Food Safety & Environmental Health Supervisor

Oklahoma City-County Health Department • Oklahoma City, OK

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

This evolving position is located in the Operations Division with the Oklahoma City-County Health Department (OCCHD). The employee is primarily responsible for supervision of Public Health Specialist staff and ensuring coordinated services in support of department operations. This position functions at the leadership level (Tier 3) as defined by the Council on Linkages Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals with a primary focus on the following Domains: Data Analytics and Assessment Skills, Policy Development and Program Planning Skills, Communication Skills, Community Partnership Skills, Public Health Sciences Skills, and Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills. The incumbent will be assigned a variety of specific job duties and responsibilities as a member of the OCCHD Emergency Preparedness and Response Program Team (i.e., Bioterrorism Response Program). As a member of the OCCHD Emergency Preparedness and Response Team, the incumbent is required to complete all necessary responder training and may be designated as a member of the first-responder team. Employees will receive Quality Improvement (QI) training deemed necessary by their supervisor.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in environmental health, environmental, physical, natural, or biological science or equivalent with at least 30 hours in physical, natural or biological science
• Five years post-graduate professional environmental experience preferred
• Three years of experience as a fully Registered Sanitarian
• Oklahoma Registered Sanitarian Certification
• One year of supervisory experience preferred
• Valid Oklahoma driver license
• Skill in performing inspections
• Skill in keeping records and making reports
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships
• Skill training others
• Knowledge of environmental issues and trends
• Knowledge of environmental testing techniques
• Knowledge of and ability to follow safe working procedures and practices
• Ability and willingness to maintain confidentiality
• Ability and willingness to communicate with persons both orally and in writing using tact and diplomacy
• Ability and willingness to maintain confidentiality and to assume responsibility for information disseminated
• Ability and willingness to follow established policies and procedures
• Ability and willingness to assume responsibility for work product
• Ability to drive a forklift
• Arm/hand steadiness and digital dexterity enough to operate equipment, a keyboard, and to write on a clipboard
• Vision enough to read hand- or machine-generated documents, journal articles and daily reports, as well as the print on a computer monitor
• Color acuity enough to distinguish colors of wires, chemicals, etc.
• Speech and hearing enough to communicate with others, either via telephone, face-to-face, or in public
• Flexibility and coordination enough to operate a motor vehicle as needed
• Flexibility and coordination enough to bend, stoop, stand, walk and to crawl to perform tasks such as walking over uneven terrain or reaching over or around equipment/machinery
• Flexibility and strength, enough to lift and move equipment and supplies weighing up to 35 pounds
• Coordination and balance enough to climb up and down ladders
• Must have an operating vehicle available for use when field duties are
• Will be compliant on recommended immunizations required by the CDC as a healthcare worker and as defined within the scope of Emergency Response within 30 days of hire.
• Must maintain required continuing education hours to maintain their registered sanitarian or registered environmental specialist status with the State of Oklahoma

Nice To Haves

• Five years post-graduate professional environmental experience
• One year of supervisory experience

Responsibilities

• Scheduling work assignments.
• Supervising employees by direct observation and review of job product.
• Monitoring and evaluating employee performance, attendance, and leave utilization.
• Completing performance evaluations of staff.
• Maintains supervisory documentation and files on all employees supervised, including training, performance counseling, attendance, time and leave.
• Reviews all timesheets against leave requests and supervisory documentation to ensure timesheets are properly completed before approving.
• Documents all overtime worked by FLSA employees and ensures payment of overtime at time-and-a-half or compensable time off is taken within the operational guidelines.
• Ensures that incident reports are completed and submitted on all incidents in a timely manner.
• May facilitate community presentations and/or attend community meetings at the direction and approval of the Executive Team.
• Providing input to the Administrator concerning developing modifications to programs, plans, procedures, etc.
• Reviewing and approving Public Health Specialist staff inspection report forms.
• Reviewing complaint investigations and inspections conducted by Public Health Specialist staff upon receipt of client/public complaints.
• Collecting and analyzing data.
• Preparing reports and correspondence.
• Providing technical assistance.
• Occasionally performing complex complaint investigations and inspections.
• Issuing citations for noncompliance with local, state, and federal regulations and testifying in court.
• Communicating with employees, clients, and the public.
• Driving to off-site locations to perform job duties as needed.
• Completes required training in support of duties and responsibilities of this position.
• In accordance with our designation of a PHAB Accredited health department and explicit commitment to a culture of continuous quality improvement, employees will receive Quality Improvement (QI) training deemed necessary by their supervisor.

Benefits

• 15 days per year of annual leave
• 15 days per year of sick leave
• 15 paid holidays annually
• A comprehensive health insurance package – medical, dental, vision, life insurance, dependent life insurance, and flexible medical spending account
• A generous benefit allowance to offset the cost of insurance premiums for employees and their eligible dependents.
• Retirement plans: Defined Contribution Plan and 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager