Environmental Health Officer (B6)

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Posted

13-May-2025

Location

Melbourne

Salary

Work Type

Full Time

Sector

Environmental and Open Space

Reference

3918982

A Council in the Northern Suburbs Melbourne is looking for an Environmental Health Officer to join their team until 29th August 2025.

  • 3 month contract - full time hours
  • Band 6 - $60.14 p/h plus super
  • Start date June 2nd
  • Laptop provided
  • Carry out inspections of registered premises and investigate complaints in a geographic area.
  • Potential to extend
  • Reports to Public & Environmntal Health Coordinator
  • Provide expert advice about products and services to customers and external business partners.
  • Work cooperatively with others to accomplish group goals
  • Examine materials, products, or work outputs for quality, accuracy, and completeness; respond quickly to correct quality problems.
  • Adapt to change; manages stress; and persists toward goals despite obstacles.

Key Responsibility Areas
Customer Service Provider –
-Provides service directly to internal or external customers.
-Manage one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently and on schedule.
-Identify customer needs and clearly communicate to ensure that there is a shared understanding of the possible outcomes to be achieved.
-Clearly communicate instructions and information to food business proprietors and food safety supervisors including observations, identified hazards / food safety risks and effective control measures to minimize these risks.
-Provide advice, assess, and approve plans and applications and inspect and approve new, transferred, or renovated Public Health and Well Being Act premises, i.e., hairdressers, beauty salons, tattooists, ear and body piercing establishments, caravan parks, school camps, tourist accommodation, hotels, motels, etc.
Food Safety
-Conduct food sampling in accordance with the team’s food sampling plan and ensure that sampling data is submitted for analysis, the course of action and results are communicated to the proprietor.
-Investigate incidents and reports of food borne illness, adulterated and unwholesome food, collect evidence and specimens as required and ensure the course of action and results are communicated to the proprietor.
Wastewater
-Investigate and resolve complaints relating to defective and malfunctioning septic tank systems, issue notices and take appropriate legal action where necessary.
-Provide expert advice, conduct on site assessments, and determine the suitability of septic tank and wastewater treatment system proposals and issue permits in accordance with Environment Protection Act requirements, Codes of Practice and Australian Standards.
Health Protection
-Investigate, assess and resolve reported alleged public health nuisances within the municipality.

If you would like to discuss this role in more detail or other opportunities within Local Government or State Government please contact Kyla Nash on
0423 419 396 or send an email to k.nash@aspectpersonnel.com.au

Alternatively you can apply by using the link below.

All communication will be strictly confidential.

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