Environmental Health Specialist

Job description

Title: Environmental Health Specialist State Role Title: Environmental Specialist I Hiring Range: $44,192 - $55,000 (up to $66,000 with supplement) Pay Band: 4: Agency: Virginia Department of Health: Location: PRINCE WILLIAM-EH & VITAL REC Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/prince-william: Recruitment Type: General Public - G Job Duties: "There is a local salary supplement of 20% in addition to the listed state salary range for this position." Performs environmental health duties at the entry level as a trainee. Employees are typically new hires in formal and on-the-job training in one or more areas such as food sanitation, on-site soils evaluation, private well inspection, rabies abatement, communicable disease investigation, and migrant labor camp inspection, classification of shellfish growing areas and investigation of general environmental complaints. Employees receive close supervision and guidance. Must be able to complete the applicable training in the VDH Soils program, VDH Food program or VDH Shellfish program and be able to obtain credentials in one of the following within 18 months: VDH Standardized in Food, DPOR Conventional Onsite Soil Evaluator (COSE), DPOR...