Environmental Sanitarian I - Baltimore City Health Department (Job)
Description:
An Environmental Sanitarian I receive training in environmental health investigation, and issues violation notices and civil and environmental citations. Work of this class involves no supervisory duties or responsibilities.
Incumbents receive close supervision from a technical superior. Employees in this class work a conventional workweek including evening and weekend hours and on a 24-hour call back in case of emergencies. Work is performed at sites of investigations where vermin, dirt, filth, dilapidated structures and other undesirable conditions are encountered. Work requires minimal physical exertion.
Skills/Eligibility:
Minimum Qualifications:
On or before the date of filing the application, each candidate must:
Education: Have a bachelor’s degree with at least 30 semester credit hours in physical, biological, or environmental science and completion of a laboratory course in biology, chemistry, physics, soil science or geographic information systems and have completed at least one course in mathematics from an accredited college or university.
OR
Equivalency Notes: Have an equivalent combination of education and experience acceptable to the Maryland State Board of Environmental Sanitarians.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Knowledge of the basic principles of bacteriology, chemistry, biology and physics.
- Knowledge of various office software.
- Ability to conduct environmental health investigations and to evaluate and interpret findings.
- Ability to use and navigate a computer, handheld device, tablet, or any other technological equipment that may be used to conduct, capture, or record inspections and investigations.
- Ability to maintain records and to prepare detailed narrative reports of environmental health investigations and complaints.
- Ability to evaluate and interpret inspection and investigation findings and determine code violations.
- Ability to give testimony in court against violators of environmental health laws and regulations.
- Ability to communicate with property owners, tenants, licensees, managers and operators regarding environmental health laws and regulations.
- Ability to promote community understanding and support for environmental health laws.
- Ability to enforce environmental health laws tactfully and calmly.