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Caltrans District 3 · 6 hours ago

ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAM MANAGER II

Sacramento, CA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$15K/yr - $17K/yr

Caltrans District 3 is responsible for ensuring the safety and quality of milk and dairy products in California. The Environmental Program Manager II (EPM II) will oversee regulatory activities, develop policies, and manage staff to ensure public health protection related to dairy food safety.

Government Administration

Responsibilities

Develop and propose new policies and procedures for the Milk and Dairy Food Safety Branch involving dairies, milk, milk products, products resembling milk products, and milk and dairy processing facilities as authorized under administrative regulations and the Food and Agricultural Code

Develop and propose new policies and procedures to effectively and efficiently use agency resources to meet program goals and objectives that ensure milk, dairy products, and products resembling milk products are safe, unadulterated and properly labeled to safeguard public health

Advise the Division Director, Deputy Secretary, Undersecretary, and Secretary of Agriculture on research, environmental health investigations, and current scientific best practices on the limits, risks, and detection of pathogens important to understanding and preventing contamination of milk and milk products or products resembling milk products to ensure that the public consumption of these products is safe

Develop partnership agreements and memoranda of understanding as necessary, review current scientific reports and milk and dairy product research reports and data related to or impacting Division programs

Plan, organize and direct activities of the Branch to administer the provisions of the Food and Agricultural Code and associated regulations, policies and procedures related to dairies, milk, milk products, products resembling milk products milk and dairy processing facilities

Direct staff to prepare proposals requesting grant funding from federal agencies related to milk and dairy food safety management

Manage staff to ensure adequate dairy food safety and public health protection, including prompt response to consumer complaints and state or local Public Health Department reports of food borne illness potentially linked to dairy products

Qualification

Environmental health lawsPolicy developmentStrategic planningPublic health protectionTeam leadershipCustomer serviceTrainingDevelopmentGrant writingCollaborationCommunicationProblem-solvingIntegrityDecision-making

Required

A valid California Drivers License (CDL)

Experience in high-level managerial work concerning regulatory activities

Ability to formulate and administer policies pertaining to milk, dairy products, and products resembling milk products

Experience in coordinating strategic planning efforts to improve environmental health and sustainability

Ability to develop and inspire a workforce to deliver beneficial results

Skill in setting a clear vision to achieve productive results

Experience in building collaborative relationships and fostering an inclusive environment

Ability to coach, guide, train, instruct, and develop team members

Skill in empowering staff through a sense of shared ownership and decision-making

Ability to create an open and transparent environment for the exchange of information

Experience in promoting customer service and accountability

Demonstrated loyalty to the Department's mission and commitment to continuous program improvement

Ability to inspire personal credibility through authenticity, confidence, consistency, courage, decisiveness, generosity, honesty, integrity, and judgment

Experience in developing and proposing new policies and procedures

Ability to advise on research, environmental health investigations, and current scientific best practices

Experience in developing partnership agreements and memoranda of understanding

Ability to plan, organize, and direct activities of the Branch

Experience in managing staff to ensure adequate dairy food safety and public health protection