Registered Environmental Health Specialist Public Health – Health Division

Full-time

35 Hours per Week

PMEA Union

$67,994 - $90,270

Grant Funded

Closed until Filled

Location: City Hall Annex

Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's degree which must include a minimum of 32 credit hours in any combination of biology, chemistry, physics, public health with a concentration in environmental health, mathematics and/or environmental science courses. Only up to six (6) of the 32 credits may be in college-level mathematics. At least one of the courses must be a laboratory course in biology, chemistry, physics, or the environmental sciences.

Experience/ License: Possession of a valid Registered Environmental Health Specialist License issued by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services.

Job Description: Under direction, performs sanitary inspection and environmental health work involving in the enforcement of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws and rules within the concerned jurisdiction; conducts inspections, investigations, and educational outreach activities; performs other related duties as required and/or necessary.

EXAMPLES OF WORK:

·Conducts inspections to enforce relevant sanitary and health laws.

·When violations of relevant sanitary and health laws are found, determines the cause and takes proper corrective action.

·Periodically inspects retail food establishments and other eating-places.

·Investigates nuisances and violations of the sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances.

·Gives testimony in court cases.

·Conducts activities related to licensing, operation, and enforcement of sanitary, environmental, and public health laws and rules of regulated activities and facilities.

·Confers with Health Officer, engineers, veterinarians, and Registered Environmental Health Specialists concerning improvements in public health and sanitation.

·Reviews and may approve plans for residential, commercial, and industrial development as necessary to ensure compliance with sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances.

·Collects water, food, and other specimens as needed for laboratory analysis and interpret the results of the subsequent analysis.

If you qualify and would like to be considered, you must submit an employment application, letter of interest, and resume (including daytime phone number and email address). You must submit your response by the closing date shown above.

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