Environmental Sanitarian - Baltimore Health Department

Salary Range: $56,322.00 - $91,795.00 Annually. Hiring Salary Range: $52,875.00 - $74,058.50 Annually.

An Environmental Sanitarian I receives training in environmental health investigation, issues violation notices and civil and environmental citations. Work of this class involves no supervisory duties or responsibilities. Incumbents receive close supervision from a technical superior. Employees in this class work a conventional workweek including evening and weekend hours and on a 24-hour call back in case of emergencies. Work is performed at sites of investigations where vermin, dirt, filth, dilapidated structures and other undesirable conditions are encountered.

Work requires minimal physical exertion.

• Education:
  
  Have a bachelor's degree with at least 30 semester credit hours in physical, biological, or environmental science, completion of a laboratory course in biology, chemistry, physics, soil science, or geographic information systems, and at least one course in mathematics from an accredited college or university.
• Equivalency Notes:
  Have an equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable to the Maryland State Board of Environmental Sanitarians.
• Licenses, Registrations, and Certificates:
  Have a valid Maryland Class C Noncommercial driver’s licence or an equivalent driver’s licence and be eligible to obtain a Baltimore City driver’s permit (provisional licences not acceptable).
  
  NOTE:
  
  YOU MUST UPLOAD A COPY OF YOUR VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE WITH APPLICATION AT TIME OF APPLYING.
• Certification:
  At the time of interview, eligible candidates must have applied to the Maryland State Board of Environmental Specialists for a Certificate of Eligibility as an Environmental Health Specialist In‑Training. The selected candidate must possess a current Certificate of Eligibility as an Environmental Health Specialist In‑Training from the Maryland State Board of Environmental Health Specialists prior to employment.
• Lead Paint Program Positions:
  Must obtain and maintain a Maryland Lead Paint Technician accreditation within 6 months of hire and a Maryland Lead Paint Risk Assessor accreditation within 18 months of hire. Failure to obtain or maintain both accreditations is grounds for dismissal.
• Final date to receive applications:
  Please submit your application no later than 12:00 AM on the closing date to be eligible for consideration.

• Knowledge of the basic principles of bacteriology, chemistry, biology and physics.
• Knowledge of various office software.
• Ability to conduct environmental health investigations and to evaluate and interpret findings.
• Ability to use and navigate a computer, handheld device, tablet, or any other technological equipment that may be used to conduct, capture, or record inspections and investigations.
• Ability to maintain records and to prepare detailed narrative reports of environmental health investigations and complaints.
• Ability to evaluate and interpret inspection and investigation findings and determine code violations.
• Ability to give testimony in court against violators of environmental health laws and regulations.
• Ability to communicate with property owners, tenants, licensees, managers and operators regarding environmental health laws and regulations.
• Ability to promote community understanding and support for environmental health laws.
• Ability to enforce environmental health laws tactfully and calmly.

Eligible candidates under final consideration for appointment to positions identified as positions of trust will be required to complete authorization for a Criminal Background Check and/or Fingerprint must be successfully completed.

All persons, including current…