ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATOR-HLTH - 64027468

State of Florida • Miami Gardens, FL

1d • $113,000 - $118,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for the management and implementation of comprehensive environmental public health and engineering regulatory programs. The role involves direct supervision of staff, including environmental specialists, engineers, inspectors, and administrative staff. The incumbent will manage programs such as Florida Safe Drinking Public Water Systems, Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems, investigate drinking water well contamination, conduct Environmental Health Risk Assessments and Health Risk Communications, oversee Air Quality, Biomedical waste and Body Arts Programs, Food Hygiene and Group Care Facilities, Mobile Home Parks, Migrant Camps and Residential Facilities, Florida Healthy Beaches and Public Notification program, Sanitary Nuisance Inspections and Complaint Investigations, Epidemiological Investigations, and Emergency Preparedness and Response. The position serves as a member of the DOH-Miami-Dade Senior Leadership Team and acts for the DOH-Miami-Dade Health Officer/Administrator when needed. The role requires independent judgment, initiative, and the application of general knowledge of business practices. The incumbent will represent the Department in environmental matters before various governmental bodies, prepare technical data, participate in meetings with other agencies and engineers, and review complex permit applications. The position also involves implementing programs for the protection of food, air, and water quality, preparing study outlines for monitoring programs, and editing final reports. Additionally, the role includes supervising the preparation of managerial and financial documents, performing site visits, leading investigations, reviewing reports, and meeting with higher-level management on programmatic and operational issues. The incumbent will also lead efforts in Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and work with municipalities on community land use and health policy principles. Toxicology oversight and coordination with DOH Toxicologists for health risk assessments are also key responsibilities, including communicating these assessments to the community. The role involves reviewing and approving permits for public drinking water systems, certifying completed drinking water projects, responding to sewage spills, reviewing beach water quality data, and providing oversight for the OSTDS and public swimming pools programs.

Requirements

• Valid driver’s license
• Access to a reliable vehicle to use for work purposes
• Three years of working experience in environmental health, regulatory inspections, environmental compliance, environmental risk assessments, or related areas
• Public speaking experience
• Three years of supervisory or team-lead experience
• Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology.
• Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
• Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Communicating effectively in writing is appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• Must be able to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English.

Nice To Haves

• Licensed professional engineer in Florida (required for administering public drinking water programs in Florida)

