Environmental Specialist 2

Schedule: Full-time

What we need:

Ohio EPA Environmental Specialist

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 environmental specialist in the Division of Air Pollution Control (DAPC), working at our central office in Columbus.

You’re here. We’re here. Let’s go.

As Ohio EPA’s environmental specialist, you’ll coordinate the acquisition, evaluation, and processing of ambient air data by using the AirVision software application to help troubleshoot problems experienced by users to ensure data flow meets federal regulations.

You’ll coordinate maintaining any system administrator tables in the software that ensures accurate data transfers, functionality, and tracking. You’ll work with ITS and users of the AirVision system for issues that come up regarding the software’s functionality, as well as interfaces the software has with other systems or equipment including Data Loggers, Air Monitoring Instrumentation and Modems, and resolutions for all issues.

You will prepare air monitoring data summaries using Tableu, R, SQL, or other data analytics tools to synthesize large data sets, and you’ll prepare reports on monitor performance, monitoring data comparisons and air quality statistics – including the writing of an analysis of the data presented and producing various graphs and maps, including short and long term statistics, trends, and geographic trends.

Let’s recap.

· Coordinate acquisition, evaluation, and processing of ambient air quality by using AirVision.

· Coordinate maintaining system administrator tables to ensure accurate data transfers, functionality, and tracking.

· Prepare monitoring data summaries using Tableu, R, SQL, or other data analytics tools – synthesizing large data sets.

· Write analysis of data presented and produce various graphs and maps.

Let’s do this!

4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in position involving geology or hydrology, engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, environmental science &/or other comparable physical or health science field, earth science &/or urban & regional planning, 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 field.

-Or positions involved in providing financial, technical & administrative assistance for planning, design & implementation of environmental infrastructure & pollution abatement, & prevention projects, applicants must have completed undergraduate core coursework in business/public administration, public relations/marketing, political science or communications, or have 4 yrs. exp. in position involving public contact to explain policies, procedures & programs of agency, writing of promotional &/or explanatory publications & materials, budgeting, contract administration & working with others on team projects. Note: For all positions engaged in field work, applicants must be able to provide own transportation. New employees in EPA's solid waste program, excluding those in the solid waste planning unit, must obtain a sanitarian-in-training certificate during their probationary period.

-Or 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.

Job Skills: Environmental Services, Database Administration Professional Skills: Customer Focus, Attention to Detail, and Critical Thinker.