NEOGOV · 11 hours ago
Commercial Shellfish Inspector and Enforcement Lead (PHA 3) DOH8817
Thurston County – Tumwater, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$5,666/mo - $7,622/mo
2+ years expNEOGOV is seeking a Commercial Shellfish Inspector and Enforcement Lead to join the Office of Environmental Health and Safety within the Division of Environmental Public Health. This role involves conducting inspections, ensuring compliance with health regulations, and leading enforcement activities to protect shellfish harvesting across Washington.
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Responsibilities
Conduct standardized public health inspections of licensed shellfish operations—non-tribal and tribal—to verify compliance with state, Tribal, and National Shellfish Sanitation Program (NSSP) requirements
Perform pre-operational, routine, certification, and follow-up inspections
Review HACCP plans, monitoring records, Harvest Site Certifications, sanitation procedures, and shellfish identification practices to ensure accuracy and compliance
Provide technical assistance to operators on regulatory requirements and corrective actions
Lead the enforcement program, ensuring all actions include proper citations from WAC, RCW, and NSSP
Serve as liaison with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for joint enforcement activities
Follow the HEAL Act’s community engagement expectations and conduct environmental justice assessments
Coordinate, draft, and track enforcement documents and support consistency across inspectors
Process export certificate requests in alignment with regulatory standards
Monitor the Shellfish Inbox and support timely responses to inquiries
Provide customer service support via the program’s mainline phone
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree in public health, environmental health, natural or physical science, or a closely allied field
Two (2) or more years of experience in a public health or environmental health position, including at least one (1) year of field experience with food service inspections
Preferred
Experience as a Spanish/English interpreter/translator
Training on legal matters and/or enforcement requirements
Registered Sanitarian with the Washington State Board of Registered Sanitarians, or Registered Environmental Health Specialist, or Registered Sanitarian with the National Environmental Health Association
Benefits
Medical (including vision), dental and basic life insurance
Medical flexible spending account
Basic life and long-term disability insurance
Dependent care assistance
Washington State Employee Assistance Program
Washington Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS)
Deferred Compensation Program
Social Security
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Paid holidays and one paid personal holiday per calendar year
Eight hours of sick leave per month
Vacation leave
21 days paid military leave per year
Five (5) days of paid bereavement leave
Company
NEOGOV
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