Environmental Health Supervisor

Pima County•Tucson, AZ

18d

About The Position

The Environmental Health Supervisor supervises environmental health staff performing field inspections and the enforcement of federal, state, and local regulation for permitted establishments relating to public health and consumer food safety. This classification is differentiated from other Environmental Health classifications within this series by its organizational placement as a full performance supervisor of assigned staff and by its focus on high profile/complex investigations which include the determination of violations and citations for food service establishments. As defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act, this classification may include any of the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics. This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by incumbents of this class. Work assignments may vary depending on the department’s need and will be communicated to the applicant or incumbent by the supervisor.

Requirements

Bachelor’s of Science degree from an accredited college or university in biological, environmental science, microbiology, other natural science, as defined by the Arizona Sanitarians Council or other closely related field as determined by the department head AND two years of experience working as a Registered Sanitarian in the State of Arizona in the field of public or environmental health relating to food and other consumer products and establishments INCLUDING one year of lead/supervisory experience. (Lead/supervisory experience may be concurrent with public or environmental health experience.)
OR: Three years of work experience as an Environmental Health Specialist in Arizona or a jurisdiction with reciprocity, as defined by the Arizona Sanitarians Council, while holding Registered Sanitarian or Registered Environmental Health Specialist credentials INCLUDING two years of experience in a lead role. (Lead experience is not required to be in a public health setting.)
Valid driver license is at time of application.
Valid AZ driver license is at time of appointment.
All positions require current State of Arizona registration as a professional Sanitarian.

Nice To Haves

Currently registered as a Sanitarian in the State of Arizona or currently registered as a Sanitarian/REHS in another state that has reciprocity with Arizona.
Environmental health work experience with Pima County Health Department.
Experience with Hedgerow software.

Responsibilities

Supervises Environmental Health staff performing field inspections and enforcing environmental health, laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and code pertaining to food preparation, service related health areas
Reviews and approves construction plans, HACCP plans and variance requests to ensure compliance with federal, state and local sanitation and health regulations for new or remodeled recreational and food establishments, including restaurants, mobile food units, temporary/seasonal events, swimming pools, hotels, motels, mobile home parks, schools and day-care facilities
Consults with architects, engineers, contractors and others regarding sanitation aspects of construction plans and construction
Supervises and participates in health inspections, high profile/complex investigations and the determination of violations and citations for food service establishments, swimming pools, hotels, motels, mobile home parks, schools and day-care facilities
Conducts inspections and serves as a point of contact on high profile, complex and emergency projects
Supervises, trains, assigns work to, evaluates and disciplines staff
Supervises the investigation and monitors reported food-borne, waterborne, and vector-related illness outbreaks
Interprets and enforces environmental health laws, rules, regulations, ordinances and codes pertaining to food preparation, service and related health areas
Performs quality control field inspections, standardization field inspections, on site construction inspections, final construction inspections and makes determinations and recommendations regarding compliance with federal, state and local sanitation and health regulations
Supervises and participates in the preparation and presentation of training materials to Health Department personnel, food service establishment personnel or others as appropriate
Represents the department on committees, working groups and public meetings
Provides information regarding environmental health, food and sanitation related issues, procedures, rules, laws, regulations and unit operations, to staff, other agencies, the news media and the public
Maintains and updates reference materials and prepares activity reports for management
Makes recommendations to management for the development or update of policies, procedures codes and ordinances
Coordinates the inspections and organization of temporary food events.