Hazardous Materials Specialist

THIS IS A NEW ASSEMBLED EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination willcancel any existing list and may last approximately one year but can beextended.

Supplemental Questionnaire: A properly completed Supplemental Questionnaire must besubmitted with each application. Applications and Supplemental Questionnairesmust be in the possession of the Human Resource Services Department by 5:00p.m. on the Last Day for Filing. Failure to submit the Application orSupplemental Questionnaire will result in disqualification.

Applications and Supplemental Questionnaires will only beaccepted online.

Qualified bilingual persons who speak English and are also fluent in:Spanish Chinese Vietnamese Cambodian Laotian Korean Mien TagalogAmharic Farsi Dari Tigrigna Russian Romanian or Sign Languages areespecially encouraged to apply. There is an additional biweekly compensationfor persons in positions designated bilingual. Qualified candidates may be tested todemonstrate language proficiency.

THE COUNTY

Alameda County located on the east side of San Francisco Bay isCalifornias seventh-largest county. The County employs 9700 full-timeemployees and operates on an annual budget of $3.4 billion. Oakland the Countyseat is Californias eighth-largest city. One and a half million people callAlameda County home and live in a variety of incorporated citiesunincorporated communities and rural areas. As a major urban county Alamedaprovides a full range of services to its citizens. The County is a blend ofculturally and ethnically diverse communities and its mixture of cosmopolitanand suburban areas provides the perfect environment for families and theiractive lifestyles. The County offers extensive cultural resources countlessrecreational opportunities and an array of fine public and private collegesand universities.

ALAMEDA COUNTY HEALTH

Alameda County Health is the local government agency that promotes and protects the health and well-being of all who live work learn and play in Alameda County. We coordinate services and cultivate partnerships with community organizations and providers to help ensure access organize and deliver health care and services to people with Medi-Cal and without insurance support resilient communities and improve health for all. We focus on health equity by developing programs and systemic solutions that reduce disparities for the people and communities we serve.

Alameda County Healths departments and programs focus on services and support that provide care for the whole person.

• The Behavioral Health Department provides mental health and substance use services for people with Medi-Cal and without insurance and supports people along their path to wellness recovery and resilience.

• The Environmental Health Department works to keep our air water and food safe; it regulates protects and promotes the health of everyone in Alameda County by enforcing environmental health codes to reduce exposure to toxins and diseases.

• The Public Health Department focuses on community and population-level health preventing and addressing root causes of health inequity across a range of communicable and chronic diseases.

• Alameda County Health also provides services through Housing and Homelessness Services Emergency Medical Services Agency HealthPAC and Healthy Schools and Communities.

ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

Environmental Protection Division (EP): As part of Alameda County Health the Environmental Health Department protects and enhances peoples health and quality of life by ensuring food and recreational safety reducing exposure to toxins and diseases and protecting the quality of our water air and environment. We are environmental protection specialists food and recreation facilities inspectors certified hazardous materials and waste specialists recreational water quality technicians land and water protection regulators and vector control biologists.

For more information about the Department of Environmental Health please visit Materials Division/Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA):Incumbents assigned to the Hazardous MaterialsDivision/CUPA are responsible for conducting inspections permittingtraining/outreach and enforcement; investigating incidents related to hazardousmaterials waste tire or pollution of the waters of Alameda County; lendingtechnical assistance during emergency response; providing regulatory oversight;and ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Local Oversight Program (LOP):Incumbents assigned to the LOP Divisionare responsible for providing regulatory and technical oversight for the routine or frequently seen leaking Underground Storage Tanks and other contamination sites; Providing review and analysis of technical data and evaluates the effectiveness of corrective actions at contaminated sites; Conducting environmental oversight surveys; investigating potential community health hazards; evaluating sites based on current and future use; ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations and local ordinances.

Household Hazardous Waste Program (HHW): Incumbents assigned to the HHW Division will be responsible for employee safety efficiency and compliance with applicable requirements during operations and service to the public and businesses including during handling accumulation transport and disposal of hazardous waste and materials collected at a Permanent HHW Facilities and for oversight of all activities at temporary events. Duties include: train and supervise Senior HazardousMaterials (HM) Specialists HM Specialists Environmental Health (EH) Technicians EH Maintenance Workers Clerks and administrative staff and contractor employees to provide good communication and service to the public; material handling packing and shipping recordkeeping and reporting compliant with all relevant requirements; arrange for purchase of all needed equipment supplies services; determine and implement preventative measures to reduce risk of incident injury or disruption of service to the public; coordinate on-call response to monitoring system activation and; take a leading role in response to any incident or emergency.

