Environmental Health Specialist 1 or 2-RS - Pollution Identification & Correction

Environmental Health Specialist 1 or 2-RS
Pollution Identification and Correction Program

Our Role: Want to do meaningful work that has a real impact in our community? We work hard every day to keep Kitsap County safe and healthy. Our job is to ensure our surface waterways - streams, lakes, and shorelines - are safe and sanitary so you don’t get sick when you swim in them or eat the shellfish that live in them. Our Pollution Identification & Correction (PIC) water quality program is nationally recognized for its innovation and effectiveness. Join our team-oriented, family-friendly organization of over 125 talented public health professionals! 

The Position: Within agency policies, under the direction of the Water Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Program Manager, the incumbent is responsible for performing Environmental Health services mandated by local, State, and federal regulations governing water quality and water pollution prevention. The specific functions of this position are to protect and enhance surface waters and their associated resources and beneficial uses in Kitsap County. Failure to perform tasks essential to the position could result in an increased potential for surface water contamination, and shellfish, finfish, and bottom fish contamination, and other threats to public health. 

Hours: 40 hours per week – 100% FTE, requires occasional evening and weekend hours. 

Status: Permanent full-time position.  

Benefits: The District offers a comprehensive health benefit plan which includes medical, dental, vision, and life coverages, including several voluntary plan selections through The Standard, MetLife, and Aflac. The District provides medical and dental coverage contributing percentages of the average medical and dental insurance premium cost for full time employees as follows: Employee @ 100%, Employee & Spouse @ 90%, Employee & Child(ren) @ 90%, and Full Family @ 85%. Benefits include generous paid time off, and twelve paid holidays per year.  Employees participate in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), a defined benefit retirement plan managed by the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and Social Security. Several deferred compensation retirement savings plans are also offered.

Other: In-person interviews will be scheduled for April 17 and April 18. Please plan accordingly.

Essential Functions

• Conducts pollution identification and correction surveys and complaint investigations to assess, identify, and correct onsite sewage system performance problems and other nonpoint pollution sources.
• Collects surface water, shellfish, and other water-related samples as needed or directed.
• Assists with program response to swimming beach closures, paralytic shellfish poison closures, blue-green algae blooms, sewage spills, and other water quality related hazards.
• Provides technical assistance to, and corresponds with, the public, other governmental agencies, and District staff on program related activities.
• Participates in public and agency watershed management and steering committees related to water quality protection.
• Prepares technical reports, activity reports, and other correspondence, and performs related work as assigned or as needed.
• Develops program related education materials and makes educational presentations to community groups and the public.
• Keeps current on onsite sewage and water quality issues, technologies, and regulations.
• Participates in public education workshops and community events related to water quality.
• Assists with the administration of nonpoint pollution water quality restoration contracts and grants with Kitsap County Public Works, Washington State Department of Ecology and Department of Health, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

See job announcement for all Essential Functions and Physical Demands & Working Conditions.

Education & Experience

Environmental Health Specialist 1   

• Bachelor's degree in environmental health or environmental science, or a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 45 quarter hours (30 semester hours) in physics, chemistry, organic chemistry, geology, microbiology, epidemiology biostatistics, and college level algebra or higher mathematics.

Environmental Health Specialist 2-RS 

• Bachelor's degree in environmental health or environmental science, or a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 45 quarter hours (30 Semester hours) in physics, chemistry, organic chemistry, geology, microbiology, epidemiology biostatistics, and college level algebra or higher mathematics; and
• Two or more years of experience as an Environmental Health Specialist in a public health agency or in the armed forces.

Placement on the salary schedule as either an EHS 1 or EHS 2-RS depends on experience and Registered Sanitarian (RS) certification. 

Licenses, Certificates & Other Requirements

• Environmental Health Specialist 2-RS requires possession of a valid Registered Sanitarian (RS) License from the Washington State Board of Registered Sanitarians or the National Environmental Health Association.
• Performance of job duties requires driving on a regular basis, a valid Washington State driver's license, the use of the incumbent's personal motor vehicle, and proof of appropriate auto insurance.
• All required certificates, registrations, or licenses must be maintained in an active status without suspension or revocation throughout employment.   

To view the job opportunity and submit the required electronic application, please go to the Careers section of our website at kitsappublichealth.org or visit GovernmentJobs.com,