OPS ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I - 64936169

State of Florida • Pine Manor, FL

89d • $20

About The Position

This is a part-time Other Personnel Service (OPS) Environmental Specialist position working with the Department of Health in Lee County. This $20 per hour, 24 hours per week, part-time Environmental Specialist position performs duties under the direction of the Environmental Supervisor with the Environmental Public Health Section of the Florida Department of Health in Lee County. The primary focus areas for the incumbent will start with training to perform quality assurance inspections, enforcement, and other duties in the following areas: Water Sampling, Limited Use Drinking Water Systems, Public Swimming Pool Program, Harmful Algae Bloom Monitoring and Tracking, Healthy Beaches Program, and Sanitary complaints and legal enforcement. Additional training and experience will follow, in the programs/focus areas listed below, as priorities allow: Biomedical Waste, Body Art/Body Piercing & Tattooing, Group Care, Migrant Farmworker Housing, Mobile Home/RV Parks, Tanning, Food Hygiene, Sanitary Complaints and Legal Enforcement, Onsite Treatment and Disposal Systems, Environmental Water Laboratory, and Well Surveillance (SUPER Act). These inspections protect public health by regulating and enforcing best practices, which in turn reduces the public’s exposure to disease and injury.

Requirements

• Ability to learn and communicate effectively, orally and in writing, in English
• Completion of a security background check and/or drug screening
• Participation in direct deposit

Nice To Haves

• Experience in environmental health or related field
• Knowledge of public health regulations
• Familiarity with water quality testing

Responsibilities

• Perform quality assurance inspections
• Enforcement of public health regulations
• Conduct water sampling
• Monitor limited use drinking water systems
• Oversee public swimming pool program
• Track harmful algae blooms
• Manage healthy beaches program
• Handle sanitary complaints and legal enforcement

Benefits

• State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
• Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements)
• Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
• Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
• Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
• Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees