Environmental Health Director

Environmental Health Director

Salary

$98,710.04 - $128,373.44 Annually

Location

C520-Health

Job Type

Full Time

Job Number

04435

Department

Health & Human Services

Opening Date

09/04/2026

Closing Date

9/20/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

• Description
• Benefits
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Position Purpose/Summary

Responsible for administrative and technical work in the field of environmental health protection activities. Responsible for planning, implementing, supervising, coordinating, and continually evaluating the comprehensive, protective, environmental health program of the municipal health department. Work is performed with considerable technical independence in accordance with accepted practices in the field adapted to departmental policies and requirements with review through reports and conferences. Supervision is exercised over all divisional personnel.

Essential Functions

• Develops, recommends, implements, interprets, and administers departmental policies, regulations, and procedures relating to environmental, food, and milk sanitation and quality.
• Plans, assigns, supervises, and reviews, directly and through an assistant, the work of sanitarians, and food and milk inspectors engaged in regular and special sanitary inspections of a wide variety of premises, facilities and establishments of unsanitary conditions, practices and nuisances affecting public health as well as the analytical work of the laboratory.
• Reviews and correlates inspection reports and laboratory finds; provides supervisory advice and assistance and personally participates in the solution of new, unusual or emergent problems.
• Maintains a continuing technical review of departmental policies, programs, procedures, services, and activities relating to environmental sanitation; recommends and implements improvements, revisions and modifications.
• Conducts staff meetings and individual conferences to interpret policy, discuss problems, coordinate services, develop programs, and receive reports.
• Interviews staff applicants; orients and assigns new employees; evaluates employee performance; plans, participates in in-service training and staff development programs.
• Confers and cooperates with health, social and related agencies to plan and interpret programs, gives talks to civic organizations, prepares new releases and otherwise promotes community interest and cooperation in environmental sanitation.
• Examines plans, specifications, profiles and percolation and ground water tests to approve or reject proposed water supply, drainage and sewage disposal systems.
• Prepares all or supervises the preparation of a variety of statistical and interpretive reports; prepares and justifies divisional budget request.
• Performs related work as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Extensive knowledge of public health laws, ordinances, and regulations relating to environmental, milk and food sanitation as well as quality control.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of environmental, milk and food sanitation as well as quality control.
• Considerable knowledge of the objectives, principles and procedures of environmental, milk and food sanitation as well as quality control sanitation administration.
• Ability to plan, assign, supervise and review the work of subordinates.
• Ability to recognize unsanitary conditions and practices and to prescribe corrective measures.
• Ability to promote interest and cooperation in environmental, food and milk sanitation.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate inspection and laboratory data as the basis for technical reports and recommendations.
• Ability to enforce regulatory provisions firmly, tactfully and impartially.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with owners, managers, personnel, officials, inspectors, and the general public.
• Ability to express oneself clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in biology or public health.
• Minimum of five years progressively responsible experience as a municipal sanitarian, including supervisory experience.
• Registration as a sanitarian under the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Sanitarians is required.

NOTICE: The following benefits are contingent upon hours worked and bargaining vs. non-bargaining agreements.

Medical/Dental/ Vision

75% City Subsidized

All health insurance plans include Dental and Vision

Retirement

Available to employees working 20+ hours per week

Paid Vacation

Earned vacation time can be taken after 6 months of service. Earned time is accrued.

Paid Holidays

All City employees receive 11 paid holidays per year.

Paid Sick Time

Full time employees are immediately eligible to begin accruing 1 1/4 days per month which can be taken after 6 months of service. Supplemental Long Term and Short disability coverage is available to employees at the employee cost.

Paid Personal Days

Use up to 3 of your accrued sick days as Personal days. Personal days cannot be rolled over into the next calendar year.

Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

A means for eligible employees to balance work and family responsibilities by taking unpaid leave for authorized reasons.

Training

On the job and instructor led courses available

Employee Assistance Program

Free, confidential and personal assistance to employees and their families to resolve issues that affect their personal lives as well as job performance.

Direct Deposit

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01

Do you have a bachelor's degree in biology or public health?

• Yes
• No

02

Do you have a minimum of five years progressively responsible experience as a municipal sanitarian, including supervisory experience?

• Yes
• No

03

Do you have registration as a sanitarian under the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Sanitarian?

• Yes
• No

04

Are you a current City of Springfield resident?

• Yes
• No

05

The City of Springfield requires all employees to be residents. If you are not a current Springfield resident, are you willing to relocate?

• Yes
• No

Required Question

Employer City of Springfield

Address 36 Court St

Springfield, Massachusetts, 01103

Phone 413-787-6018

Website https://www.springfield-ma.gov