Dairy Facility Inspector - Environmental Health Specialist

Job Description
- Dairy Facility Inspector
- Environmental Health Specialist (260005JI)

Dairy Facility Inspector
- Environmental Health Specialist ( 260005JI )

Agriculture

Aug 27, 2026, 3:59:00 AM

United States of America-OHIO-Fairfield County

United States of America-OHIO-Perry County, United States of America-OHIO-Licking County, United States of America-OHIO-Muskingum County

Compensation : $31.47 - $46.08

Full-time

Union : OCSEA

Technical Skills :
Agriculture, Food Services, Food Safety Inspection

Professional Skills :
Analyzation, Attention to Detail, Establishing Relationships

Compensation: $65,458 - $95,846

Who We Are:

ODA helps Ohioans in many ways including: supporting agriculture, protecting consumers, safeguarding plants and animals, and conserving natural resources. As a cabinet-level agency, we answer to the Governor, and we get a lot of stuff done! Ohio’s food and agriculture industry is huge, contributing $124 billion to the economy and employing one in eight people. This success starts on the farm, but these aren’t your great grandpa’s farms!

They may have started way back when, but many of Ohio’s more than 70,000 farms are modern, state-of-the-art operations that use technology to maximize production to feed our growing population.

ODA is located in Reynoldsburg on a beautiful, 158-acre campus. Parking is free and so are the amazing connections you will make with professionals who are known as the best in their field.

What We Do:

At ODA, we do a lot that helps a lot of people. That’s a pretty big deal! We make sure the meat and food you eat and the milk you drink is safe. We protect farmland and conserve our soil and water resources. We keep Ohio’s plants, crops, and livestock free of pests and disease. We house the state’s top food safety lab and serve as a hub for a statewide lab safety system.

We make sure you get what you pay for through ensuring accurate weights and measures standards. We oversee Ohio’s fairs and make sure the amusement rides you love are safe. As a member of ODA’s family, you’ll be working with a team of the highest caliber, doing work that makes a difference to all Ohioans.

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is currently seeking candidates for a Dairy Plant Environmental Health Specialist 1 position in the Dairy Division, headquartered in Fairfield, Perry, Muskingum, or Licking County. The duties for the Dairy Plant Environmental Health Specialist 1 position include but are not limited to:

• Asprovided for in Chapter 917of theOhioRevised Code andrules adoptedthere under, conducts inspections of dairy facilities, dairy facilityrecords and dairy facilityreports
• Conducts examinations for issuance ofweigher,sampler, ortester licenses
• Collects and transportssamples for laboratory analysis
• Initiates appropriate enforcement action(e.g.,warning letter, license suspension and licenserevocation)
• Explainsdairyrules, laws, and program policies to dairy industry
• Conducts fieldreviews ofdairy equipment,devices and systems
• Investigates complaints and offers solutions
• Reviews plans for new or alteredmilking systems, dairy equipment and facilities
• Performs miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned: prepares inspection reports and interoffice correspondence
• Assists in conducting special studies
• Attendsstaffmeetings
• Gives speeches and presentations to industrygroups and other service and/or professional organizations
• Collects data and information for consideration by Sanitarian Program Administrator that may result inrule changes and/or interpretation
• Collects evidence and testifies inadministrativehearings and courttrials

This position shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the OCSEA Collective Bargaining Agreement. ODA bargaining unit members have selection rights before non-bargaining unit members. All other applications will only be considered if an internal bargaining unit applicant is not selected for this position.

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