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff, including communicating with, motivating, training, and evaluating employees.
• Plan and direct employees' work, with the authority to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward, or discipline subordinate employees or effectively recommend such action.
• Develop performance expectations, meet with staff regularly to discuss performance, complete performance reviews, maintain vacation and work schedules, ensuring proper coverage, and complete timesheets.
• Administer and manage the implementation of comprehensive environmental public health and engineering regulatory programs.
• Manage and implement Florida Safe Drinking Public Water Systems.
• Manage and implement Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems.
• Investigate drinking water wells contaminated due to releases from Gasoline Stations and Dry Cleaning facilities.
• Manage Environmental Health Risk Assessments and Health Risk Communications.
• Manage Air Quality programs.
• Manage Biomedical waste and Body Arts Programs.
• Manage Food Hygiene and Group Care Facilities.
• Manage Mobile Home Parks, Migrant Camps and Residential Facilities.
• Manage Florida Healthy Beaches and Public Notification program.
• Manage Sanitary Nuisance Inspections and Complaint Investigations.
• Manage Epidemiological Investigations.
• Manage Emergency Preparedness and Response.
• Serve as a member of the DOH-Miami-Dade Senior Leadership Team.
• Act for the DOH-Miami-Dade Health Officer/Administrator when needed.
• Administer public drinking water programs in Florida, including engineering permitting, compliance, and enforcement.
• Represent the Department in Environmental matters before the County Commission, the Environmental Control Hearing Board, the Environmental Regulation Commission, and other similar federal, state, county and municipal bodies.
• Prepare supporting technical data for use in the county in environmental engineering and environmental public health matters.
• Participate in meetings and conferences with other agencies and consulting engineers relating to the construction/operation of systems/facilities.
• Provide professional guidance regarding the design and functional performance of equipment and systems.
• Participate in the review of construction/operation permit applications for projects of a complex or controversial nature including proposed air pollution sources, sanitary landfills, solid waste resource/recovery operations and septage treatment/disposal facilities and responsible for final agency action.
• Implement a program for the protection of food, air, and surface and groundwater quality.
• Prepare study outlines and objectives for monitoring programs and environmental surveys to assess the effects of pollution discharges on water quality and the impact on public health, beneficial uses and aquatic environment, edit final reports on findings and recommendations.
• Lead, manage, and supervise all staff in those programs including env. Spec., env. Eng., inspectors, admin. Staff, program mgrs., and supervisors, professional engineer(s).
• Supervise a staff of environmental health professionals, engineers in the management and enforcement of environmental public health and engineering programs.
• Participate in the planning functions including formulation, implementation and evaluation of programs and services.
• Participate in the review of construction/operation permit applications for projects of a complex or controversial nature including proposed well-fields, water treatment plants and storage facilities and onsite septic treatment/disposal facilities and responsible for final agency action.
• Implement a county wide beach monitoring program.
• Supervise the preparation and submission of managerial and financial documents such as federal grant applications, the annual budget and capital equipment purchases.
• Perform Site visits and do analysis of specific problems or concerns.
• Act as team leader responsible for developing investigations.
• Review reports and statistical data as basis for action and for reporting.
• Serve on interdisciplinary staff teams in developing and/or troubleshooting to promote optimum resolution and follow through on implementation.
• Meet with higher level management on problems and policies related to programmatic and operational issues.
• Review administrative policies as well as guidelines related directly to implementation.
• Evaluate impact on operation and potential problems.
• Lead the efforts of building the health dept.’s capacity in the concept and practice of the Health Impact Assessment (HIA).
• Provide HIA trainings to community partners directly through our DOH State Health Office with the goal of incorporating the HIA into the various community projects the DOH is heavily involved in.
• Work through the department’s Consortium for a Healthier Miami-Dade and/ Health and Built Environment Committee with the various municipalities in incorporating community land use, complete street principles and other health policy principles for active living in their Comprehensive Development Master Plan.
• Provide toxicology oversight and the services provided to the County and City of Miami.
• Coordinate with the DOH Toxicologists all health risk assessments needed for any and all contaminated public sites in the county i.e. City of Miami and Miami Dade County Parks facilities.
• Directly coordinate with the FDOH State Toxicologists review and approval of all completed health risk assessments using all data available including environmental assessment reports, and community feedback.
• Communicate health risk assessments with the community via town hall community meetings, media interviews, etc.
• Work closely with the DOH-Miami-Dade Public Information Officers and our partners in the regulatory arena and our partners in the community to design and deliver appropriate public health messages for/to the community.
• Review, approve and issue General and Construction specific permits for all water main extensions, plants for all public drinking water systems - review engineering applications, plans, laboratory data, and all applications’ supporting documents.
• Review and certify all completed drinking water projects - water main extensions, plants and their various treatment components.
• Respond to all sewage spills in the county as a principal member of the Miami-Dade County Sewage spills response group.
• Design and implement water quality sampling plans, public notifications, posting signs, meetings, teleconferences, reviewing water quality reports, and lifting advisories related to sewage spills.
• Review beach water quality data on weekly basis.
• Issue and lift beach advisories.
• Participate in several community events to discuss beach water quality within Miami-Dade County.
• Provide oversight and work alongside a professional engineer and provide support to the OSTDS and public swimming pools program managers, plans reviewers, and inspectors in all aspects of those programs especially review and approval of OSTDS engineered and designed systems, new and modified public swimming pools - innovative designs, systems designed in manufacturing and industrial zones, conventional systems.
• Perform other related duties as needed including but not limited serving as a member of the DOH-Miami-Dade Senior Leadership Team and provide delegated authority in the absence of the DOH-Miami-Dade Administrator/Health Officer.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Annual and Sick Leave benefits
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year
• State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition waivers

What This Job Offers

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