Registered Environmental Health Specialist Contractor

Greene County Public Health is seeking a Registered Environmental Health Specialist contractor

Department: Environmental Health

Job Status: Contractor

FLSA Status: Exempt

Reports To: Environmental Health Director

Amount of Travel Required:50-80%

Job Type: Temporary

Positions Supervised:None

Work Schedule: 8 am - 4 pm M-F with evenings and weekends as needed. Work hours days and times will vary based on work requirements. Contract expires August 31 2026. Work hours may not exceed 40 hours per week. A week is defined as the 7-day period beginning Saturday and ending Friday.

Compensation:$35.00 per hour (maximum of 720 hours) mileage reimbursement paid at $0.725 per mile

POSITION SUMMARY

General statement of duties: The incumbent will perform routine and complex inspections testing sampling and plan review in environmental health programs which may include but not limited to food service operations and retail food establishments vending schools parks camps swimming pools and spas housing sewage treatment systems land septage application private water/wells solid waste disposal construction and demolition debris landfills refuse hauling and/or septage hauling vehicles vector and rabies control; investigate foodborne or other illnesses and public health nuisances; conduct inspections of housing water hauling vehicles body art/body piercing establishments; collect water and effluent samples; perform routine tests according to established health district policy and procedures to enforce state and local laws and rules and regulations.

Required education experience and training: Must possess and maintain a registration as an environmental health specialist as issued by the Ohio Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Health and Radiation Protection in accordance with Ohio Revised Code

Additional requirements:

• Candidate must hold a valid Ohio Drivers license.
• Must be a dependable individual.
• Able to read and understand written instructions and maps. Able to add and subtract whole numbers.
• Must have an understanding of basic biology or science and be capable of learning to respond to questions and concerns from the general public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) -Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) -Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5 hrs./day)

F (Frequently) -Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5 hrs./day)

C (Constantly) -Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hrs./day)

Physical Demands

Stand -C

Walk -F

Sit -F

Manually Manipulate -C

Reach Outward -F

Reach Above Shoulder -F

Climb -O

Crawl -O

Squat or kneel -F

Grasp -C

Speak -C

Lift/Carry

10 lbs. or less -F

11-20 lbs. -F

21-50 lbs. -O

51-100 lbs. -O

Over 100 lbs. -O

Push/Pull

12 lbs. or less -F

13-25 lbs. -O

26-40 lbs. -O

41-100 lbs. -O

50 pounds or more you may request assistance.

Other Physical Requirements

• Vision (Near Distance Color)
• Sense of Sound Sufficient to communicate in-person in the field and on the telephone
• Sense of smell
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Glasses and gloves
• Sense of balance

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The employee may be exposed to must negotiate use or work in the vicinity of: materials containing asbestos or other hazardous materials (e.g. mold); hot cold humid or windy weather conditions; extreme non-weather related heat or cold; radiant energy; upset or emotionally distraught individuals; potentially dangerous/fatal infectious diseases; open flames boiling liquid hot grease and other commercial kitchen hazards; sharp kitchen instruments; hazardous driving conditions; bleach disinfectants and other industrial cleaning solutions; chlorine and other pool maintenance chemicals; raw sewage human waste and other unsanitary materials; heavy equipment trenches ditches and other excavations; ladders stairs or scaffolds; environmental conditions which may result in injury from fumes odors dusts mists gases and/or poorly ventilated work areas; crowds; vector borne diseases ticks and mosquitoes; potentially vicious and rabid animals and their bodily fluids.

Contact Information:

For general questions regarding the position please contact:

Evan Dillahunt

Required Experience:

Junior IC