Regional Environmental Health Agent
DescriptionFull-Time 37.
5 hoursThe Town of Needham seeks an Environmental Health Agent to serve in a grant-funded role and to provide public health services and to enforce State/Fed Environmental and Sanitary Codes, Town by-laws, and Board of Health Regulations in the Charles River Public Health District (Needham along with Dover, Medfield, and Sherborn).
CON # 24013This is a grant-funded position until June 30, 2025.
Duties and ResponsibilitiesInspect, permit, and evaluate health risks in full range of food establishments.
Conduct plan reviews, investigate foodborne illness complaints, issue order letters, impose fines, and conduct administrative hearings to ensure safe food operations.
Assist in investigating violations of local and state regulations relating to food, nuisance (noise/odors), housing, tobacco and conduct inspections to protect the public's health.
Oversee compliance with Title Five state sanitary septic code.
Provide ongoing educational services by conducting trainings, delivering cable slots/PSAs, and writing articles for the local newspaper and local cable channel, on public health topics.
Develop social media posts for the different towns' Public Health Division's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Inform and educate food permit holders and their staff about food safety.
Required to occasionally serve on-call to respond to emergency situations or conduct inspections off-hours.
Review online permit applications and conduct a variety of plan reviews (i.
e.
food/tobacco establishments, demolitions, additions to homes on septic systems, pool permit renewals/plan reviews, septic hauler/installers, septic system construction permit applications, animal permits, bodywork permits, disposal of sharps permits, well permits, etc.
), via the towns' online permit application systems.
Apply for grants and ensure FDA Retail Program Standards are maintained and expanded.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
RequirementsThe following requirements may be substituted by any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job:
Duties require extensive knowledge of environmental health and sanitation equivalent to completion of a four-year college degree program/Bachelor's degree in public or environmental health, or a related field.
Three (3) to five (5) years of work experience are required in public or environmental health, public policy, or a related field.
Part-time and volunteer experience will be considered to fulfill a portion of this requirement.
Credentialing or licensure in at least two or more of the following is required -- MA Registered Sanitarian (RS/REHS), Certified Health Official (CHO), Certified Environmental Health Technician (CEHT), MA Soil Evaluator, MA Soil Inspector, MA Lead Paint Determinator, MA Housing Inspector, ServSafe Food Safety Manager/Food Allergy Awareness recipient, and Certified Pool Operator (CPO).
Possession of a valid state-issued driver's license.
Supplemental InformationPreferred
Qualifications:
Strong communications skills, both verbal and written.
Environmental health or inspectional, sanitary, or code enforcement experience combined with public health or public policy work is not required, but is considered a plus.
Code enforcement experience a plus, specifically experience conducting food inspections in enforcement of the 2013 Federal Food Code.
Experience with online food inspection software systems/use of iPads, etc.
, for food establishment inspection and data logging/reporting.
A background in policy and/or education attained through either work experience or else a graduate degree in public health, education, or a related field is highly desired.
Credentialing or licensure as a Food Safety Manager/Food Allergy certified, MA Soil Evaluator, MA Lead Paint Determinator, MA Housing Inspector and Certified Pool Operator (CPO) is not required at time of application but if those credentials are not achieved by time of employment, they will be a requirement of continued employment after an approximately 18-month period.
Credentialing or licensure in at least one or more of the following -- MA Registered Sanitarian (RS/REHS), Certified Health Official (CHO), or Certified Environmental Health Technician (CEHT) -- will be a requirement of continued employment after an approximately two-year period.
Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis, with the first review of applications beginning on August 10, 2023.
Recommended Skills Administration Communication Construction Credentialing Diseases And Disorders Food Safety Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
5 hoursThe Town of Needham seeks an Environmental Health Agent to serve in a grant-funded role and to provide public health services and to enforce State/Fed Environmental and Sanitary Codes, Town by-laws, and Board of Health Regulations in the Charles River Public Health District (Needham along with Dover, Medfield, and Sherborn).
CON # 24013This is a grant-funded position until June 30, 2025.
Duties and ResponsibilitiesInspect, permit, and evaluate health risks in full range of food establishments.
Conduct plan reviews, investigate foodborne illness complaints, issue order letters, impose fines, and conduct administrative hearings to ensure safe food operations.
Assist in investigating violations of local and state regulations relating to food, nuisance (noise/odors), housing, tobacco and conduct inspections to protect the public's health.
Oversee compliance with Title Five state sanitary septic code.
Provide ongoing educational services by conducting trainings, delivering cable slots/PSAs, and writing articles for the local newspaper and local cable channel, on public health topics.
Develop social media posts for the different towns' Public Health Division's Facebook and Twitter accounts.
Inform and educate food permit holders and their staff about food safety.
Required to occasionally serve on-call to respond to emergency situations or conduct inspections off-hours.
Review online permit applications and conduct a variety of plan reviews (i.
e.
food/tobacco establishments, demolitions, additions to homes on septic systems, pool permit renewals/plan reviews, septic hauler/installers, septic system construction permit applications, animal permits, bodywork permits, disposal of sharps permits, well permits, etc.
), via the towns' online permit application systems.
Apply for grants and ensure FDA Retail Program Standards are maintained and expanded.
Perform other related duties as assigned.
RequirementsThe following requirements may be substituted by any equivalent combination of education, training and experience which provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job:
Duties require extensive knowledge of environmental health and sanitation equivalent to completion of a four-year college degree program/Bachelor's degree in public or environmental health, or a related field.
Three (3) to five (5) years of work experience are required in public or environmental health, public policy, or a related field.
Part-time and volunteer experience will be considered to fulfill a portion of this requirement.
Credentialing or licensure in at least two or more of the following is required -- MA Registered Sanitarian (RS/REHS), Certified Health Official (CHO), Certified Environmental Health Technician (CEHT), MA Soil Evaluator, MA Soil Inspector, MA Lead Paint Determinator, MA Housing Inspector, ServSafe Food Safety Manager/Food Allergy Awareness recipient, and Certified Pool Operator (CPO).
Possession of a valid state-issued driver's license.
Supplemental InformationPreferred
Qualifications:
Strong communications skills, both verbal and written.
Environmental health or inspectional, sanitary, or code enforcement experience combined with public health or public policy work is not required, but is considered a plus.
Code enforcement experience a plus, specifically experience conducting food inspections in enforcement of the 2013 Federal Food Code.
Experience with online food inspection software systems/use of iPads, etc.
, for food establishment inspection and data logging/reporting.
A background in policy and/or education attained through either work experience or else a graduate degree in public health, education, or a related field is highly desired.
Credentialing or licensure as a Food Safety Manager/Food Allergy certified, MA Soil Evaluator, MA Lead Paint Determinator, MA Housing Inspector and Certified Pool Operator (CPO) is not required at time of application but if those credentials are not achieved by time of employment, they will be a requirement of continued employment after an approximately 18-month period.
Credentialing or licensure in at least one or more of the following -- MA Registered Sanitarian (RS/REHS), Certified Health Official (CHO), or Certified Environmental Health Technician (CEHT) -- will be a requirement of continued employment after an approximately two-year period.
Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis, with the first review of applications beginning on August 10, 2023.
Recommended Skills Administration Communication Construction Credentialing Diseases And Disorders Food Safety Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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