Ops Environmental Specialist

Requisition No: 882444

Agency:
Department of Health

Working Title:

OPS ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST I -

Pay Plan:
Temp

Position Number:

Salary: $27.86 PER HOUR

Posting Closing Date: 09/08/2026

This position requires you to work on site at one of our facilities located throughout Broward County.

This is an in-office and field work position.

This is an OPS (Other Personal Services) positions and as such no paid time off is offered. Health benefits will be offered for full-time employment. OPS employees are eligible to participate in a deferred compensation plan.

This is an independent professional position. The incumbent will receive a wide variety of in office and in field training. This position is responsible for conducting regulatory field inspections to assure compliance with state and local laws and rules. Other duties may include data entry, report writing, record keeping, providing education, and preparing legal notices. The duties of this position requires the incumbent to work independently using effective time management and organization skills to meet deadlines.

• Inspects public swimming pools and bathing places to assure compliance with state water quality, safety, and operating standards to protect the public health. Activities include field chemical testing, inspecting water treatment components (pumps, filters, chemical feeders, flow rates, etc.), complaint investigations, consultation, and enforcement.
• Inspects group care facilities and mobile home parks/pecreational vehicle parks to protect the health and safety of clients.
• Investigates environmental nuisance complaints relative to improperly treated solid waste, human/animal waste, disease vectors, and any other environmentally related threat to public health. Efforts to secure abatement include consultation, referral, and enforcement. In cumbent may be required to work before, during and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency and or meet programmatic deadlines

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position:

• Knowledge of Florida Administrative Codes, Florida Building Code and Florida Statutes related to the duties of the position.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize workload to meet deadlines and to ensure completion of work assignments as required.
• Ability to move freely around inspection sites, including swimming pool decks, confined pool equipment areas and may involve bending, squatting, light lifting, and climbing stairs and ladders.
• Ability to work outside in high heat and humid weather conditions.
• Ability to effectively perform field inspections, document findings, write reports and prepare legal notices as required.
• Ability to deal with the public in a professional and courteous manner.
• Ability to communicate inspection/investigation findings to customers, the general public and community partners.
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques to complete assignments.
• Ability to use personal vehicle for inspections.

• Willing to work before, during, and/or beyond normal work hours or days in the event of an emergency. This may include working in a special needs or Red Cross shelter, or performing other emergency duties including, but not limited to, responses to or threats involving any disaster or threat of disaster, man-made or natural.
• This position requires daily in-office or field work. Willing to physically come in the office daily and perform field work
• This position requires current authorization to work in the United States without employer sponsorship. The Department of Health is unable to provide employment visa sponsorship. Are you authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship?
• Valid driver's license, free of major infractions and access to an automobile to be utilized for work purposes and receive reimbursement for mileage.
• Willingness to work outside in the extreme Florida weather (heat and rain).

• Associates or Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in public health, environmental health, environmental sciences, or a physical or biological science.
• Six (6) months of experience in a regulatory field in public health or environmental protection or 30 credit hours in a physical or biological science.

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