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Description:

Job Duties

 

Conduct plan reviews of remodeled and newly constructed water recreation facilities

• Conduct comprehensive plan reviews for water recreation facilities ensuring compliance with WAC 246-260, WAC 246-262, and KCBH Code.  
• Issue Water Recreation Facility Construction Permits for approved water recreation plans.  
• Maintain and evaluate EH portal service website drain cover replacement submittals.  
• Complete pre-operational inspections for water recreation facilities. 

Respond and manage sewage releases and overflow events

• Manage sewage release/overflow notifications and assess contamination risk to the public.  
• Review and provide follow-up for incoming Ecology Reporting and Tracking System (ERTS) reports. 
• Coordinate and work with local utilities, management, communications team, county officials and the Washington State Department of Ecology BEACH Program. 
• Track data and manage records of each sewage release/overflow event. 

Respond and manage the marine and freshwater beach monitoring and shellfish sampling programs

• Analyze laboratory sample test results received for bacterial and toxic algal blooms. 
• Coordinate with King County Water and Land Resource Division, Washington State Department of Ecology BEACH Program, and local parks on signage postings at beaches. 
• Handle and manage all complaints regarding beach closures and warnings. 
• Coordinate with King County lab on sampling schedules and resamples. 
• Perform risk assessments for appropriate signage postings. 
• Work and coordinate with Washington State Department of Health Shellfish Program and local parks on signage postings in recreational shellfish harvesting areas based on lab results. 

Other duties

• Provide training and technical support to staff.  
• Update protocols, information, and forms on Water Recreational Program website. 
• Participate in program activities and investigations with the Washington State Department of Health’s Water Recreation Program and with Public Health - Seattle & King County Prevention Division’s Communicable Disease Investigators.  
• Perform other duties as assigned by supervisor. 

 

 

Skills/Eligibility:

Experience, Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills

Required:

• Within (6) six months of hire, Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS) from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) or from the Washington State Board of Registered Sanitarians (WSBRS).  
• Demonstrated experience conducting comprehensive plan reviews for food or water recreation facilities, ensuring compliance with food or water recreation code
• Demonstrated cultural competence working with diverse populations including race, ethnicity, gender, ability, age, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.
• Demonstrated experience analyzing and interpreting data to guide public health decision-making
• Demonstrated ability applying principles of equity and social justice in local government programs.  
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings and provide presentations to a wide range and size of audiences. 
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with the public, program staff and other agencies; and to participate effectively on committees and work groups to collaboratively discuss and resolve issues and develop recommendations for long term program evaluation and planning. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of environmental health principles and federal, state, or local environmental health regulations, codes and/or policies. 
• Demonstrated ability to research and draft program policies, procedures, correspondence, and technical reports. 
• Demonstrated proficiency with computer systems, Microsoft Office suite and with database or planning/design software.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain professional relationships with staff in different levels of government agencies and people in different fields of discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate through uncertainties, to be comfortable when there are no clear answers, and to make sound decisions by collecting and analyzing data, understanding the legal framework and the interests of all involved parties, and working closely with the leadership.

LICENSING/CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS:

• Valid Washington State driver’s license OR ability to obtain upon hire. 
• Within six months of hire, Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian (REHS/RS) from the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) or from the Washington State Board of Registered Sanitarians (WSBRS). 
     
   Both NEHA and WSBRS provide applications for REHS/RS credentialing by examination or via reciprocity.   
    
   REHS/RS credentialing information is available from NEHA at:   
  Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Register Sanitarian Credential (neha.org)  
    
  REHS/RS credentialing information is available from WSBRS at: www.wsbrs.org 

All required licenses and certifications must be maintained in active status without suspension or revocation throughout employment. 

Desired:

• Experience completing pre-operational inspections for food establishments or water recreation facilities
• Experience responding to and managing sewage releases and overflow events
• Experience with marine and freshwater beach monitoring and shellfish sampling programs
• Demonstrated experience issuing food or water recreation construction permits for approved plans
• Experience working in a highly collaborative government program