Food Safety Specialist I And II - Wailuku / Kahului, Maui
About The Position
Food Safety Specialists promote, protect, and maintain a healthy and safe environment for the public. This is accomplished through inspection, education, and enforcement activities to implement the statutes, rules and regulations relating to environmental sanitation, and/or safety programs concerning foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices. Work in this series include identifying, mitigating, and preventing disease transmission through improperly prepared foods, contaminated waters and adulteration and/or misbranding of foods, drugs, cosmetics and medical devices. Food Safety Specialist I: This is an entry level to the Food Safety Specialist series. The trainee receives formal and on-the-job training in field activities such as investigations and inspections to develop an understanding of theories, pertinent law, rules, regulations and precedent cases and practices related to food, drug, cosmetic, medical device and/or environmental sanitation. Food Safety Specialist II: As an advanced trainee, performs a variety of limited environmental sanitation work such as receiving complaints, doing inspections, issuing of citations for obvious violations, and investigates and recommends measures for corrections and prevention, and performs other related duties.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited four (4) year college or university with a bachelor's degree in one of the physical or biological sciences.
- Six (6) months of professional inspectional or investigational work experience involved in the interpretation and application of laws and regulations in public health (for Level II).
- Comprehensive knowledge of principles, practices, and objectives of environmental health programs (for Level II).
- Thorough knowledge of pertinent regulations and laws (for Level II).
- Thorough working knowledge of bacteriology, chemistry, physics, vector control methods, and social sciences (for Level II).
Responsibilities
- Inspection, education, and enforcement activities to implement statutes, rules, and regulations relating to environmental sanitation and/or safety programs concerning foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
- Identifying, mitigating, and preventing disease transmission through improperly prepared foods, contaminated waters, and adulteration and/or misbranding of foods, drugs, cosmetics, and medical devices.
- Receiving complaints.
- Doing inspections.
- Issuing citations for obvious violations.
- Investigating and recommending measures for corrections and prevention.
Benefits
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
