Environment Health Specialist I

DHRM • Virginia Beach, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Become part of a dynamic Environmental Health team and make a difference in the community! The Virginia Beach Health Department is recruiting for an Environmental Health to perform environmental health duties at the entry level as a trainee. Employees are typically new hires in formal and on-the-job training in one or more areas such as food sanitation, on-site soils evaluation, private well inspection, rabies abatement, communicable disease investigation, and migrant labor camp inspection, classification of shellfish growing areas and investigation of general environmental complaints. You will acquire hands-on experience in Public Health and play an active role in implementing meaningful initiatives to improve the environment.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of biology, epidemiology, chemistry, mathematics, and statistics.
• Ability to interpret complex federal, state and local environmental health policies, regulations, and laws.
• Skill in communication, both oral and written; ability to deal with the public and resolve conflict in a regulatory setting.
• Experience preparing thorough documentation and reports of regulatory activities.
• Skill as an educator/trainer of environmental health principles.
• Ability to interpret and enforce laws and regulations governing environmental health programs.
• Ability to analyze information and make recommendations; to receive, understand and perform tasks as instructed by supervisor; to perform physically demanding tasks.
• Must be DPOR licensed master alternative onsite soil evaluator or master conventional onsite soil evaluator, VDH standardized in food or National Shellfish Sanitation Program State Standardized Inspector to qualify as EHS Senior.
• A valid State Driver's License is required to operate a state vehicle or if operating a personal vehicle while conducting business on behalf of the agency.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in environmental health, such as experience gained as an Environmental Health Associate.

Responsibilities

• Assures that all elements of program are conducted according to VDH regulations, state and local policies.
• Implements/promotes quality assurance plans by complying with all applicable agency standards established by regulation and policy.
• Responds to reports using epidemiological research (interviews, case histories, sample collection), on-site evaluation, field testing, interpretation of laboratory results.
• Performs Food related field duties, as required, to ensure state and local mandates are met; records, submits and updates establishment profile and risk data; issues permits and monitors permit status; conducts plan reviews for new and existing facilities.
• Protects public health from disease transmission and groundwater pollution associated with raw or partially treated sewage by ensuring the proper location, evaluation, design and construction, and operation and maintenance of Sewage Disposal Systems and Private Wells.
• Prevents human illness and disease transmission from rabies; understands the virus; comprehends and implements the Virginia Guidelines for Rabies Prevention and Control and all other applicable laws, regulations and policies.
• Monitors swimming pools, child and adult care facilities, hotels and motels and migrant labor camps.
• Documents observations and corrective actions on the appropriate inspection report.
• Conducts EH sanitary inspections upon request.
• Conducts general environmental complaint investigations for assigned program area(s) with follow-up enforcement action taken when necessary.
• Responds to environmental complaints to include but not limited to rodents, insects and general environmental concerns.
• Achieves resolution of complaints within reasonable timeframe.

Benefits

• 12 paid holidays
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life insurance
• optional flexible spending accounts
• disability (short and long)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Public Student Loan Forgiveness
• retirement plans (including 401(a) Cash Match and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan)
• sick leave
• family/personal leave
• annual leave
• parental leave
• military leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed