ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I - 64043931

Requisition No: 873044 

Agency: Department of Health

Working Title: ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I - 64043931

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 64043931 

Salary:  $1,616 - $1,693 bi-weekly 

Posting Closing Date: 04/02/2026 

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ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I – 64043931

Requisition 841325 HR Ticket Number 515012 - Recruitment Process

Environmental Specialist I - 64043931

Internal Opportunity

Applicants accepted only from Department of Health employees, (includes OPS, Career Service, SES or SMS employees). Applicants will not be accepted from outside of the department.

Salary: $1,616 - $1,693 bi-weekly

 

Your Specific Responsibilities:

Professional environmental health work , under general supervision of an Environmental Supervisor, conducting  application/project reviews, site inspections or surveys, reviewing/preparing reports, correspondence, legal notices, sample collection, data entry and analysis, or other comparable environmental health work. Investigate reported communicable diseases of environmental origin. Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Health, Public Health, or a physical or biological science.

Uses knowledge of quality improvement (QI) methods and processes to work with other staff to help identify opportunities for improvement and develop a culture of quality within DOH-Indian River; assists in improvement projects, as assigned.

Performs site inspections of regulated facilities such as food service and group care establishments,  public swimming pools, mobile home parks, biomedical waste generators, and tanning salons to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

 

Performs site inspections of private and limited use wells, small quantity generators, onsite sewage disposal systems and others, to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.

 

Performs site inspections of onsite sewage installations by doing onsite evaluation for soil characteristic, system size and elevation, determines permit conditions, issues construction and repair permits, inspects and approves final installation for code compliance.

Completes inspection reports and leaves a copy at the inspection site. Completes daily activity reports each day and attaches documentation for each stop to the report. Prepares reports, legal notices, correspondence and other documents. Takes water (drinking, beach, lake, lagoon, well), food, soil, sewage, paint, and other samples for laboratory analysis.

Investigates complaints of sanitary nuisances. Determines conditions to be corrected and explains chemical and biological basis for requirements. Directs citizens toward abatement of the nuisance and compliance with codes. Meets with property owners, engineers, attorneys and developers to assist in the resolution/correction of environmental concerns.

Investigates reports of communicable diseases to locate and isolate the source, alerts contacts to seek medical care and to prevent secondary cases, and fosters communication to exchange epidemilogical information

Other Duties as assigned to include administrative duties such as timesheets, annual training, EARS reporting, Assists in community presentations and educational classes.Assists supervisor in coordination and ensuring that the number of inspections required are performed within the prescribed time periods.Assists in training new field staff. May assign and review work of peers.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Good working knowledge of principles and objectives of environmental and public health programs
• Good working knowledge of environmental and public health regulations
• Good working knowledge of biological, bateriological, and chemical functions and the ability to explain need for compliance with environmental health regulations
• Some knowledge fo communicable diseases and understanding of epidemological investigati