THE VACANCY

The vacancies are located in the above program areas however the eligible list resulting from this recruitment and selection process will be used to fill vacant positions with or without program-specific specialty designations in this classification. Position designation will result in the selective certification of eligibles who possess the program specific requirements as determined by the supplemental questionnaire screening. All applicants who meet the minimum qualification for the classification are encouraged to apply with a complete application and supplemental questionnaire.

THE POSITION

Under general direction conducts hazardous waste investigations and evaluates and interprets problems of environmental and public health hazards. This position works under the general direction of a Supervising Hazardous Materials Specialist.

The Hazardous Materials Specialists are located in the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) Local Oversight Program (LOP) and the Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) Program of the Environmental Health Department. Incumbents conduct investigations and site data analysis for industrial governmental and community sites regarding possible health hazards environmental impact or regulatory compliance concerns. The Hazardous Materials Specialist is distinguished from the Environmental Health Specialist in that the latter is primarily responsible for environmental and public health impacts associated with the improper use or storage of hazardous materials or has responsibility for the safe operation of Household Hazardous Waste Facilities HHWFs. The handling and managing of hazardous waste requires a comprehensive knowledge of the hazardous materials field. Incumbents receive direction from a Supervising Hazardous Materials Specialist.

NOTE: The classification specification lists the duties performed by employees in this classification. However employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all duties listed.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

In addition to meeting the minimum qualifications and knowledgeskills and abilities listed below the ideal candidate for this position will:

• Possess a strong ability to gather analyze and compile information and implement regulations to address compliance related issues and problems.
• Leverage automated systems and technology to achieve efficiencies and improve program performance.
• Consistently manage time and resources to appropriately prioritize and complete goals and assignments.
• Be an effective communicator and have the ability to explain program requirements and concepts to the public and present to a diverse population.
• Be a collaborator and a team player who maintains and cultivates successful working relationships with others.
• Be able to identify safety issues and problems; detects hazardous working conditions and safety problems; checks equipment and/or work area regularly.
• Problem solve with high standards for quality attention to detail and a strong commitment to public service.
• Learn and adapt to new procedures and processes successfully.

For a detailed listing of the essential responsibilities and core competency requirements for this position please click here for the job description.

The examination will consist of the following steps:

1) A review of candidates applications to verify possession of minimumrequirements. Those candidates who possess the minimum requirements for theclassification will move on to the next step in the examination process.

2) A review of candidates Supplemental Questionnaires to select the bestqualified applicants. Those candidates selected as best qualified will move onto the next step in the examination process.

3) An oral interview examination which will be weighted as 100% of thecandidates final examination score. The oral interview examination may containsituational exercises.

CANDIDATES MUST ATTAIN A QUALIFYING RATING ON EACHPORTION OF THIS EXAMINATION.

We reserve the right to make changes to the announcedexamination components.

Alameda County utilizes a Civil Service Selection System founded on a system is competitive and based on broad recruitment efforts and equalopportunity for qualified applicants to test in an examination process designedto determine the qualifications fitness and ability of competitors to performduties of the vacant position. Many of our recruitments are targeted andspecific to the needs of a current vacant position in which case the eligiblelist may be exclusively used for that current vacant position. Otherrecruitments may be more broadly used for both current and future vacancies orfor other alternate jobs with comparable scopes of work.

To learn more about our recruitment and selection process pleasevisit the What You Need to Know section of our website.

