Job Summary

Make a real impact where it matters most—right in your community. As a frontline protector of public health, you’ll help prevent disease, safeguard food and water safety, and ensure the places people gather every day meet the highest health standards. This role combines fieldwork, investigation, education, and enforcement to promote safe, sanitary environments across our community. If you’re passionate about protecting public health, solving problems, and making a visible difference, this is your opportunity to serve with purpose.

The Environmental Health Coordinator inspects all food service establishments, investigates reports of sewage leaks, and inspects all public swimming pools. Educates the public and operators of consumer service establishments to prevent disease and improve sanitary conditions of the community. Uses on-site inspection and enforcement measures to assure compliance with health and sanitation regulations. Prevention of disease and protection of Environmental and Public Health through education, inspection, investigation, and enforcement of health and sanitation practices and regulations.

Duties

Inspects all food sales and service establishments to educate operators on sanitation and hygienic practices. Assures compliance through enforcement measures. Issues permits, reviews plans, and conducts food schools.
Composes, records, files, and maintains all computer and paper records of inspections, professional communications and court related actions.
Responds to reports of pollution, sewage leaks, rodent and insect infestation, mosquito breeding, abandoned pools, obnoxious odors, and trash containment. Responds to safety and sanitation complaints in a timely manner.
Inspects all public swimming pools and spas to educate operators in pool water hygiene and assure compliance through enforcement. Issue permits. Conducts pool schools.
Enforces health ordinances through court action. Issues citations, builds case evidence, consults with prosecuting attorney, and testifies in court proceedings.
Performs all other related duties as assigned, including public speaking engagements.

Minimum Qualifications

Required:

Bachelor of Science Degree from an accredited college or institution with at least 30 hours in Biological Sciences.
Registration as a Sanitarian-in-Training with the State of Texas during the first six months of employment.
Successful passage of Sanitarian registration examination within two years of employment and registration as a Sanitarian within two years of employment.
Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record (must obtain TX driver’s license within 90 days).

An equivalent combination of education, experience, certification and/or licenses sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.

Preferred:

Two years related experience.
Bilingual/Spanish

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to understand, interpret, apply, and provide defensible reasoning in application of City ordinances, regulations, and codes.
Must be able to explain codes and regulations to the public in a courteous, concise, and tactful manner.
Document case investigations using accurate written and photographic records so as to be legally defensible in court proceedings.
Ability to exercise sound judgement, recognize existing or potential issues, and critically think through and recommend solutions that balance the health and safety of the community and adherence to the code.
Ability to find the logical relationships among various observations as it relates to codes and regulations so that they all make sense together, as a whole.

Here at the City of Baytown, in recruiting for our team, we welcome the unique contributions that you bring. We strive to provide a workplace where differences are honored, with a workforce that reflects the diversity of the people we serve.

Attendance is an essential function of this position. The City reserves the right to require an employee in this position to work overtime. This position provides services or performs duties for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations. These may include services or duties different from those performed in the usual course and scope of your job. In the event of an evacuation, the incumbent in this position may be required to remain to perform needed services.

Overall Position Strength Demands

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

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Environmental Health Coordinator