Description:
SUMMARY: Under the supervision of the Director of Environmental Health, a technician inspects commercial, residential, and public locations in the County to enforce federal, state, and county environmental health laws to safeguard the public health. This position involves field inspection work in the enforcement of environmental health laws. Employees in this job are required to exercise some independent judgment and tact to secure voluntary compliance with applicable rules and regulations. However, assistance is available for difficult or highly sensitive problems. Work is assigned and reviewed by the Director of Environmental Health for Montgomery County.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties will be assigned.
· Enforcement of the Sanitary Code
· Perform soil and or site evaluations, with assistance of the EHZ Director
· Issues permits as directed
· Write reports as directed
· Investigate complaints
· Provide interpretation of applicable rules and regulations
· Issue written orders to correct Code or Regulation violations as assigned by the EHZ Director
· Review plans, blueprints, and specifications for construction
· Must be able to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees, officials, and the general public
· Must have working knowledge of Word and Excel.
· Use a shovel and or pick to dig holes to expose inspection lids on septic tanks
· Investigate sanitation problems such as trash, rodents, and insect infestations
· Investigate water pollution situations
· Must be able to drive a county-owned vehicle
· Collect water samples and perform water screenings
· Issue permits to the general public
· Administer testing and issue a license to contractors
· Assist with the Animal welfare aspect of the County regulations.
· Assist with office reports, compliance, research, file management, and general office duties
· Must be available for call-outs
Requirements:
QUALIFICATIONS To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below represent the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or general education degree (GED).
LANGUAGE SKILLS: Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information one-on-one and in small group situations to the general public and other employees of the organization.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as percentages, area, circumference, and volume.
REASONING ABILITY: Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY: Receive, track, and deposit licensing fees and permit fees. Employee is responsible for making purchases following Montgomery County’s Procurement Policy, with prior approval from the EHZ Director.
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS: Must have a current driver’s license.
OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Must be familiar with ADA and Safety requirements. Must be able to talk with the public and professionally discuss their concerns. Must be a self-starter and able to work alone.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools; reach with hands and arms; talk or hear; and taste or smell. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
The employee will frequently be required to walk considerable distances over rough ground while carrying up to 50 pounds and occasionally stoop and lift or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions and is regularly exposed to vibration. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts and in high, precarious places and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the office is quiet, and the work environment outside the office has the potential to be loud.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only activities to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related responsibilities requested by their supervisor