Health Environmentalist

Title: Health Environmentalist

Worksite: Simpson County Health Department

County: Simpson

Hours Status: Full Time

Pay Range: Starting $13.37/hr

*Pay is commensurate with education and experience

Brief Job Description:

Health Environmentalist to perform all environmental health inspections and investigations in Simpson County to ensure compliance with regulations, to include food service, hotel/motel, mobile home/recreation vehicle park, public building plan review, tattoo studio, school, septic tank cleaning vehicle, septic tank cleaning disposal site, ear/body piercing studio, youth camp, tanning bed, lead, swimming pool, beach, private water sample, rabies control and onsite sewage disposal system program; Investigates all nuisance complaints including mosquito control, bird, insect, and rodent; Issues notice/release in the methamphetamine lab program; Teaches Food Manager classes; Responds to environmental emergencies such as food vehicle accident, food service establishment fire, flood or other natural disaster, water service emergency; Provides information on mold as needed; Interprets reports generated by the Environmental Health Management Information System (EHMIS).

Education requirements: Bachelors degree from a college or university with a minor or twenty-four (24) semester hours in environmental health, biological or physical science or registration as a Kentucky Environmental Specialist/Sanitarian under KRS 223.