Polk EHS 1 , 2, or 3

Job Responsibilities

• Assists in performing inspections, interviews, and technical reviews for an environmental health program in a public health department.
• Assists in investigating complaints and recommending enforcement action as necessary.
• Assists with preparation sampling plans and collecting samples in accordance with established procedures.
• Conducts on-site inspections at assigned facilities to determine compliance with environmental health codes in accordance with established procedures.
• Performs follow-up inspections as required to monitor correction of non-compliance deficiencies in accordance with established procedures.
• Informs facility officials of inspection results and any corrective measures needed for achieving compliance in a timely manner.
• Conducts investigations into possible causes of illnesses based on accepted public health procedures and completes applicable reports in a timely manner.
• Calibrates equipment as necessary.
• Notifies supervisor immediately when imminent health hazards are found.
• Learns to interpret regulatory issues, technical Issues, and analytical data to document compliance.
• Reviews permit applications; drafts, modifies and issues permits in accordance with established procedures.
• Reviews field implementation of plans to ensure compliance with the environmental health laws, rules and regulations in accordance with established procedures.
• Assists in the completion of permit applications and other correspondences as needed.
• Conducts field evaluations according to established procedures.
• Learns to investigate complaints, provides environmental education and technical assistance.
• Responds to complaints and requests for service from the public in a professional and courteous and timely manner.
• Notifies the complainant of investigation results in a timely manner.
• Promptly refers individuals to other appropriate agencies or resources for problem solutions.
• Learns to perform inspections, interviews, technical reviews and recommends enforcement actions as needed.
• Gathers evidence and initiates appropriate enforcement action to bring a non-compliance facility/property into compliance in an expeditious manner.
• Participates in negotiations with the regulated community to resolve non-compliance issues as required.
• Maintains 24-hour capability of responding to environmental health emergencies.
• Maintains and performs timely updates to emergency response plans.
• Utilizes assessment models to determine potential risk and makes protective action recommendations.
• Reports and documents immediately any exposures to hazardous and unsafe conditions.
• Provides information to the public, regulated community, and enforcement officers regarding the environmental laws and regulations.
• Assists with data collection and evaluation according to established procedures.
• Performs injury prevention activities in accordance with acceptable health and safety practices.
• Maintains and assesses progress and acceptability of programs according to established procedures.
• Completes required forms and reports according to local protocols and standards of promptness.
• Manages equipment and supply inventories to conduct monitoring and analytical procedures as needed.
• Aids in generating periodic statistical reports used to evaluate program's effectiveness and determine the performance of individual facilities.
• Aids in managing multiple data bases and prepares information or special reports as requested by the federal, state and local government or other interested parties.
• Prepares and issues compliance letters and other general correspondence as required.
• Reviews permit requirements and regulations in order to ensure compliance with state and federal environmental laws.
• Participates in unit, agency and state meetings as required to maintain knowledge of environmental health programs.
• Reads, interprets, communicates and applies information disseminated from policy directives.
• Reads and evaluates professional literature as appropriate to maintain current knowledge of environmental health issues.
• Incorporates knowledge of pertinent new trends and developments into the performance of other responsibilities.
• Participates in professional development training to stay current with technologies and environmental health laws and regulations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which includes the completion of 27 semester or 40 quarter hours in laboratory sciences (e.g., chemistry, biology, geology, physics, etc.).