This recruitment may be used to fill current and future vacancies.
The Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking Environmental Health Specialists to serve in the Licensure and Regulatory Services of Public Health Services.
The expected starting salary range for the Environmental Health Specialist are:
Environmental Health Specialist III level, Grade 24. (salary range: $74,390 - $119,104)
Environmental Health Specialist II level, Grade 23 (salary range: $71,299 - $113,906)
Environmental Health Specialist I level, Grade 20 (salary range: $62,872 - $99,710)
Filling the positions at the lower levels allows for an opportunity for a Non-Competitive promotion to the higher levels in the future.
Bilingual applicants in the Spanish/English languages are encouraged to apply. If the candidate selected for this position possesses multilingual skills, he/she will be required to successfully pass an examination assessing oral communication, reading comprehension, and interpreting skills.
Program Summary
The mission of the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services, office of Licensure and Regulatory Services (L&R) is to promote public health education, safety and well-being while ensuring regulatory compliance within Montgomery County.
The Environmental Health Specialist, through Licensure and Regulatory Services, licenses and inspects, under both county and state regulations, facilities such as assisted living facilities; group homes; food service facilities (including restaurants, grocery stores, bars, mobile food trucks, and bed and breakfasts); facilities offering bingo, raffles and amusements; camps; private educational institutions; massage and bodywork establishments; swimming pools; tanning facilities; transient lodging; and video game facilities.
What you will be doing:
These employees will conduct routine inspections of food service facilities, pools, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, private educational institutions, tanning facilities and camps for compliance with the Maryland State and Montgomery County Laws and Regulations. These employees are also responsible for conducting foodborne outbreak investigations and investigating complaints from the public. These employees are responsible for enforcing the Montgomery County No Smoking, Trans Fat and Menu Labeling laws, understanding HACCP, reviewing and approving construction plans and equipment schedules for new and remodeled food service facilities and swimming pools, and responding to rodent, other vermin and nuisance complaints.
This work requires long periods of standing and/or walking, sometimes over rough or uneven surfaces; repeated bending, stooping, or crouching; and some lifting of objects up to 50 pounds.
These positions require the ability to work during non-business hours and MUST work every other weekend as well as attend meetings or perform work at locations outside the office.