Careers

Description:

Duties Include
•    Performing inspections of state facilities regulated by the program.

•    Using the HealthSpace database to track inspection due dates, ensuring database is accurate and maintained, creating and maintaining policies and procedures.

•    Responding to complaints and illness notifications related to regulated state facilities.

•    Providing food safety technical expertise, rule interpretation, and consultative services to state and local food safety professionals, food industry representatives, and the public.

•    Standardizing local health food program leads to promote inspection skills and consistency.

•    Consulting regularly with co-workers and Program Supervisor to ensure the agency’s food safety messages are consistent.

•    Leading the development of guidance documents and training materials.

•    Training and educating a wide range of stakeholders in food safety.

•    Assisting Local Health Jurisdictions and various state agencies in the response to foodborne illness outbreaks.

What we’re looking for  
Our ideal candidate has a driving passion for the work, brings humility to their job and interactions, and understands how their actions affect others. They see the needs and objectives of others and take them into account while achieving their objectives, and they adapt their approach and expectations accordingly. Our ideal candidate is outward even when confronted with others that are not open or collaborative. They demonstrate resilience to model outward behaviors even when stressed or tired.

Required Qualifications

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher in environmental public health, food science, environmental science, or an allied field.

• Four (4) or more years of progressive experience in a food safety program focused on retail food safety.

• Experience in the following:

o Interpreting retail food safety and public health regulations and statutes and providing technical assistance regarding food safety hazards or issues.

o Conducting food safety inspections and foodborne outbreak investigations and writing comprehensive reports.

o Developing and presenting training and educational outreach on food safety topics to a broad scope of stakeholders.

o Participating in the development of food safety guidance, best practices, policies, or rules regarding environmental public health hazards or issues.

Desired Qualifications

• Two (2) or more years of progressive experience reviewing food facility plans and specifications.

• Registered as a Sanitarian in either Washington State or by the National Environmental Health Association.