SANITATION AND SAFETY SPECIALIST - 79000320 1

Requisition No: 842286 

Agency: Business and Professional Regulations

Working Title: SANITATION AND SAFETY SPECIALIST - 79000320 1

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 79000320 

Salary:  $35,317.36 - $46,501.78 Annually 

Posting Closing Date: 12/10/2024 

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DIVISION OF HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
Sanitation and Safety Specialist (Health Inspector)

Position Number: 79000320
Hiring Salary: $35,317.36 - $46,501.78 Annually

 

**Open Competitive Announcement**

 

***Applicants must complete all fields in the Candidate Profile.  Work history, hours worked, and formal education are required to qualify for this position.  Responses to Qualifying Questions must be verifiable in the Candidate Profile. Resumes and other documentation can be attached to provide additional information. ***

 

Our Organization and Mission

The Division of Hotels and Restaurants (H&R) licenses, inspects, and regulates public lodging and food service establishments in Florida under Chapter 509, Florida Statutes (FS). The division also licenses and regulates elevators, escalators and other vertical conveyance devices under Chapter 399, FS. The division’s three bureaus – Sanitation and Safety Inspections, Licensing and Elevator Safety – comprise a team of approximately 358 personnel fulfilling the regulatory obligations of the division throughout the state.

 

Our Mission is to protect the health and safety of the public by providing the industry with quality inspections and fair regulation.

 

The Work You Will Do

This position is located with the Division of Hotels and Restaurants and conducts sanitation and safety inspections of hotels and restaurants and investigations of food-borne illness complaints.

• Conducts inspection and inspection related activities. 
• Conducts regulatory, standardized inspections of public food service establishments and lodging facilities for compliance with environmental health and sanitation regulations, and other safety or sanitation-related areas as deemed necessary.
• Investigates food borne illness and environmental sanitary nuisance complaints and investigates and takes administrative action against unlicensed activity. Works with other city, county and state agency officials to secure compliance of state regulations.
• Participates in the inspection and licensing of temporary events.
• Conducts routine inspections on iPad and prepares accurate facility inspection reports relating to safety, sanitation and misrepresentation violations, daily activity reports, time sheets and travel reimbursement reports.
• Prioritizes all assigned work according to department guidelines to insure compliance with state laws and rules.
• Prepares and submits legal documents to secure compliance through administrative actions by following department guidelines and attends and testifies as