Ops Environmental Health Specialist

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Date:
Sep 17, 2026

Requisition No:883774

Agency:
Department of Health

Working Title:

OPS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST -

Job Title: OPS ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST -

Open Competitive

Your Specific Responsibilities:

The incumbent is responsible for working in multiple Environmental Health Programs and is expected to be highly organized to complete the work assignments. The incumbent, an employee of the Florida Department of Health in Pasco County, represents the agency and its mission and values.

Under the general supervision of the Environmental Management Team, performs independent professional environmental work by conducting inspections and investigations of all non-Food Service, Body Art, Tattooing Facilities and Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal System (OSTDS) programs.

Performs site inspections and re-inspections, investigates complaints, and prepares inspection reports accurately and within established time frames for regulated establishments within the Bureau of Environmental Health facility programs such as (mobile home and recreational vehicle parks/camps, group care facilities, public and private schools, tanning facilities, and biomedical waste facilities) countywide to ensure compliance with the regulations of the Florida Statues, Florida Administrative Codes, County Ordinances and in accordance with Environmental Health Manual 150-4.

Performs site inspections and re-inspections, investigates complaints, and prepares inspection reports accurately and within established time frames for regulated establishments within the Bureau of Environmental Health such as the water programs (public swimming pools and spas, coastal/fresh water beach monitoring (as needed), limited use water systems and Well Surveillance services (as needed) countywide to ensure compliance with the regulations of the Florida Statues, Florida Administrative Codes, County Ordinances and in accordance with Environmental Health Manual 150-4.

Conducts the Environmental Health Program in an assigned geographical area that requires frequent and extensive travel. Completes paperwork to determine activities, leave and attendance, etc. May need to work before/after hours or weekends to conduct/complete work assignments. Performs other duties as required. This position will conduct the initial sanitary nuisance complaints and determine if further investigation or action is warranted; conduct service permit inspections, and assist clerical staff as needed.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to Investigate environmental health issues and conducts environmental health assessments.
• Ability to document all findings from inspections or investigations clearly and concisely, and in enough detail to fully support all conclusions, recommendations, required corrective actions and enforcement actions.
• Ability to collect data electronically in the field, and ensures timely updates to the main databases, as required.
• Ability to collect water, soil, and food samples as required.
• Knowledge of the terminology, principles, and analytical techniques of the physical or natural sciences.
• Knowledge of data collection and analysis principles and procedures.
• Ability to perform site inspections, collect or evaluate, analyze, and interpret scientific or technical data.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to determine work priorities, assigns work, and ensure proper completion of work assignments.
• Combining, evaluating, and reasoning with information and data to make decisions and solve problems. These processes involve making decisions about the relative importance of information and choosing the best solution.
• Ability to plan, organize and…