General Employment Position Announcement
ENVIRONMENTAL
HEALTH SPECIALIST III
(AIR
QUALITY PROGRAM COORDINATOR)
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH
FLSA
STATUS: EXEMPT
HIRING RANGE: $4,339 to $4,989/Mo. (DOQ)
POSITION CLOSES: OPEN UNTIL FILLED
Driving
Classification: Essential
Management: Non-Supervisory Responsibility
JOB SUMMARY:
The
Environmental Health Specialist III Air Quality Program Coordinator (AQPC)
position can be discriminated from the EHS I and EHS II positions by having
responsibility for coordination of the Air Quality Program. The basic work of the EHS III AQPC is to perform Air Quality Program duties including: ensuring that requirements
of the Local Agency Air contract is met
during contract periods; operating and maintaining an air monitoring network;
administering the open burning, seasonal pollen level and Western Slope Air
Watch advisory programs; maintaining an inventory of air pollution sources in
Mesa County; acting in the role of Technical Secretary for the Grand Valley Air
Quality Planning Committee; site inspection, complaint response and
surveillance, field sampling and testing
in a professional and technical manner; potential air pollution source plan
review and report preparation, technical drawing, and written documentation;
policies, practices and techniques; enforcing Environmental Health Division
rules and regulations; and providing relevant air quality related instruction
and information to the public. In
addition, the program coordinator is responsible for overseeing and ensuring
consistency of the daily activities and operation of the Air Quality Program.
ESSENTIAL
JOB FUNCTIONS:
(The following duty
statements are illustrative of the essential functions of the job and do not
include other non-essential or marginal duties that may be required.
Ensuring
that conditions and requirements of the Local Agency Air Contract are met
during contract periods
Operating
and maintaining an air monitoring network for contract designated air
monitoring equipment, ensuring that they are operated and maintained according
to instruction of the APCD/Contractor, filter pads changed/log sheets completed
and submitted to the state in accordance with the schedule provided.
Acting in the role of Technical Secretary for
the Grand Valley Air Quality Planning Committee
(GVAQPC) ensuring that duties are fulfilled,
meeting minutes kept, agendas prepared and sent
out in a timely manner, and all necessary administrative functions are
routinely completed.
Conducting special projects in support of the GVAQPC and as designated under the Local Agency Air
Contract, seeing that they are completed as assigned: assembling air quality
presentations, disseminating information, preparing technical reports,
facilitating community meetings, etc.
Seasonal
pollen level measurements are made through operation and maintenance of pollen
counting equipment throughout the pollen season (March 1 - November 1) and
results are provided to the public in a timely manner.
Providing
Open Burning Program public notifications by announcing the opening and closing
of open burning season; and NO-BURN (Western Slope Air Watch) Program public
notifications are made on a daily basis during the annual wintertime NO-BURN
Period.
Administering
and enforcing the seasonal open burning program.
Maintaining an inventory of air pollution sources in
Ensuring that CFC
Notice of Violations and Compliance Orders are properly prepared and issued.
Required
training and certification is received for: opacity observation evaluation
(1-classroom/2-field sessions), and odor school (1 session).
Submitting
monthly reports of
activities for the AQ Program using the form supplied by the State. A monthly report for each
preceding month must be submitted to the
APCD and Environmental Health Director
by the 15th of each
subsequent month.
Assessing
Mesa County Planning Department planned development review suspected of
affecting air quality and providing comments.
Provide
program coordinator oversight resources for the Air Quality program and acting
as the EH Division’s lead person in this capacity, representing Mesa County
Health Department in a positive manner, ensuring that the AQ office operations
are being conducted efficiently and effectively, cooperating with other
Mesa County Divisions located at the facility, and providing the Environmental
Health Director with routine operation assessments and recommendations.
Provide
program coordinator special project resources for the Air Quality Program by
completing within assigned schedules assignments, special projects, written and
oral research reports, as requested by the Environmental Health Director.
Investigate
air quality and
environmental health related complaints, takes appropriate actions to
resolve environmental health threats to
the public, and ensures that applicable rules and regulations are complied
with. All valid written air quality
complaints should be
responded to in an appropriate manner within 14 days of receipt.
Attend
staff meetings, public meetings and hearings, formal training sessions and
seminars relating to air quality or environmental health, maintains required
level of knowledge of program functions, and pursues continuing education
opportunities as provided for under available Division resources and as
directed.
Provide
consultation and information to state and local officials, citizens,
businessmen, etc., through verbal or
written contact, or group speaking engagements, and assists with Division
educational programs.
Respond
to: communicable disease outbreaks, public health related disasters, including bioterrorism, when called upon at
any time to do so by the Department; and, routine environmental health
emergency or environmental spill
situations during designated on-call periods, or when called upon at any time to do so by the
Department, and that an incident report is completed and submitted to the EH
Director within 14 days following the incident.
Performs
related environmental health duties as assigned by the Environmental Health
Director.
Performs
other related duties as assigned.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:
Education
and Experience:
Bachelor’s
degree in Public Health, Environmental Health, Atmospheric Science,
Meteorology, Biology, Chemistry or related field and five (5) years of
experience conducting air quality monitoring activity, source inspections,
enforcement, and investigations
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT:
This
position requires standing, stooping, sitting, bending, twisting, and lifting
up to 25 pounds.
The
employee is frequently exposed to possible bodily injury from moving mechanical
parts of equipment, tools, and machinery.
The
employee is occasionally exposed to possible bodily injury from electrical
shock, falling from high places, and toxic or caustic chemicals.
Prefer
applicants who live within Mesa County to comply with 24 hour emergency spill
response rotating schedule.
May be exposed to
communicable diseases and infections
How to Apply: Obtain a Mesa County
Employment Application at www.mesacounty.us
and submit to: Mesa County Human Resources/Personnel, P.O. Box 20,000-5021,
Grand Junction, CO 81502-5021 or 544 Rood Ave., Floor 3A, Grand Junction,
Colorado. ADA/EOE