Senior Inspector

About the role

This position is within the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s Division of Environmental Health, Bureau of Veterinary and Pest Control Services. The Associate Public Health Sanitarian L-I ensures bureau operations and enforcement comply with mandated health codes, procedures, policies, and audit criteria related to resource deployment, inspectional practices, and extermination requirements. The role focuses on comprehensive rat control services on public and private properties, improving environmental conditions, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws, rules, and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Train and supervise Public Health Sanitarians on new procedures and job skills.
• Create indexing zones and routes and assign work to inspection staff.
• Review and approve inspectional reports submitted by inspection staff.
• Conduct quality assurance inspections to evaluate work performance of inspection staff.
• Assist inspectors with troubleshooting issues on tablets and system software.
• Respond via written reports and documentation to complaints from Community Boards, Legislators, and City Council Officials.
• Develop written reports summarizing work completed in high rat burden areas.
• Attend Community Board and community meetings in assigned areas and report on activities.
• Coordinate follow-up in assigned areas with the Senior Exterminating/Stoppage team.
• Organize and lead walk-throughs and Rat Academies in assigned areas.
• Coordinate follow-up with other City Agencies as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 30 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences (e.g., biology, botany, chemistry, geology, physics, physiology, zoology), of which not more than 12 credit hours may be in applied sciences (e.g., environmental technology, sanitation technology, medical technology, public health, infection control, food service), and at least two years of satisfactory full-time experience performing inspections to assure compliance with pertinent laws, rules, and regulations governing food, drugs, and general environmental conditions; or

An associate degree from an accredited college, with 15 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences (of which not more than 6 credit hours may be in applied sciences), and four years of satisfactory full-time experience as described above; or

Education and/or experience equivalent to the above. All candidates must have at least 60 semester credits from an accredited college, including at least 15 semester credits in the physical and/or biological sciences. Candidates must also have at least two years of experience as a public health sanitarian to comply with NYCRR Title 10 (Health) Section 11.112. For promotion to a supervisory level, candidates must have two years of experience as a public health sanitarian pursuant to NYCRR Title 10 (Health) Section 11.112.

Preferred Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Experience using database systems and Microsoft Office.
• Flexibility, adaptability, customer focus, and goal orientation with a commitment to high standards of excellence.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, strategic thinking, and quantitative/qualitative skills.

Benefits

• A premium-free health insurance plan that saves employees over $10,000 annually, per a 2024 assessment.
• Additional health, fitness, and financial benefits may be available based on the position’s associated union/benefit fund.
• A public sector defined benefit pension plan with steady monthly payments in retirement.
• A tax-deferred savings program.
• A robust Worksite Wellness Program that offers resources and opportunities to keep employees healthy while serving New Yorkers.