Buncombe County EHS I and EHS II Opportunities

I am excited to announce that, due to an ever expanding program, Buncombe County has created two brand new positions in its Food and Lodging Division as an Environmental Health Specialist II.

These positions require the applicant to either have graduated with a Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree in Environmental Health from a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council or graduated with a Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree and earned a minimum of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in the physical, biological, natural, life, or health sciences ; or Bachelor’s degree in public health. The position also requires 1 year of environmental health experience in Food and Lodging in North Carolina.

In addition to conducting routine inspections, visits, and critical violation visits in FLI, Pools, Tattoos, and Childcare and School Sanitation, the chosen applicants will aid in conducting plan review for chain restaurants and lodging facilities, serve as a trainer for staff obtaining authorizations, perform HACCP inspections, Quality Assurance, assist with Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention investigations and more. For a complete list of job duties please visit the posting at https://buncombecounty.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Buncombe_County_Careers/details/Environmental-Health-Specialist-II—Food—Lodging_R03250. The hiring range is $28.65 – $33.45 per hour. These positions will be open for applicants until 10/26/23.

In addition, due to a promotion within our department, we also are hiring for an Environmental Health Specialist I. This position requires the applicant to have graduated with a Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree in Environmental Health from a program accredited by the National Environmental Health Science and Protection Accreditation Council; or graduated with a Bachelor’s degree or postgraduate degree and earned a minimum of 30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours in the physical, biological, natural, life, or health sciences; or Bachelor’s degree in public health.

This position will be responsible for performing routine inspections, visits, and critical violation visits in FLI, Pools, Tattoos, and Childcare and School sanitation as well as additional job duties listed on the posting at https://buncombecounty.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Buncombe_County_Careers/details/Environmental-Health-Specialist-I–Food—Lodging_R03246. The hiring range is $26.77-31.26 per hour. This position will be open for applicants until 10/26/23.

If you have ever wanted to live where you work and play in the beautiful mountains of western NC where the weather is amazing and you can taste the tremendous array of different foods and/or brews on a regular basis, now is your chance! This position is home based and therefore, does not require you to report to an office daily. We boast a flexible work schedule, a free 8% 401k contribution for which you do not have to match, as well as a pension, to which Buncombe County contributes about 11%, and has a 5-year vesting period. In addition to that we have excellent health insurance which includes preventative screenings for employees and family members enrolled in the plan. We offer a generous paid time off plan including 13 paid holidays, 2 annual PTO days, 16 hours of paid community service leave, up to 8 weeks of paid parental and family care leave, 12 days of sick leave that roll over each year, and vacation accruals starting at 10 days per year and increasing with service. Any individuals transferring from another government agency will receive a higher vacation accrual rate that corresponds to their creditable years of service. We offer an Employee & Family Health clinic for employees & dependents, with low- or no-cost prescriptions. We also have free physical therapy for our employees! Come work with an amazing group of people and call Asheville your home!

We look forward to talking with you.