Under general supervision, performs professional environmental and public health sanitation work and ensures compliance with Federal, State, and local laws and regulations.

• May assign and review the work of subordinate personnel or supervise a specialized phase of an environmental sanitation program.
• Inspects all facilities including nurseries, kindergartens, hospitals, health care and convalescent homes, restaurants, retail grocery stores, taverns, and bakeries to determine compliance with State and local ordinances.
• Administers specialized area in programs involving food protection, community conservation, rodent and mosquito control, water well legislation, recreational hygiene and water quality monitoring.
• Reviews plans to evaluate potential environmental impact on public health.
• Performs field inspections, collects samples, conducts tests, and operates and services technical equipment to ensure compliance with Federal, State or local environmental laws and regulations or to study various environmental health issues.
• Prepares reports and compiles field data.
• Responds to complaints and disseminates environmental health information to citizens and community groups.

(NOTE: The duties and responsibilities listed above are for the purpose of determining a common set of minimum qualifications for all positions in this class. They may not include all of the essential job functions of each position in the class. Each position may not be required to perform all of the essential job functions listed.)

Required Qualifications 
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree in one of the physical, environmental health, or biological sciences, engineering or agriculture

Registration as a Professional Sanitarian in the State of Maryland plus

Two years' experience in public health sanitation.  

Education beyond a bachelor's degree in a physical, environmental health or biological science, engineering or agriculture may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.