Registered Environmental Health Specialist In Training

This position involves technical work enforcing the City’s public health and nuisance ordinances. The work is performed under the general direction and supervision of the City’s Senior Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS). While an employee in this class does not supervise the work of others, the nature of the work performed requires that an employee in this class establish and maintain close cooperative working relationships with other city departments and the general public.

• Conducts inspections and makes required follow-up actions to enforce the State of Ohio Food Safety Code Chapter 3717-1 of the Ohio Administrative Code, including implementation of hazard analysis critical control points as required;
• Evaluates food service operations and retail food establishments into risk categories and discusses the evaluations and implications of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) rules with each owner and/or operator;
• Conducts inspections of food service operations and retail food establishments to ensure safe handling of foods and educates operators on safe handling practices and food recalls in progress;
• Conducts temporary food service operation and retail food establishment inspections during festivals and other special events to reduce the number of food borne illness outbreaks and other hazards to the public health;
• Investigates food borne illness outbreaks and issues appropriate public warnings;
• Makes annual environmental inspections and assessments of jails and lock-up facilities and communicates with the County Sheriff concerning adequate means which can be taken with regard to needed or required improvements;
• Educates property owners and industrial complex managers in the proper use and storage of any items and or equipment that might attract mosquitoes and/or rodents;
• Enforces rabies control program;
• Administers and enforces state laws pertaining to recreational vehicle and camping facilities;
• Conducts swimming pool, spa and special use pool inspections and consults with swimming pool, spa and special use pool owners and/or operators to assure good operation and to minimize the potential for disease transmission;
• Educates body art operators concerning the code and related health risks associated with such equipment;
• Conducts inspections and makes enforcement for all State Mandated Environmental Programs including school environments, private water systems, sewage treatment systems, gray water recycling systems, solid waste, smoking complaints, etc.
• Implements the City’s health and nuisance ordinances and codes as needed;
• Participates in work related to the health department’s accreditation program, including but not limited to the community health assessment and the community health improvement plan as directed;
• Participates in emergency preparedness planning as directed;
• Attends meetings, conferences and workshops as requested and authorized;
• Performs related work as required.

• Knowledge of the Ohio Food Safety Code 3717-1 and related Ohio Revised Code and Ohio Administrative Rules as issued by the Ohio Department of Health and the Ohio Department of Agriculture including standards for the construction and operation of food service operations and retail food operations;
• Highly organized individual and capable of managing complex workload with a variety of State and Local Health rules and regulations;
• Knowledge of all other public health, safety and nuisance laws, rules and regulations issued by federal and state agencies and the City;
• Knowledge of federal and state environmental laws, rules and regulations;
• Knowledge of chemistry and bacteriology;
• Skill in the identification and assessment of public health and safety risks and ability to take decisive actions as necessary to protect the public health and safety;
• Ability to communicate well with property owners, business owners, architects, contractors, subcontractors, public officials and the general public to secure compliance with appropriate public health and safety codes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations;
• Ability to prepare accurate and reliable reports containing findings, conclusions and recommendations;
• Ability to operate a personal computer using standard word processing, spreadsheet and database applications appropriate to assigned duties;
• Ability to communicate well with others both orally and in writing, using both technical and non-technical language;
• Ability to use logical thought processes to develop solutions according to written specifications and oral instructions;
• Ability to perform a wide variety of difficult technical tasks with accuracy and speed under the pressure of time-sensitive deadlines;
• Ability to quickly learn and put to use new skills and knowledge brought about by rapidly changing information; 
• Ability to be self-motivated to plan, organize and complete work accurately and on time with little direct supervision:
• Ingenuity and inventiveness in the performance of assigned tasks.

Minimum Qualifications 

• Must be a Registered Environmental Health Specialist in Training (REHSIT) licensed in the State of Ohio; and 
• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in a  natural science or related field or have 30 semester hours of science or math coursework in your Bachelor of Science degree (science may be from biology, chemistry, physics, botany, geology or microbiology); and
• Possession of a valid Driver's License. (Will be verified for finalists)

Preferred Qualifications 

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science. 

Salary : $51,397 - $65,998