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Environmental Specialist 2 (20047823, 20047827)

Ohio EPA · Columbus, OH · 1 mo ago
OTHR$31.47–$46.08/hrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule only if content exists. The posting includes description of duties (responsibilities), qualifications (education/experience), skills (job skills, technical skills, professional skills). Pay: compensation $31.47 - $46.08. Schedule: Full-time. Benefits not mentioned. So we should include About the role (maybe a brief intro), Responsibilities (list), Requirements (maybe combine qualifications?), Qualifications (maybe separate?), Skills (list), Pay, Schedule. Must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must not include boilerplate like Agency Overview etc? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Agency Overview maybe not boilerplate but it's generic description; could be considered boilerplate? It says "Agency Overview What We Need: Environmental Specialist 2 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." That's somewhat generic but still part of posting. Might be considered boilerplate? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Agency Overview not explicitly listed, but could be considered boilerplate? It's not legal/EEO. Might keep as part of About the role? But we already have About the role maybe summarizing. We need to preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include the agency overview content if it's substantive. However we can incorporate into About the role section. We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". The posting includes "Training & experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned." That's filler; we should not include that as a separate bullet if it's just that phrase. But we can incorporate within qualifications maybe but we should avoid just that phrase alone. Better to omit that sentence. Also "ALL APPLICANTS SHALL HAVE A VALID DRIVERS LICENSE AND BE WILLING TO ATTEND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OUTSIDE NORMAL WORK HOURS AS NEEDED." That's a requirement. We need to list responsibilities as bullet list under
  • . Similarly for qualifications maybe list. We need to use

    for section headings. We must not repeat job title as heading. We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. We need to output only HTML fragment. Let's extract content: About the role: The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency wants you to be our newest environmental specialist in the Division of Surface Water (DSW) at our Central Office in downtown Columbus, Ohio. In your new role, you will write, review, and process individual NPDES permits including appropriate limitations, monitoring requirements, and compliance schedules – and you will review and respond to reports required by permits while ensuring consistency with state and federal laws, regulations, and policies. You are going to develop guidance, rules, and procedures, as well as technical assistance, to agency personnel and the regulated community regarding the NPDES program. You will review agency work products, making sure to follow all compliance rules and laws. As environmental specialist, you will evaluate technical reports and specifications of treatment facilities and technologies. You are going to conduct training and assist in the development of training manuals. You will submit monthly activity reports, budgets, and program proposals. You will write and review Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) permits and coordinate with the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) regarding CAFO-related issues. That's a lot; we can keep as prose

    . Responsibilities: The recap list: Write, review, and process NPDES permits. Respond to reports required by permits while ensuring compliance with state and federal laws. Develop guidance, rules, procedures to agency personnel and the regulated community. Evaluate technical reports and specifications of treatment facilities and technology. Write and review CAFO permits and coordinate with ODA on related issues. We could also include other duties like conduct training, submit monthly reports etc. But those are already in About the role. To avoid duplication, we could keep About the role as prose and Responsibilities as bullet list of the recap. Requirements: Valid driver's license, willingness to attend public engagement outside normal hours as needed. Also maybe "ENGINEERING PREFERRED 12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861. OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in a position involving engineering (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical). OR baccalaureate degree in engineering (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical)." Also "Training & experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned." (skip). Also "Job Skills: Environmental Services, Public Relations, Law, Equipment Operations, Training, Technical Writing, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Reasoning, Customer Focus". Also "Technical Skills Technical Writing, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Training, Law". Also "Professional Skills Customer Focus, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication". Might be overlapping. We need to decide sections: Qualifications (education/experience), Skills (job/technical/professional). Requirements maybe license and willingness. Let's structure:

    About the role

    ... (the paragraph)

    Responsibilities

    • Write, review, and process NPDES permits.
    • Respond to reports required by permits while ensuring compliance with state and federal laws.
    • Develop guidance, rules, procedures to agency personnel and the regulated community.
    • Evaluate technical reports and specifications of treatment facilities and technology.
    • Write and review CAFO permits and coordinate with ODA on related issues.

