Senior Environmental Health Specialist - DHHS Public Health

Posting number: 25-00259

Department: Department of Health and Human Services

Division: 406 - Environmental Health

Job classification: Senior Environmental Health Specialist

Posting type: Open

Categories: Community Services, Environmental Services, Health Services, Public Health, Human Services, Health Care Support

Summary

Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health is looking for an experienced Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) to be the technical lead for the retail food program. Join a team of dedicated environmental health specialists promoting public health in beautiful Humboldt County. Advance your career away from the busy city in a community-minded rural setting and the natural beauty and mild climate of redwood country.

What You'll Do: 

• Provide senior-level oversight and support to the Retail Food program.

• Administer inspector field training in retail food facility inspections consistent with Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and California Department of Public Health retail food regulatory program standards.

• Program development: develop forms, processes, procedures, informational handouts, etc. and lead program improvements.

Where You'll Do It: 

A typical schedule for this position is Monday - Friday, 8 AM - 5 PM. 

This position is located at 100 H St., Eureka, CA 95501.



DEFINITION
Under direction, performs the most difficult and complex professional work of staff involved in the inspection and enforcement of an assigned environmental health program; program areas include, but are not limited to, consumer protection, emergency response, drinking water sanitation, solid waste disposal, wastewater disposal, land use and vector control; positions may direct the work of lower level staff and/or serve in a technical expert capacity in a specific program area; interprets and enforces federal, state, and local statutes as they pertain to environmental management programs;  promotes public health through inspection, permitting and enforcement; assists with planning and implementing new or specialized programs; and performs related duties as assigned.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Receives direction from assigned supervisory and management employees. Some positions in this classification exercise technical and functional direction over, and provide training to trainee and journey-level staff.   

CLASS CHARACTERISTICS 
This is the advanced-level classification in the Environment Health Specialist series responsible for performing the most complex work assigned to the series.  Incumbents regularly work on tasks which are varied and complex, requiring considerable discretion and independent judgment.  Positions in the classification rely on experience and judgment to apply laws and regulations to ensure program compliance.  Assignments are given with general guidelines and incumbents are responsible for proposing objectives, timelines and methods to complete assignments.   Work is typically reviewed upon completion for soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements.  
This class is distinguished from the Supervising Environmental Health Specialist in that the latter is the full supervisory classification with responsibilities for the supervision and evaluation of assigned staff.

Examples of duties

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignment of different positions.

• Performs complex and specialized regulation and enforcement of health and safety laws, rules, and regulations; interprets the more specialized regulations, rules, and policies related to the assigned program area.
• Provides lead direction and training to support staff performing environmental health inspection and enforcement duties; organizes and assigns work; sets priorities and follows up to ensure coordination and completion of assigned work; instructs staff in work procedures.
• Serves in a technical expert capacity within an assigned program area including, but not limited to, reviewing and commenting on en