FOOD SAFETY SPECIALIST III - HALAWA VALLEY, OAHU

About the role

Food Safety Specialists promote, protect, and maintain a healthy and safe environment for the public through inspection, education, and enforcement activities.

Responsibilities

• Identify, mitigate, and prevent disease transmission through improperly prepared foods, contaminated waters, and adulteration/misbranding of foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
• Perform inspections, investigations, education, and enforcement activities in an assigned geographic or defined specialty work area.
• Apply principles, practices, and objectives of environmental health programs; interpret and apply laws, regulations, and standards.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor's degree in a physical or biological science.
• One-and-one-half (1-1/2) years professional inspectional or investigational work experience involved in interpreting and applying public health laws, regulations, and standards.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of bacteriology, chemistry, physics, vector control methods, and social sciences.
• Tact in enforcing and interpreting sanitation laws, rules, and regulations.

Skills

• Comprehensive knowledge of sanitation sciences.
• Thorough understanding of relevant regulations and laws.
• Ability to apply principles and practices of environmental health programs.

Benefits

• Paid holidays (13 per year, 14 during election years).
• Vacation leave (21 days per year).
• Sick leave (21 days per year).
• Health insurance (State pays part of premiums).
• Group life insurance (free policy).
• Retirement plan (State contributes to plan).
• Premium conversion plan (increases take-home pay).
• Flexible spending accounts (tax savings benefit).
• Transportation benefits (pre-tax deductions).
• Deferred compensation (voluntary pre-tax retirement savings plan).
• Temporary disability insurance (for non-work-related injuries or illnesses).
• Travel expenses (may be reimbursed for business-related travel).

Pay

$5,107 to $6,221 per month (SR-20, Step D to I)

Schedule

Continuous recruitment may be closed at any time. Applications should be submitted via the State of Hawaii's Civil Service Job Opportunities Listing page.