Registered Environmental Health Specialist
Provisional, Pending Civil Service Procedures
Salary Range:  $46,766 - $62,569

Duties: Under direction, performs sanitary inspection and environmental health work involved in the enforcement of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws and rules within the concerned jurisdiction; conducts inspections, investigations, and educational outreach activities; performs other related duties as required and/or necessary.

Examples of Work:
Conducts inspections to enforce relevant sanitary and health laws.
When violations of relevant sanitary and health laws are found, determines the cause and takes proper corrective action.
Maintains, updates, and analyzes environmental health records, findings of inspections, and other data to ensure proper documentation and continuity of environmental health protection.
Prepare reports and findings as witness to environmental health violations in court cases and hearing.
Educates and communicates environmental risks to the public, media, and other interested parties.
Keeps current with professional developments in environmental health technologies, information systems, and technical advancements in the field.
Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.

Knowledge and abilities:
Knowledge of problems/procedures involved in sanitary inspection work, in the enforcement of relevant sanitary, environmental, and public health laws, rules, and ordinances. 
Ability to interpret relevant public health laws and apply them to specific cases.
Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with coworkers and others involved or interested in the work of the unit.
Ability to prepare reports of inspections containing findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform duties of this position.

Requirements: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey and a valid   Registered Environmental Health Specialist License issued by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services.

Offers of employment for this title are contingent upon successful completion of physical fitness testing, to include drug screenings, and criminal background checks.

Applicants should submit letter of interest with resume to Noah Hetzell, Assistant Health Officer (nhetzell@ccdoh.org or fax 856-327-6405) by May 9th, 2022.

The County of Cumberland is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to recruit and hire qualified individuals without discrimination and regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, breastfeeding, gender identity or expression, disability, liability for military service, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait and genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing).Cumberland County employment is governed by the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.