Applicants will be informed via email with reasonable noticeinadvance of any examination process which will require their following dates are tentative and subject to change based on the needs ofthe Agency:

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN:

Deadline For Filing:

5:00 p.m. Wednesday August 13 2025

Review of Minimum Qualifications

Review Supplemental Questionnaire for Best Qualified

August 15 2025

September 2-5 2025

Virtual Pre-recorded Civil Service Oral Examination:

Virtual Oral Examination Ratings:

Results Notification:

Promulgation of Eligible List:

September 9-18 2025

September 22-26 2025

Week of September 29 2025

October 15 2025

TENTATIVE SELECTION PLAN:

Departmental Hiring Interviews:

October 2025

WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCEDRECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN

Alameda County and the Human Resource Services Department will makereasonable efforts in the examination and/or selection process to accommodatequalified individuals with disabilities and/or medical conditions inaccordance/compliance with the State Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA)Federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Alameda Countys ReasonableAccommodation Policy and applicable statues. To request an accommodationdue to a disability/medical condition during this or other phases of theexamination/selection process please contact the assigned Human ResourcesRepresentative listed on the job announcement before the last date offiling. Alameda County requires applicants to provide supportingdocumentation to substantiate a request for reasonable orderto qualify for a reasonable accommodation applicants must have adisability/medical condition pursuant to the ADA FEHA and applicable statutes.

For more informationregarding our Reasonable Accommodation procedures please visit our website County offers a comprehensive and competitive benefits package that affords wide-ranging health care options to meet the different needs of a diverse workforce and their families. We also sponsor many employee discount fitness and health screening programs focused on overall wellbeing. These benefits include but are not limited to*:

For your Health & Well-Being

• Medical HMO & PPO Plans
• Dental HMO & PPO Plans
• Vision or Vision Reimbursement
• Share the Savings
• Basic Life Insurance
• Supplemental Life Insurance (with optional dependent coverage for eligible employees)
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• County Allowance Credit
• Flexible Spending Accounts - Health FSA Dependent Care and Adoption Assistance
• Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits - Accident Insurance Critical Illness Long-Term Care Hospital Indemnity and Legal Services
• Employee Assistance Program

For your Financial Future

• Retirement Plan - (Defined Benefit Pension Plan)
• Deferred Compensation Plan (457 Plan or Roth Plan)

For your Work/Life Balance

• 12 paid holidays
• Floating Holidays
• Vacation and sick leave accrual
• Vacation purchase program
• Management Paid Leave**
• Catastrophic Sick Leave
• Pet Insurance
• Commuter Benefits Program
• Guaranteed Ride Home
• Employee Wellness Program (e.g. At Work Fitness Incentive Based Programs Gym Membership Discounts)
• Employee Discount Program (e.g. theme parks cell phone etc.)
• Child Care Resources
• 1stUnited Services Credit Union

*Eligibility is determined by Alameda County and offerings may vary by collective bargaining agreement. This provides a summary of the benefits offered and can be subject to change.

** Non-exempt management employees are entitled to up to three (3) days of management paid leave. Exempt management employees are entitled to up to eight (8) days of management paid leave.

All notices related to County recruitments for which youhave applied will be sent/delivered via email. Please add @@ and as accepted addressesto any email blocking or spam filtering program you may use. If you do not dothis your email blocking or spam filtering program may block receipt of thenotices regarding your application for recruitments. You are also strongly advisedto regularly log into your County of Alameda online application account tocheck for notices that may have been sent to you. All email notices that willbe sent to you will also be kept in your personal online application will be able to view all of your notices in your online application accountby clicking on the My applications button on the Current JobOpenings page.

Please take the stepsrecommended above to ensure you do not miss any notices about a recruitment forwhich you have applied. The County of Alameda is not responsible for noticesthat are not read received or accessed by any applicant for a County recruitment.

NOTE: All notices aregenerated through an automated email notification system. Replies to the emailboxes and are routed tounmonitored mailboxes. If you have questions please go to our website at . You may also contactthe Human Resources Analyst listed on the job announcement for the recruitmentfor which you have applied.

NicoleLewis-BoltonHuman Resources Analyst

HumanResource Services County of Alameda

Disaster ServiceWorker

All Alameda County employees are designated Disaster Service Workers through state and local with the County requires the affirmation of a loyalty oath to this effect. Employees are required to report to work as ordered in the event of an emergency.

Equal EmploymentOpportunity

Alameda County has a diverse workforce that is representative of thecommunities we serve and is proud to be an equal opportunity aspects of employment are based on merit competence performance andbusiness need. Alameda County does not discriminate in employment on the basisof: race color religion sex (including pregnancy and gender identity)national origin political affiliation sexual orientation marital statusdisability genetic information age membership in an employee organizationretaliation parental status military service or other non-merit factorsprotected under federal state and local law. Alameda County celebratesdiversity and is committed to creating an inclusive and welcoming workplaceenvironment.