What are the responsibilities and job description for the Environmental Health Specialist - Food Safety Inspector position at Allegheny County Health Department?
How To Apply
Applications are submitted online until the position is filled and/or the posting is closed. After reviewing this job announcement, please click on the link at the bottom of the page to apply online. A resume is required with the application. Further instructions on submission of documents are available in the online application. A resume may not be substituted for an application.
Position Summary
This is beginning level professional field work in environmental health. An employee in this class performs a variety of environmental health assignments in specialized fields such as residential environment, sanitation and environmental safety, water pollution control, solid waste control, vector control, food protection or lead poisoning prevention. Assignments are selected to provide experience and training in the practical application of the principles of environmental health. Supervision is received from Program Administrators or Supervisors who provide detailed instructions and guidance on new work; however, employees are expected to exercise independent judgment in carrying out assignments as experience is gained.
Overview
Fringe Benefits
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Ability to:
Veterans' Preference: Will be awarded to eligible candidates.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - M/F/V/D
Applications are submitted online until the position is filled and/or the posting is closed. After reviewing this job announcement, please click on the link at the bottom of the page to apply online. A resume is required with the application. Further instructions on submission of documents are available in the online application. A resume may not be substituted for an application.
Position Summary
This is beginning level professional field work in environmental health. An employee in this class performs a variety of environmental health assignments in specialized fields such as residential environment, sanitation and environmental safety, water pollution control, solid waste control, vector control, food protection or lead poisoning prevention. Assignments are selected to provide experience and training in the practical application of the principles of environmental health. Supervision is received from Program Administrators or Supervisors who provide detailed instructions and guidance on new work; however, employees are expected to exercise independent judgment in carrying out assignments as experience is gained.
Overview
Fringe Benefits
- Paid holidays, personal days, vacation and sick leave benefits, medical coverage and dental benefits, a retirement plan, life insurance and a deferred compensation plan after eligibility requirements have been met.
- Professional growth through training opportunities (CPR, First AID, Public Health Preparedness, Dignity and Respect, Points of Dispensing, and more); ability to advance in county system; job security; meaningfulness in daily work derived from public service; eligible for federal loan forgiveness; organizational commitment to ACHD’s mission to protect, promote, and preserve the health and well-being of all Allegheny County residents, particularly the most vulnerable.
- Conducts inspections of permitted facilities or in response to community complaints based on the applicable assigned ACHD program. Inspections are conducted to assure compliance with environmental health policies and regulations.
- Reviews permit applications and other related applications for facilities to ensure compliance with environmental health or safety principles and regulations.
- Performs routine field tests and collects samples for laboratory testing.
- Manages requests for service, maintains correspondence with complainants and relevant parties, and progresses cases in a timely manner.
- Investigates complaints, prepares reports of inspections and investigations and verbally communicates findings to the person-in-charge while in the field.
- Participate in legal proceedings resulting from inspections or investigations.
- Other duties as assigned related to and relevant to the mission of the ACHD program to which they are assigned.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry, bacteriology, biology, physics, and epidemiology.
- Knowledge of the basic statistical methods and techniques used in gathering and analyzing data.
- Knowledge of basic algebra.
- Knowledge of the principles of food protection, vector control, lead poisoning, sewage and water treatment, solid waste management, or housing improvement.
Ability to:
- Ability to use inductive and deductive reasoning.
- Ability to learn to recognize hazardous environmental conditions.
- Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely, in oral, written and graphic form.
- Ability to secure and analyze facts and to conduct inspections of hazardous environmental conditions.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates; government, professional and non- professional groups; and the general public.
- Sufficient physical stamina to conduct field investigations in rough terrain and/or under adverse environmental conditions, and availability to travel throughout the County as required by the agency.
- Ability to travel to and from work locations to carry out the responsibilities of the position.
- Ability to respond to emergencies.
Veterans' Preference: Will be awarded to eligible candidates.
AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER - M/F/V/D
