Environmental Specialist 2, PN 20061721
Who We Are:
The Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) oversees building and maintaining the nation’s 5 th largest interstate system and the 2 nd largest number of bridges. We take pride in providing safe and efficient roadways for the people of Ohio and to the people traveling within our great state. And in order to achieve that, we do A LOT! From Planning, Engineering, Construction to Law, HR, Communications, IT and everything in between, ODOT has a career for just about everyone. ODOTers are hardworking, passionate, and dedicated to public service. We strive to achieve our agency’s vision every day: To be a long term, reliable, professional, and highly productive organization.
ODOT’s Mission Statement:
To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.
What You Will Do:
- Research technical documentation and prepare environmental documents.
- Provide policy and regulatory guidance to District personnel and local agencies.
- Gather and document technical data in the field.
- Provide guidance and support for District and local public involvement activities.
Who we are looking for:
- Excellent organizational skills.
- An eye for detail.
- Able to work with and build professional relationships with others.
Benefits to you:
-Extensive benefits including medical, vision, dental and basic life insurance
-11 paid holidays per year
-Paid time off with vacation, sick and personal leave accruals
-At least a 14% employer contribution in to your OPERS pension plan
-Pay increases pursuant to the OCSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement
-Employee Tuition reimbursement programs
-Work/Life Balance
-The opportunity to work on an important mission
Official Position Description:
To provide a transportation system that is safe, accessible, well maintained, and positioned for the future.
Under direction of the Environmental Supervisor, obtains environmental clearance for transportation projects. Responsible for the development and coordination of environmental related reports. Provides technical assistance and investigation for other district departments, cities, counties and outside agencies (e.g., city engineers and planners, scientists and general public) to assure adherence and compliance to state and federal laws, policies and regulations.
Research sources and prepares in-house environmental documents; reviews and evaluates environmental documents from consultants, counties, cities and villages in areas of hazardous waste, endangered species, wetlands, water quality, air quality, biological assessments, environmental impact statements, environmental assessments, categorical exclusions 4 (f), 6(f), and 106 documents.
Provides technical assistance and direction in documentation and compilation of data obtained from field survey work, related to specific project (e.g., noise studies, analysis of stream data, preliminary site assessments, farmland impact assessments and endangered species habitat determinations. Provides environmental documentation for property and excess right of way disposal and evacuation.
Prepare correspondence; develops program status reports, time estimates for completing environmental requirements and cost estimates for completing environmental phases of projects. Represents district on environmental matters at meetings with the public, other agencies and/or interdepartmental. Performs other related duties as assigned by supervisor.
Qualifications
12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861.
-Or 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, &/or mathematics &/or history &/or archaeology (i.e., latter two subject areas pertain only to positions in departments of transportation & natural resources) which included responsibility for conducting compliance monitoring surveys &/or inspections/reviews or investigations, or review of permit applications relative to oil & gas well operations or injection, annular disposal & saltwater injection wells & enhanced recovery projects or coal mining, or solid/hazardous waste sites or industrial & municipal wastewater dischargers, or conducting of historical &/or archaeological research or other research studies to evaluate impact of proposed transportation projects on historic properties or cultural resources, or collecting, compiling & preparing various environmental assessments, evaluations, reports & related documents. training & 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 mathematics or history or archaeology (i.e., latter two subject areas pertain only to positions in departments of transportation & natural resources) with education to be commensurate with duties to be assigned.
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 equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above.