Environmental Health Specialist

Prince George's County

Upper Marlboro, MD

Pay: $56,227-$76,312/yr

Shift: Full time

**Nature and Variety of Work**

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Come join our team!

Prince George’s County Government provides a dynamic and inclusive workplace where employees can thrive, learn, and grow across its 30 diverse agencies, all dedicated to serving the County's residents with essential resources and services. Nestled just minutes away from Washington, DC, Prince George's County combines urban vibrancy with serene surroundings, offering an ideal setting to live, work, and enjoy life.

The Prince George’s County **Health Department** is currently seeking qualified applicants to fill an **Environmental Health Specialist** **(Environmental Health Specialist I/II)**, grade **A18-A21** position, in the **HD Food Protection Services Unit.**

**About the Position**

This is professional entry level inspectional and investigative code enforcement work to insure/obtain compliance with various public and environmental health laws, codes, ordinances, and standards within assigned service and program areas of the Health Department (e.g., food protection). Subject to extensive public contact, incumbents perform routine inspectional and investigative assignments in order to attain compliance with applicable public health and environmental laws, codes, and standards. Field/office work is performed under the close supervision of a higher-level Environmental Health Specialist and independent field judgments are limited to routine assignments within the framework of established standard operating procedures.

**About the Agency**

The Department of the Environment works for a healthy, beautiful, and sustainable County through programs that provide clean water, flood control, recycling and waste management, litter prevention, sustainable animal management, and pet adoption in partnership with residents and other stakeholders.

Some of our core services include protecting and enhancing the natural and built environments of Prince George's County by enforcing Federal, State and County laws to create a healthy, safe and aesthetically pleasing environment for all residents and businesses of the County (Stormwater Management Division); flooding prevention for buildings and structures (Flood Management and Environmental Resilience Division and Stormwater Management Division); collecting, processing, and diverting waste from the County-operated landfill, commercial facilities, and households (Sustainable Waste Management Division ); engaging residents and partners to ELEVATE environmental stewardship, beautification, and waste reduction (Community Engagement and Beautification Division); providing sustainability services to reduce greenhouse gas and emissions (Climate and Energy Division ); and facilitating pet adoptions, managing an animal holding facility, issuing pet licenses, investigating cruelty complaints, and conducting humane outreach and education events (Animal Services Division).

**Examples of Work**

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• Assists and learns to inspect, investigate, record and report on the environmental public health impact of the retail manufacture, preparation, handling, distribution and sale of food and drink.
• Conducts comprehensive and monitoring, and follow-up inspections to determine compliance with applicable State and local regulations using proper forms and investigator skills.
• Responds to citizen complaints using knowledge of appropriate investigator skills, office procedures and forms to produce a resolution of all observed health code violations.
• Conducts change of ownership inspections and remodel inspections, using appropriate regulations, and investigative skills to approve new facilities and/or equipment for use.
• Assists and learns to inspect, investigate, record and report on the environmental public health impact of the retail manufacture, preparation, handling, distribution and sale of food and drink.
• Assists and learns to collect samples at nursing homes, schools, day care centers, swimming pools, private and public wells, food facilities and other public facilities for analysis.
• Assists and learns to read, analyze and interpret laboratory test results and reports in order to (1) determine the existence of potential public health hazards, (2) ensure compliance with public health laws and regulations, or (3) to determine/recommend a course of action to address/resolve the problem.
• Assists and learns to issue written notices of code violation to responsible party(ies) (e.g., property owners, operators, citizens) in order to inform them of circumstances/practices/operations that are not in compliance with public/environmental health laws, codes and standards.
• Assists and learns to prepare and maintain reports and records of health inspections, violations and permits.
• Assists and learns to provide advice and guidance in the interpretation of environmental health laws and regulations to builders, private businesses, governmental agencies and other