Environmental Health Specialist- Food Lodging & Institutions

Richmond County Health Department is recruiting for an Environmental Health Specialist.

Responsibilities

• Daily enforcement of State laws and rules pertaining primarily to food, lodging, institutions, childhood lead poisoning, childcare centers, tattoo establishments, and swimming pools.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of environmental health procedures, policies, statutes, and rules, as well as job-specific program areas.
• Considerable knowledge of public health law, microbiology, biology, chemistry, food science, epidemiology, soil science, and basic engineering technology as applied to environmental health practices.
• Working knowledge of the responsibilities of other agencies involved in environmental health work.
• Working knowledge of the interrelationship between socio-economic factors and environmental health concerns.
• Working knowledge of inspection methods and investigation techniques as applied in environmental health.
• Ability to analyze and comprehend a wide variety of technical and administrative regulations, records, and reports.
• Ability to exercise sound judgement and deal tactfully with a wide range of public contacts while enforcing public health laws and regulations.
• Ability to educate business and property owners and the consuming public in matters related to protecting and promoting public health.
• Ability to present formal environmental health training programs.
• Ability to develop and express ideas and opinions concisely, comprehensively, and clearly in oral and written form.
• Ability to independently plan and schedule work activities.
• Ability to apply environmental health standards, guidelines, statutes, rules, knowledge, and techniques in the investigation of environmental health problems.

Educational Requirements

Minimum education and experience requirements are:

• Graduation from a four-year college or university with 30 semester hours of course work in the physical or biological sciences and two years of experience in environmental health, or
• A four-year or Master’s degree in environmental health from a program accredited by the National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Curricula of the National Environmental Health Association and one year of experience in environmental health.

Physical Requirements

• Frequent exertion of up to 25 pounds of force and occasional exertion of up to 100 pounds of force.
• Regularly requires standing and walking.
• Frequently requires speaking or hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, pushing or pulling, and repetitive motions.
• Occasionally requires sitting, climbing or balancing, tasting or smelling, and lifting.
• Requires close vision, distance vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night vision, and peripheral vision.
• Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound.
• Requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment, and observing general surroundings and activities.
• Regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions.
• Frequently requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold (non-weather), and extreme heat (non-weather).
• Occasionally requires wet, humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, exposure to the risk of electrical shock, wearing a self-contained breathing apparatus, exposure to bloodborne pathogens, and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment and encounter snakes and ticks.
• Work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g., business office, light traffic).

Supplemental Information

• Must be registered or eligible to be registered as an Environmental Health Specialist with the N.C. State Board of Registered Environmental Health Examiners.
• All interns must obtain NC Environmental Health Specialist certification within three years of hire.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license in the State of North Carolina.

Pay

Salary based on experience.