Environmental Specialist Ii
Listed on 2026-03-07
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Government
Public Health -
Healthcare
Healthcare Compliance, Public Health
Location: LaBelle
Requisition No: 871106
Agency:
Department of Health
Working Title:
ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST II -
Pay Plan:
Career Service
Position Number:
Salary: $53,000 – $55,000
Posting Closing Date: 03/20/2026
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Open Competitive
Your Specific Responsibilities:The incumbent in this position shall be responsible for multiple environmental health programs in Hendry and Glades Counties. This position requires vast technical knowledge within all environmental health programs. The incumbent must have the ability to exercise discretion and make independent professional judgments within all environmental health programs. Primary responsibilities include food hygiene coordinator, monitoring and conducting routine inspections of migrant labor housing facilities, biomedical waste facilities, food hygiene facilities, mobile home and recreational vehicle parks, public and private schools, public swimming pools, tattooing facilities, and tanning facilities, investigating complaints and preparing reports, legal notices and other documents.
- Perform onsite sewage treatment and disposal system inspections (initials, re‑inspections, finals, existing, I/M inspections, and walk‑throughs) in accordance with Florida Administrative Code 62‑6 and Florida Statutes 381.065.
- Conduct OSTDS site evaluations and system design as needed. Draft appropriate correspondence for compliance and enforcement actions.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for migrant labor housing facilities; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑14.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for food hygiene facilities; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑11 and Florida Statutes 381.0072.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for biomedical waste facilities; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑16 and Florida Statutes 381.0098.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for mobile home, lodging, recreational vehicle parks, and recreational camps; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑15 and Florida Statutes 513.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for public swimming pools; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑9 and Florida Statutes 514.
- Perform routine compliance inspections on public and private school facilities according to Chapter 64E‑13 and Florida Statutes 381.006.
- Perform inspections and nuisance complaint investigations, and initiate compliance and enforcement actions when appropriate for assigned facilities and locations regulated under Community Environmental Health or other Environmental Health programs.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for tanning facilities; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑17 and Florida Statutes 381.89.
- Review and recommend action on license applications for tattoo artists and tattoo establishments; perform routine compliance inspections according to Chapter 64E‑28.
- Conduct required maintenance on equipment and assigned vehicle, as needed.
- Participate in in‑service training programs as required.
- Remain aware of Security Policy protocols.
- Record Daily Activity Records on a daily basis.
- Present expert witness testimony and represent the Department in legal proceedings involving non‑compliant persons or facilities within Hendry and Glades Counties.
- Ability to speak English.
- Ability to operate general office equipment.
- Ability to frequently use telephone, computer, copier, and small hand tools.
- Ability to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
- Ability to understand, interpret, and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Ability to prioritize individual workload.
- Ability to frequently bend, kneel, reach, and sit or stand for long periods of time.
- Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds as needed.
- Ability to work with occasional loud noises indoors and/or outdoors.
- Ability to work outdoors with various temperature changes.
- Ability to walk for long…
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