    Requirements

    • Valid driver's license.
    • Willingness to attend public engagement outside normal work hours as needed.

    Qualifications

    • 12 months experience as Environmental Specialist 1 (preferred) OR
    • 4 years of training or experience in an engineering position (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical) OR
    • Baccalaureate degree in engineering (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical).

    Skills

    • Environmental Services
    • Public Relations
    • Law
    • Equipment Operations
    • Training
    • Technical Writing
    • Verbal Communication
    • Written Communication
    • Reasoning
    • Customer Focus

    Pay

    $31.47 - $46.08 per hour

    Schedule

    Full-time

    We should not include Benefits section as not mentioned. Check for duplication: Skills list includes many items; also technical skills and professional skills overlapped but we combined. We need to ensure we didn't include boilerplate like "Agency Overview". We omitted. Check for any leftover filler like "commensurate with duties". Not included. Check for duplicated lines: We didn't repeat. Check for minor metadata: Agency Contact Name and Information Erika Carleski Unposting Date Oct 5, 2026, 11:59:00 PM Work Location Lazarus Government Center Primary Location United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus Compensation $31.47 - $46.08 Schedule Full-time Classified Indicator Classified Union OCSEA Technical Skills Technical Writing, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Training, Law Professional Skills Customer Focus, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication Agency Overview What We Need: Environmental Specialist 2 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. We omitted contact info, unposting date, work location, classified indicator, union, etc. Those are minor metadata; instruction says do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short

    or drop it. So we could drop them. It's okay to drop. We kept compensation and schedule. We should ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: The description about writing/reviewing NPDES permits, CAFO permits, developing guidance, evaluating technical reports, conducting training, submitting monthly activity reports, budgets, program proposals. Those are in About the role paragraph. Good. We didn't include "submit monthly activity reports, budgets, and program proposals" explicitly in responsibilities but it's in About the role. That's fine. We didn't include "conduct training and assist in the development of training manuals" but it's in About the role. We didn't include "review agency work products, making sure to follow all compliance rules and laws." That's in About the role. We didn't include "You are going to develop guidance, rules, and procedures, as well as technical assistance, to agency personnel and the regulated community regarding the NPDES program." That's in About the role. We didn't include "As environmental specialist, you will evaluate technical reports and specifications of treatment facilities and technologies." That's in About the role. We didn't include "You are going to conduct training and assist in the development of training manuals." That's in About the role. We didn't include "You will submit monthly activity reports, budgets, and program proposals." That's in About the role. We didn't include "You will write and review Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) permits and coordinate with the Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) regarding CAFO-related issues." That's in About the role. Thus About the role covers all. Now ensure we didn't inadvertently include any boilerplate like "ENGINEERING PREFERRED". We included that as part of qualifications bullet. Check for "ENGINEERING PREFERRED12 mos. exp. as Environmental Specialist 1, 85861." We captured as "12 months experience as Environmental Specialist 1 (preferred)". Good. We omitted the code "85861" maybe it's a job code; minor metadata; we can drop. We omitted "OR 4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in a position involving engineering (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical)." We captured as "4 years of training or experience in an engineering position (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical)". Good. We omitted "OR baccalaureate degree in engineering (Sanitary, Geotechnical, Civil, Environmental, Agricultural or Chemical)." captured. We omitted "Training & experience must be commensurate with duties to be assigned." (skip). We omitted "Job Skills: Environmental Services, Public Relations, Law, Equipment Operations, Training, Technical Writing, Verbal Communication, Written Communication, Reasoning, Customer Focus" we captured in Skills. We omitted "Technical Skills Technical Writing, Environmental Services, Equipment Operations, Public Relations, Training, Law" overlapped. We omitted "Professional Skills Customer Focus, Reasoning, Verbal Communication, Written Communication" overlapped. We omitted "Agency Contact Name and Information Erika Carleski Unposting Date Oct 5, 2026, 11:59:00 PM Work Location Lazarus Government Center Primary Location United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus" dropped. We omitted "Compensation $31.47 - $46.08 Schedule Full-time Classified Indicator Classified Union OCSEA" we used compensation and schedule. We omitted "Technical Skills Technical Writing, Environmental

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