Hazardous Materials Specialist III

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SPECIALIST III

SALARY INFORMATION

$40.85 - $55.03 Hourly

Salary may be negotiable within the range listed above, based on position requirements and successful candidate's qualifications, subject to appropriate authorization.

Final date to receive applications

This position is open to the public for a minimum of five (5) business days and will remain open on a continuous basis until 11:59pm (PST) on the day the department’s needs are met. Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply immediately.

The first round of consideration is Thursday, July 31, 2025.

This recruitment will establish an open eligible list. This list will be used to fill current and future Hazardous Materials Specialist III positions within the Health Care Agency, Environmental Health Division. This recruitment may also be used to fill positions in similar and/or lower classifications throughout the County.

The County of Orange, Health Care Agency (HCA) is a dynamic organization dedicated to creating and supporting an environment that promotes the achievement of optimal individual, family and community health. Under the leadership of the Agency Director, a dynamic executive team with an organizational structure comprised of five (5) service areas - Administrative Services, Behavioral Health Services, Correctional Health Services, Public Health Services, and Specialized Medical Health Services - is committed to meeting the health needs of the diverse Orange County community.

The Environmental Health Division (EH) is comprised of various programs aimed toward protecting the health and safety of Orange County residents and visitors from harmful conditions in the environment. Staff enforce laws and regulations and emphasize education to assist businesses with providing healthy and safe communities. Services include retail and wholesale food protection, foodborne illness investigations, public pool inspections, childhood lead exposure prevention, water quality, ocean water protection, solid waste facility oversight, hazardous materials surveillance and mitigation oversight, underground and above ground storage tank oversight, body art facility and practitioner oversight, medical waste management inspections and a used oil recycling education program.

The Hazardous Materials Surveillance Section (HMSS) manages the Certified Unified Program Agency (CUPA), medical waste, and body art regulatory inspection programs. The CUPA programs consist of the hazardous materials, hazardous waste, above-ground petroleum tanks, underground storage tanks (UST), and the California Accidental Release Prevention (CalARP) inspection programs. In addition to the regulatory oversight programs, the HMSS manages two Cal Recycle grants, the Waste Tire Enforcement grant and the Used Oil Recycling grant.

The Land & Water Quality (LWQ) Section manages the Site Mitigation program including Local Oversight programs (LOP) and Industrial Cleanup (IC), which provide regulatory oversight for cleanup of current/former industrial facilities and leaking underground storage tanks (USTs). The IC program serves all the cities and unincorporated areas of Orange County. The LOP serves a similar area; however, excludes the cities of Anaheim and Fullerton.

The LWQ Section also manages the Solid Waste (SW) program that protects public health and safety, and the environment by ensuring that solid waste is collected, stored, processed and disposed properly. Solid waste facilities in Orange County are required to hold permits from the Local Enforcement Agency (LEA).

The Hazardous Materials Specialist III (HMS III) is the journey level class in the Hazardous Materials Specialist series and typically reports to a Supervising Hazardous Materials Specialist.

CUPA HMS III duties:

• Assist management with state audits, as well as CUPA and Participating Agencies' (PA) evaluations. Coordinate with senior staff in fire agencies to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Be on-call for the Health Hazmat Team in emergency incidents, disasters involving spills, releases of hazardous materials/waste, or threats to public health and the…