APPROXIMATE ANNUAL SALARY -
$49,151.52 to
$72,871.20
PAY GRADE: 34
For more information on benefit and retirement programs, please see the sections below.
In order to receive consideration, applicants must indicate their availability for any work type, travel, and location requirements listed.
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Work Type: Permanent, full time vacancies as they may occur
in this geographical location.
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Department: Agriculture |
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Division: Food and Nutrition |
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Location: Las Vegas, Boulder City, Indian Springs, Jean, Henderson |
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Job Class Code:
10.532
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Announcement Number: 41507
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Open to all qualified persons. |
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Posted
12/24/2020
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Close Date:
02/26/2021
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Recruiter:
KENNETH
SCHULZ
Phone: **None**
Email: krschulz@admin.nv.gov
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Applications accepted
for another Expired
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Environmental Health Specialists are responsible for conducting drug licensing investigations; label review, sampling and inspection of drug and cosmetic manufacturing plants; inspection of dairies and milk processing plants; certification of septic systems; inspection of food warehouses, traditional food and drink establishments, health facilities, public institutions and other related facilities to ensure compliance with State laws and regulations.
Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.
This is an Environmental Health Specialist 2 position underfilling for the Environmental Health Specialist 3 located in Las Vegas. The incumbent will conduct inspections of dairy farms, milk plants, single service plants, bulk milk tank trucks, cheese plants and ice cream manufacturing plants and meat & poultry processing facilities for compliance with federal and state health and safety standards. The incumbent will test pasteurization equipment; evaluate the handling practices of pasteurizer operators, bulk milk haulers and milk samplers; collect dairy farm and milk plant samples, address public health and safety concerns and/or investigations in an assigned area within Nevada relating to dairy products and facilities. The State of Nevada is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action in recruitment of its employees and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion or belief, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, domestic partnership, genetic information (GINA), or compensation and/or wages.
In order to be qualified, you must meet the following requirements:
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Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university which includes the satisfactory completion of at least 45 quarter hours, or 30 semester hours, of academic work in science courses, including biology, chemistry, physics, geology, sanitary engineering or environmental engineering and one year of experience performing professional environmental health duties for a regulatory environmental health agency; OR one year of experience as an Environmental Health Specialist I in Nevada State service. |
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Any person licensed as an Environmental Health Specialist is another state of by the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) must obtain and maintain certification of registration by the Nevada State Board within six months of appointment and as a condition of continuing employment. |
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Registration as an Environmental Health Specialist Trainee by the Nevada State Board of Registered Environmental Health Specialists is required within 30 days of appointment for the I and II levels of this series. |
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College transcripts must be submitted with the employment application. |
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This position requires a valid driver's license or evidence of equivalent mobility at the time of appointment and for continuing employment. |
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The exam will consist of an application evaluation. It is essential that applications include detailed information with time frames regarding education and experience. The most qualified applicants will be contacted by the hiring agency for interview. The hiring agency may require specific skills related testing as part of the interviewing process. |
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