union: Exempt from Union

Primary Job Skill: Environmental Services Technical Skills: Clerical & Data Entry, Engineering, Equipment Operations, Management, Public Relations, Law Professional Skills: Customer Focus, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communication

Agency Overview Who We Are: We're the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, a regulatory organization that's committed to protecting the environment and public health by ensuring compliance with federal and state laws. What We're Looking For: Environmental Manager

Job Description

Where We Need You: Ohio EPA wants you to serve in this key role in the Division of Surface Water (DSW) in our Central Office in Columbus, Ohio. Why This Is Important: Ohio EPA seeks an adept and mission-driven individual to help manage our water quality protection programs across the state. Looking for a place to help protect Ohio's wetlands and waterways? You've found it. In this role you'll oversee reviews of 401 Water Quality Certifications, Isolated wetland and stream permits, exemptions, and nationwide permits. You'll guide wetland mitigation projects from start to finish, including tracking progress, conducting site visits and inspections, handling legal and compliance correspondence, and coordinating enforcement activities. To achieve program and division success, you'll direct and support a team of environmental specialists and ensure they have the proper training, skills, and resources. You'll also coordinate compliance and permitting activities with federal and state agencies and commissions to accomplish agency goals. You'll analyze water quality rules and changes and collaborate with the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and other partners to develop effective nationwide and regional water quality permits, policies, and regulations. As a subject expert, you'll provide technical assistance and outreach on water quality topics to the public, governments, and the regulated community. Let's recap your main responsibilities: Manage review of water quality certifications and wetland permits. Coordinate compliance and permitting activities with federal and state agencies, industry, and stakeholder groups. Oversee and track wetland mitigation projects. Collaborate with federal and state partners on policy development and regulatory changes. Direct and support program staff development, effectiveness and training.

Qualifications

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; 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, Public Relations, Law, Equipment Operations, Clerical & Data Entry, Leading Others, Reasoning, Verbal Communications, 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: 50 West Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, Ohio 43215 Division: Surface Water 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.