Regulatory Specialist; Senior

Who We Are:

The Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) works hard to protect and promote Wisconsin’s agricultural industries and consumers. As an agency, we strive to serve the people of Wisconsin assuring: safe, wholesome food; consumer protection and fair business practices; animal and plant health; a clean environment; and strong agriculture and commerce. To successfully attain these goals, we recognize our success hinges on the diverse, well qualified, dedicated staff we employ and retain.

What We're Seeking:
The DATCP’s Division of Food and Recreation Safety, Bureau of Meat and Poultry Businesses (BMPB), is recruiting for a Regulatory Specialist (Senior). The position will be field-based and will be headquartered in Crawford, Grant, Iowa, Lafayette, Richland, or Vernon County. When applying please select all counties in which you are willing to be headquartered. The qualifying candidate is not required to live in a county headquarter location.

However, there is no expense reimbursement for drive time and gas mileage to commute to the assigned headquarter location. The specific headquarter city used for determining payment of drive time and expense reimbursement will be determined at the time of hire.

This position offers the State of Wisconsin’s excellent benefits package, which includes 19.5 days of paid time off to start, 9 paid holidays, accrued sick leave, multiple insurance options and an exceptional retirement plan! This posting may be used to fill future similar permanent, project, and/or LTE vacancies.

This professional position provides essential regulatory program support for compliance activities, systems and staff in the Division of Food and Recreational Safety – Bureau of Meat and Poultry Businesses ("Bureau") within an assigned area. This position is responsible for research, development and oversight of the Bureau’s compliance and enforcement policies and procedures, evaluating cases for referral for enforcement action and coordinating the management of those cases.

This position serves as a primary source of information for Bureau staff on understanding the Bureau’s laws, conducting investigations and developing cases.

The position oversees surveillance activities related to in-commerce meat or poultry products and serves as a lead or technical liaison on problematic cases. Through review of investigations, enforcement actions, and policies, the position is responsible for managing the Bureau’s compliance and enforcement training, including assisting Regional Managers and Meat Safety Supervisors in establishing performance standards for compliance skills. The position further performs initial research and drafting of administrative documents, special orders and administrative rules.

The Regulatory Specialist Senior is in schedule-range 07-03 with a starting pay of $ based on qualifications.

This position is not represented by a collective bargaining unit. A 12-month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the State Compensation Plan at the time of hire.

At DATCP, we strive to deliver efficient and effective programs and services to Wisconsin agriculture, consumers, and businesses. The Department has numerous on-the-job training (OJT) opportunities, unique to each Bureau. These OJT opportunities include direct experience and practice through collaboration with co-workers/supervisor, peer mentoring, and job-specific training modules.

• Hands on in-person job shadowing that includes working through various OJT training materials related to the position
• Food Safety and Inspection Services (FSIS) Inspection Methodology (IM) Training
• FSIS’…