Thurston County
Location: Olympia, WA
Closing date: April 12, 2026
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About the Position:
In the role of Environmental Health Program Manager, you will oversee the staff and activities of the FESS section, Education and Outreach Team, and the Thurston County Water Laboratory. These programs are responsible for environmental health initiatives that focus on educating the public; inspecting food service facilities, swimming pools, and spas; and vector control and lead environmental assessments to ensure compliance with state and local sanitary codes. You will be an important member of the PHSS leadership team and will assist in strategic planning for the Environmental Health Division, ensuring enforcement of county, state, and federal health laws, codes, ordinances, and regulations.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Plan, coordinate, and direct Environmental Health services to include developing action plans to achieve goals and objectives, and evaluate outcomes
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Offer technical support and education to the public concerning food, pool, and school safety, and zoonotic disease prevention
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Interpret laws and policies, assist with program development, draft policies, and make recommendations for consideration by department management and the Thurston County Board of Health
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Provide guidance to supervisors in handling difficult and controversial matters and mediate differences between staff and citizens, contractors, builders, and local businesses
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Respond to requests and inquiries from the public (including property owners, businesses, developers, contractors, real estate agents, and engineering professionals), the media, and other agencies and jurisdictions
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Make presentations regarding Environmental Health activities at public meetings
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Perform program administrative functions including budget preparation, expenditure oversight, personnel management, and grant management
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Supervise staff to include providing regular feedback, performance evaluations, and adherence to all applicable policies and procedures of the department and County
posted 03.19.2026
Department of Ecology
Location: Lacey, WA - Hybrid
Closing date: March 30, 2026
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About the Position:
In this role, you will serve as the agency’s subject matter expert on document accessibility and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). You will set document accessibility goals and standards, and provide practical guidance, training, and technical assistance to ensure accessible documents and ADA-compliant practices across the organization. You will also coordinate agency-wide document accessibility efforts, and lead the Access Steering Committee to elevate cross-program issues and support decision-making.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Assess the agency’s baseline compliance with document accessibility standards (ADA, WCAG, and USER-01) and oversee ongoing reassessments.
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Develop and maintain agency-wide document accessibility goals, metrics, and standards to support program planning and progress tracking.
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Identify gaps in existing document accessibility resources and lead the development of updated guidance, training, and technical assistance tools (including the super user model).
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Build staff and leadership capacity by promoting awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to meet document accessibility requirements.
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Lead the Access Steering Committee, facilitating meetings and communications to elevate cross-program issues and support agency decision-making on access priorities.
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Manage the ADA coordination mailbox and phone line as the first point of contact, providing guidance and support to the public seeking accommodations or information.
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Provide technical assistance on ADA requirements, including physical access and non-spoken language services in collaboration with internal partners.
posted 03.19.2026
City of Albuquerque
Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Closing date: April 6, 2026
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About the Position:
The Environmental Health Department leads the City of Albuquerque in protecting the immediate and long-term health, safety, and well-being of all citizens. In addition to actively monitoring and safeguarding against health risks, the Environmental Health Department seeks to educate and promote public health throughout the Albuquerque community. The Director, Environmental Health Department will shape the future of environmental and public health in Albuquerque; lead a talented multidisciplinary team; build strong partnerships across government and community; drive innovation, sustainability, and measurable outcomes; and translate science and policy into real community impact.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Develop a Comprehensive Climate Action framework
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Deliver a long-term plan to address biohazard exposure from fecal contamination
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Advance community-focused Climate Action Plan projects
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Protect Albuquerque’s mountains, river, bosque, volcanoes, arroyos, air, and water
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Increase permitting efficiency through Tyler Technologies software implementation
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Strengthen transparency, responsiveness, and service delivery
posted 03.12.2026
Department of Agriculture
Location: Central WA/Remote only
Closing date: Until Filled/First review - February 23
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About the Position:
The Central WA Field Inspector serves the AFP in carrying out objectives and tasks in its strategic action plan, specifically performing field activities such as inspections, investigations, sample collections, technical assistance, recall activities and compliance/enforcement actions at any applicable facility within the state to protect animals and humans from misbranded or adulterated/contaminated animal food or ingredients. The Field Inspector demonstrates a strong working knowledge of the applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations related to animal food.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Perform independent or joint inspections and investigations under the authority of the Washington State and under contract with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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Interpret, apply and ensure compliance with federal, state, and departmental laws, requirements, regulations, policies, and procedures applicable to Animal Feed Program and WSDA.
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Discern between critical and significant observations that may indicate patterns or history of incompliance and risk during inspectional and investigational activities.
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Document inspectional and investigational findings as prescribed by the Animal Feed Program and/or federal partners.
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Identify adulterated, contaminated or misbranded products, unregistered products, or unlicensed firms in the field and reports findings in a timely manner to appropriate Animal Feed staff.
