Environmental Health Officer 3 (PCN 187302)

State of Alaska • Dutch Harbor, AK

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Environmental Health, Food Safety and Sanitation Program is seeking an energetic and proactive environmental health professional to serve as an Environmental Health Officer 3 in our Dutch Harbor office. This position is the sole representative in the Dutch Harbor office and is primarily responsible for permitting, conducting inspections, technical regulatory assistance, and complaint investigation for retail food facilities, manufacturing food facilities, and public facilities (pool/spa operations and body art shops). The work may include regular travel to other areas of Alaska. The Environmental Health Officer 3 is a professional-level position for staff who have positions in which staff independently perform routine acts as an office lead. The Food Safety and Sanitation program’s mission is to protect public health at regulated food, seafood, and public facilities. Our vision is to collaboratively work with these facilities to prevent illness, injury, and loss of life caused by insanitary practices. Environmental Health Officers work directly with regulated establishments- educating them on food safety and sanitation standards and communicating with establishment owners and employees to ensure these standards are being implemented. This is a boots-on-the-ground position that can truly make a difference in our communities.

Requirements

• Adaptability: adjusts planned work by gathering relevant information and applying critical thinking to address multiple demands and competing priorities in a changing environment.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem-Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, and sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Compliance: Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.
• Decision Making: Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible experience in a science field; business/public administration; developing knowledge and skill in regulation compliance; applying and communicating technical information; providing administrative and/or technical support to a business, organization or program; teaching or facilitating learning; training in a subject matter area; applying laws, regulations, policies, and procedures; locating, gathering, documenting, and explaining information and/or evidence.
• Ensure that all relevant and/or comparable experience related to the position specific competencies (Adaptability, Analytical thinking/problem solving, Interpersonal Skills, Technical Competence, Written Communication) for this position is clearly documented in the application.
• Ensure that all relevant and/or comparable experience related to the list of primary duties (permitting, conducting inspections, technical regulatory assistance and complaint investigation) for this position is clearly detailed in the application.

Nice To Haves

• Alaska Drivers` License desired
• Travel within the State, travel by small plane, boat, automobile or other
• May have to stay in noncommercial accommodations such as school gyms, village clinics, seafood vessel, company bunkhouses, etc.

Responsibilities

• Permitting for retail food facilities, manufacturing food facilities and public facilities (pool/spa operations and body art shops).
• Conducting inspections for retail food facilities, manufacturing food facilities and public facilities (pool/spa operations and body art shops).
• Providing technical regulatory assistance for retail food facilities, manufacturing food facilities and public facilities (pool/spa operations and body art shops).
• Complaint investigation for retail food facilities, manufacturing food facilities and public facilities (pool/spa operations and body art shops).
• Educating regulated establishments on food safety and sanitation standards.
• Communicating with establishment owners and employees to ensure standards are being implemented.

Benefits

• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• 37.5-hour work weeks
• 11 paid holidays
• Personal leave accrual starting at over 6 hours per pay period (about 21 days annually) and increasing with years of service.
• Optional membership in the Alaska State Employees Association, Local 52, AFL- CIO
• Competitive health and retirement benefits.

What This Job Offers

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