Environmental Health Specialist I

Douglas County Government; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 61,000 - 76,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plans

Paid holidays

Job summary

Douglas County Government seeks an Environmental Health Specialist I to join the Environmental Health team. You will perform inspections and investigations to ensure compliance with local and state health codes, contributing to community health and safety.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health or related field (or 4 years of related experience) and a Colorado driver’s license. The position offers a solid salary range and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health or related field, or 4 years of related professional experience.
• One year of professional experience in a related program.
• Valid Colorado Driver’s License with insurance.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections and investigations of public and private establishments to ensure code compliance.
• Work with programs such as retail food, childcares, or onsite waste treatment systems, as assigned.
• Collaborate with the Environmental Health team to protect public health.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Attention to detail

Service-oriented

Sound judgment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental Health or related field

Job description

Summary of Position

Douglas County is seeking an Environmental Health professional to join our team!

If you are passionate about protecting public health, enjoy working in the community and want a career where your work makes a visible difference every day, this could be the job for you.

Generally, the hiring range is $60,557-$75,696 annually. Qualifications, education and experience as it relates to the position will be taken into consideration when determining hiring salary.

Your future is important to us.

Douglas County offers a comprehensive benefits package — including medical, dental, vision, and retirement plans — plus a wide range of additional resources to support your health, growth, and overall well-being.

View the full Employee Benefits Guide

Example of Duties

As part of the Douglas County Environmental Health team, the Environmental Health Specialist I performs inspections and investigations of public and private establishments and other environmental situations to ensure compliance with local and state health and safety codes. Working assigned program to include either retail food establishments, childcares, and body art facilities, or Onsite Waste Treatment Systems (septics), swimming pools, waste tires and landfills, environmental record reviews.

Minimum Qualifications

We are looking for someone who brings sound judgment, strong communication skills, attention to detail and a service-oriented approach. The ideal candidate will have an a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in Environmental Health, or a related field, one year of professional experience in a related program; or in lieu of bachelor’s degree, incumbent must have four years of professional experience in a related program. A combination of experience and education may be considered. Must possess a valid Colorado Driver’s License upon hire, with complying insurance.

Additional Information

In the event of an emergency/disaster in or near the County, all County employees are expected to make every effort to be available to assist the County Manager, Elected/Appointed Officials and Department Directors to ensure the continued operation of any and all necessary County functions. This may mean being available to perform additional duties and hours beyond what is normally required. In the event that an exempt employee does work more than 40 hours a week in support of County operations during an emergency, such employee may receive overtime or other appropriate wage compensation in accordance with existing County policies or at the discretion of the County.

• Douglas County is dedicated to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity in any term, condition, or privilege of employment. We do not discriminate against applicants or employees on the basis of age, race, sex, color, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
• In compliance with the Job Application Fairness Act (SB 23-158), applicants may redact information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution in your application, transcripts and/or other application materials.
• Douglas County requires a pre-employment drug screen (including marijuana) and background check, which may include fingerprinting to be run through a national database to determine criminal activity, prior to employment.
• Douglas County participates in E-Verify. We will provide the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security, with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

Douglas County offers a comprehensive benefit package. For a more detailed overview of our benefit package, click on the link below.

http://www.douglas.co.us/government/departments/humanresources/employee-benefits/

Why Douglas County?

• 11 ½ paid holidays each year + a floating holiday
• 9 hours of paid vacation per month
• 8 hours of paid sick time per month
• Medical insurance employees can choose from two plan options: United Healthcare Doctors Plan or United Healthcare HDHP Plan
• Life insurance 2 times employee salary at no cost to employee
• Mandatory retirement – defined contribution of 8% - matched at 8%
• Annual performance reviews with potential for an increase

Additionally, we offer dental, vision, accident/critical illness insurance, tuition reimbursement, and employee training.