Summary
The Environmental Health Specialist will provide technical assistance to individuals, business and groups across the County of Delaware that ensure compliance with existing local and state public health and environmental codes, regulations, and policies. The Environmental Health Specialist will implement the operational strategies for environmental services within the County.
Essential Duties
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or higher.
- Six months experience in conducting on-site inspections to identify, assess and control actual or potential environmental health risks.
- Six months experience in enforcing compliance with laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
- Six months experience in narrative report writing.
- Knowledge of principles and practices of environmental sanitation; knowledge of diseases and their transmission and control.
- Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws pertaining to public health. Knowledge of current health code construction requirements and health regulations.
- Knowledge of other departments' regulations concerning food establishments, day care centers and swimming pools.
- Knowledge of the structure and functions of public health organizations and community interrelationships.
- Knowledge of current social and economic problems related to public health.
- Skill in conducting sanitation inspections and surveying.
- Skill in reading and interpreting building plans and blueprints.
- Excellent communication skills. Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely through oral and written communication.
- Ability to review material for detail and to translate plans and designs into a working construct.
- Ability to maintain accurate records and prepare reports.
- Ability to deal tactfully and effectively with the public and other government personnel. Ability to enforce regulations with fairness, firmness, and tact.
- Ability to analyze sanitation defects and calculate costs involved in corrections.
- Ability to perform a variety of physical movements such as walking, climbing, crawling, kneeling, seeing, squatting, stooping, and twisting of the body.
- Valid driver’s license and ability to pass a background check
- Ability to interact appropriately and effectively with a wide range of persons
- Ability to maintain and handle confidential information
- Ability to follow protocol, procedures, and established guidelines
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to changing circumstances and needs
- A strong work ethic and ability to manage a demanding and changing workload
- Strong relationship-building skills
Additional Information
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have:
- Basic to Intermediate Word skills
- Intermediate to Advanced Excel skills
- Basic PowerPoint skills
- Basic OutLook skills (Email and Calendar)
- Basic Internet skills
Physical Demands:
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, reach above shoulder height, climb stairs, drive a vehicle during working hours, and talk or hear. Occasionally, the employee will need to sit; work with arms above shoulders; bend at the waist; kneel, stoop crouch or squat; lift or carry items; and taste or smell. On rare occasions, the employee will need to crawl, climb ladders, push items, twist or rotate at the waist, and work with an uncommon level of noise.
The special vision requirements listed for this position are:
- Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less)
- Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) Colorimeters for chemical testing requires ability to distinguish color
- Ability to adjust focus of the eye to bring an object into sharp focus
Work Environment:
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.
Other:
- Ability to work extended hours, as necessary.
- This position requires professionalism.
- Confidentiality is crucial to this position.
*The selected candidate will be required to obtain, at their own expense, 3 forms of clearance, including PA State Police Criminal History Record Check; PA Child Abuse History; and FBI Criminal History Background Check including finger printing prior to employment.
**Delaware County requires all DCHD employees be up to date for their COVID-19 vaccination. Proof of vaccination must be submitted before a candidate’s start date if hired.
