Environmental Health Specialist

Environmental Health Specialist I

Salary: $5,366– $6,979 per Month

Continuous

Priority Screen Date:
Sunday, October 26, 2025

Exam #25/30J11/10MC

The County of Monterey Health Department’s Environmental Health Bureau is seeking individuals to join a dynamic team of professionals to fill several vacancies for Environmental Health Specialist I. The incumbent will be responsible for conducting inspections, outreach, investigations, and surveys in support of Federal, State and local environmental health laws and regulations in an assigned district or specialty area.

The Environmental Health Bureau is dedicated to safeguarding the residents and resources of Monterey County by providing services that help promote responsible business practices, by providing educational opportunities to industry workers and the public, and when necessary, by enforcing Environmental Health principles and laws.

The Environmental Health Bureau is responsible for the oversight of the following programs:

• Drinking Water Protection Services Healthy Housing Services: Responsible for Multifamily dwellings, detention facilities, employee housing, lead prevention program, public swimming pools and beach water monitoring. Also responsible for small public, state small, and local small water systems inspection & compliance monitoring programs; drinking water source assessment; water well construction; repair & destruction inspection; cross connection control; collaborative aquifer protection; desalination treatment facility permitting & inspection;
  
  the Castroville Seawater Intrusion Project monitoring; and water reuse programs.
• Hazardous Materials Services: Responsible for emergency response; pesticide exposure; site mitigation programs;
  Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA) programs: hazardous materials management; hazardous waste generator and on‑site treatment/tiered permitting; accidental release prevention; underground storage tanks; and above ground petroleum storage tanks.
• Solid Waste Management Services: Responsible for solid waste facility inspection & permitting; illegal dumping enforcement; liquid waste hauler inspection; solid waste vehicle inspection; medical waste generator inspection; body art facility & operator inspection; waste tire inspection; and vegetable cull feeding inspection programs.
• Consumer Health Protection Services: Responsible for retail food facility inspection; food borne illness investigation; food complaint investigation; vector control; general environmental health & sanitation; smoking pollution control; storm water pollution control; and agricultural field toilet inspection programs.
• Environmental Health Review (Land Use) Services: Review of subdivisions and lot‑lining adjustments; planning projects; administrative, zoning and coastal permits; building permits; regional and long‑term planning; and general plan update. Responsible for nuisance noise control; wastewater treatment facility and nitrate monitoring; standard and alternative onsite wastewater treatment systems; grey water disposal; and winery wastewater disposal programs.

As of September 8th, 2023, the Health Department offers up to a $10,000 signing bonus to candidates hired into regular full‑time positions for this classification from this recruitment.

The Eligible List established by this recruitment process will be used to fill current and future vacancies, both regular and temporary, as they arise.

This classification is part of a flexible series. Incumbents appointed at the lower level of the career series may be promoted up to the higher level of the career series subject to their meeting the employment standards for the higher class and a recommendation for their promotion by the appointing authority in accordance with the Flexible Staffing Program and Guidelines.

Will have a proven track record demonstrating the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Chemistry, biology, microbiology, and environmental health science.
• Methods and procedures used to conduct research, inspections, or investigations.

• Learn to conduct investigations.
• Communicate visual…