Environmental Health Specialist

Job Title

Environmental Health Specialist

Public Health

Deputy Director

Full-Time, Non-Exempt

$25-30/hr

Employee Benefits:

Employee Benefits | Lake County, CO

Lake County Public Health Agency (LCPHA), an EOE employer, seeks a full-time Environmental Health Specialist to join our Consumer Protection (retail food, tobacco, schools and childcare) inspection program. This is either an entry-level inspector position within the Lake County Environmental Health Program where training is provided, or a position for someone with previous experience and training. This employee serves as an inspector, consultant, administrator, program manager, and educator to retail food establishments, tobacco retail establishments, schools and child cares.

This employee performs a variety of duties to help prevent the spread of disease, mitigate health risks, and ensure compliance with all rules and regulations in the areas of health and safety for environmental health programming in Lake County. This position will also assist with all additional environmental health programs in the department including but not limited to radon, vector surveillance, water/air quality, and environmental planning and emergency response.

This position requires the ability to speak and write fluent English; a bilingual English/Spanish person is preferred. This position will report to the Deputy Director of Public Health.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Conducts retail food, temporary events with food, and retail tobacco compliance inspections in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations and ordinances.
• Conducts retail food establishment plan reviews and pre-operational inspections as required.
• Conducts administrative duties related to retail food licensing and utilizes provided software to manage permits.
• Manages administrative duties related to the Tobacco Retail Licensing program.
• Works closely with CDPHE to ensure all regulations are met in Lake County.
• Issues retail food licenses and permit reviews for special events.
• Works with the schools, childcare, retail food industry, and the public to reduce environmental health related health and safety risks.
• Performs investigations of public complaints related to health and safety.
• Conducts epidemiological investigations related to school, childcare, and retail food illness outbreaks and complaints and trains in pandemic or illness related emergency preparedness.
• Actively serves on and participates with various committees and professional groups dealing with environmental health regulations, community safety and emergency preparedness.
• Travel and attend environmental health trainings, meetings, workshops and conferences which may include overnight travel as needed.
• Updates Environmental Health web pages and posts to Public Health social media to provide public information, reduce environmental health-related safety risks, and raise awareness of special health issues.
• Cross trained to work Public Health front desk and assist with administrative duties and Vital Records when necessary.
• Fosters teamwork and open communication among staff; participates in office meetings, team-building activities and trainings.
• Performs other duties, as assigned.

Not applicable

• Compensation will be determined by the applicant’s full skillset with consideration of the following:
• Bachelor’s degree in public health, environmental health, environmental science, natural sciences, or closely related field. Equivalent experience may be substituted for education.
• Public contact experience in a service‑related field with the ability to remain flexible and sensitive to a clientele diverse in age, ethnicity, and maturity.
• Preferred CDPHE Standardized Retail Food Inspector or FDA Standardized Retail Food Inspector.
• Preferred NEHA REHS/RS credential or ability to obtain credential.
• Ability to work as part of a team. Effectively communicate and work with co‑workers, clients, other agencies,…