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Conduct appropriate or assigned compliance/enforcement actions.
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Conduct Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Reviews and completes reports in a timely manner.
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Collect samples of animal food and animal food ingredients under Washington State authority and under contract with the FDA.
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Collect samples in response to consumer complaints or compliance/enforcement follow-up activities.
posted 02.10.2026
Environmental Health Specialist
Harney County
Location: Burns, OR
Closing date: Until Filled
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About the Position:
In this role, you will serve as the executive leader for the Department of Ecology’s Environmental Assessment Program (EAP), a statewide scientific and technical program that delivers credible environmental data to inform policy and protect Washington’s environment. You will provide strategic decision-making and develop policies with broad, agency-wide impacts affecting both government operations and the public.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Establish and maintain positive working relationships with employees, business owners and the general public.
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Issue or deny permits pursuant to established rules, as required by the department; inspect installations of completed systems for compliance; and perform adequacy evaluations of existing systems. Take corrective actions as needed, according to county and state code.
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Maintain records of inspections and other activities; prepare reports and recommendations; and complete reports for state as requested/required.
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Conduct inspections on the condition of existing septic and water systems as well as soil conditions as requested.
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Inspect on-site sewage disposal installations; issue permits, enforce regulation of state government pertaining to installations; and assist in design, layout and proper installation of facilities.
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Assist in surveys of possible health hazards in the County to monitor the quality and efficiency of water and disposal systems in areas without community water and sewer.
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Participate in after hours or weekend events as needed, to include, but may not be limited to conferences, community meetings, workshops, media events, inspections, and public health emergencies.
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Attend state-sponsored conferences and training seminars as required to obtain new information concerning rules, regulations and procedures.
posted 02.10.2026
Water Quality Restoration Technical Specialist
Department of Health
Location: East Wenatchee, WA
Closing date: Open until Filled
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About the Position:
The Shellfish Growing Area Section is one of two sections within the Office of Environmental Health and Safety aimed at safe shellfish for consumers. The office’s mission is to enhance the health of Washington residents by reducing and preventing human exposure to environmental hazards and disease pathogens. The section evaluates and determines if shellfish harvest is safe on over 350,000 acres within Washington’s marine waters, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, the Pacific Coast, and coastal embayment's, following state and federal standards.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Serve as the technical specialist for the Water Quality Restoration Program, focusing on analyzing environmental conditions and water quality data, writing federally mandated reports, conducting fieldwork, recommending follow-up actions to ensure public health is protected, and routinely meeting with external partners on collaborative restoration projects.
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Assist with the management of conditionally approved growing areas and the coordination of conditional and emergency closures when environmental conditions pose health risks.
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Conducting routine marine sampling in Puget Sound by motorboat.
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Support the implementation of the Healthy Environments for All (HEAL) Act within OEHS and EPH, including:
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Working peer-to-peer with Tribal program staff and organizations.
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Supporting Tribal government-to-government obligations.
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Utilizing the HEAL community engagement process.
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Conducting environmental justice assessments for overburdened communities and vulnerable populations.
posted 09.23.2025
Environmental Health Specialist 1 or 2
Chelan-Douglas Health District
Location: East Wenatchee, WA
Closing date: Open until Filled
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About the Position:
The Environmental Health Director (EHD) is directly responsible for overseeing the operation of the Environmental Health Department. The EHD plays a key role on the Chelan-Douglas Health District management team. This team works together to lead the Chelan-Douglas Health District and connect the different lines of effort to prevent disease, promote health, and protect the health and safety of people in our community. The EHD reports to the Deputy Health Administrator and works to implement their leader’s intent. As a senior leader the EHD will regularly brief the Board of Health and work with them to develop or evolve environmental public health policy across the health district. The EHD works closely with the Health Officer in the enforcement of environmental public health regulations.
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Some of What You'll Do:
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Lead the planning, development and evaluation of all Environmental Health (EH) programs consistent with Washington Foundational Public Health Services (FPHS) definitions.
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Advise the Health Officer/Administrator, Deputy Administrator and Board of Health on EH policy, fee schedules, code adoption, and enforcement under RCW 70.05 and RCW 70.46
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Represent CDHD to elected officials, community stakeholders, and partner agencies on environmental health matters.
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Work effectively with neighboring Environmental Health Directors to collaborate and standardize environmental health practices and policies as appropriate for North Central Washington.
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Collaborate with the Washington State Environmental Health Directors (WSEHD) and the Washington State of Local Public Health Officials (WSLPHO) to inform state wide policy and practice.
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Work effectively with Communicable Disease and Epidemiology (CD-Epi) staff to track environmental hazards (such as lead poisoning) and assist in disease or outbreak investigations.
posted 09.13.2025